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Contact HUG Your Baby at:

PO Box 3102
Durham, NC 27715
919-923-6609

HUG Leadership

President: Jan Tedder, BSN, IBCLC, FNP
 VP of  Education: James Henderson, PhD
HUG Trainer: Gale Touger, BSN,FNP; Barbara Hotelling, MSN,IBCLC
Research Advisor: Maryam Mozafarinia, RN,MSN
 
 
 
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Trainings-All available

 
  HUG Your Baby Training
ONLINE  courses
Enjoy as an individual course, or take all 3 for certification
 
Contact Hour Credit provided by  NC Nurses Assn, DONA,  CAPPA, and  ICEA 
Lamaze (Credit approval under learning competencies of 2 and 4)
 
Part I: HUG Your Baby -
Helping Parents Understand their Newborn
2 Contact Hours Credit - $35
 
This program gives professionals strategies and tools to help parents prevent or solve problems around newborn sleep, eating, playing, and attachment. Professionals will be able to boost parent confidence, enhance breastfeeding, and promote bonding.
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 Part II: HUG Strategies and Skill Building
4 Contact Hours Credit - $65
  
HUG Strategies:
Explore an innovative approach to connecting with young families. "Start Here not There", "See then Share", and "Gaze then Engage" will be explained, case studies described and educational resources provided.
 
HUG Skill Building:
Discover the medical and child development literature used to develop HUG Your Baby. Gain insight and skills into how to help parents with issues around crying, eating, sleeping and attachment.  Experience the power of parent stories, role playing and case studies.
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Part III: Certified HUG Teacher Training 
12 Contact Hours Credit - $150
 
Prepare to teach The HUG to expectant and new parents. Reflect on engaging articles and blogs, discover ready-to-use teaching materials, and participate in effective classroom or one-on-one education of parents.
PRE-REQUISITE: completion of Parts I & I
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 Specialized Online Training
Lactation Course:
Teaching Newborn Behavior to Extend Breastfeeding Duration
1.5 (L)Cerp or Contact Hours Credit - $28
National and international leaders have confirmed that breastfeeding is best for the baby, the mother and the community. While many variables impacts a woman's decision to stop breast, the perception of inadequate milk supply is a common concern. This program reviews newborn behaviors commonly misinterpreted and tools for helping women read their baby's body language and continue nursing.
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Child Development Course:
HUG's Practical Child Development: Educate and
Support Parents with Children Birth to One Year Old
2 Contact Hours Credit - $35

Parents are often confused by the normal (yet predictable!) behavior of their children. Explore the impact of stress and temperament on a child. Review child development leaders' practical contribution to our understanding of motor development, trust and attachment, and stranger anxiety. Learn when developmental surges (Touchpoints) cause regression and unexpected change in the baby's eating, sleeping, or disposition. Turn confusion into wonder and pride as parents discover that these developmental challenges reflect their child's normal, remarkable, and healthy development!

  Participants must complete entire coure to obtain credit.

 
This is an accredited activity and does not imply endorsement by the NCNA.
DISCLOSURE: HUG Your Baby has a parent educational DVD and handouts for sale as well as other professinal educational acitvities. However, these educatonal activity are free of commercial advertising of products.