Inland Empire Breastfeeding Coalition CEU Webinar: Simplifying Breastfeeding: Lactation Education Through Easy-To-Understand Analogies

Time-frame: 1.5
CERP: yes
E-CERP: no

November 18, 2025

12:30PM-2:00PM PT

This presentation highlights how much of the vocabulary and
terms used by professionals can be confusing and
intimidating to lay people. The talk focuses on ways to
simplify breastfeeding through visual instruction and
common language. Many teaching suggestions and strategies
are given throughout the presentation. Educators and
advocates must strive to translate perinatal jargon into
familiar words and explain complexities in simple language.
The process of using common vocabulary will help
professionals communicate and reach everyone with the vital
message that human milk is vital to human babies



Christy Jo Hendricks, IBCLC

Christy Jo Hendricks, IBCLC


Country: United States
Phone number: 951.809.7827
Email: info@lactationuniversity.com
Site: https://www.lactationuniversity.com/
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