Entry Level Doula Training
24 hour In-Person Course
Are you new to Maternal-Infant health but would like start your journey as a professional doula? Our Entry Level Doula Training is for aspiring doulas without medical background or clinical experience. This training will include Perinatal Loss, Postpartum, & Childbirth Doula Training. Pre-requirements are MANDADTORY. This is a 3 day in-person training for 8 hours per day. At the completion of the training, newly trained doulas will receive a “temporary” Certified Doula Certification and will be required to complete the Doula Certification Process to receive the official certificate. Books & other materials needed is NOT included in the tuition.
Admission Requirements:
Admission Interview
New BirthWorker Orientation
Childbirth Education for Doulas
Breastfeeding Education for Doulas
OB Medical Terminology
*Admission requirements must be completed with The Black Doula Training*
NON-BIPOC Applicants Must complete additional steps to ensure you are a good fit for our program.
Module 2 : Scope of Practice
1hr. 10min.
Module 3 : Doula Visits
1hr. 10min.
Module 4 : History of Doulas & Midwives
1hr. 10min.
Module 5 : Midwifery Model of Care (Midwife)
1hr. 10min.
Module 6 : Physiological Birth (Midwife)
1hr. 10min.
Module 7 : Maternal Mortality (Lashea Haynes)
1hr. 10min.
Module 9 : Integrating Doulas into Home Births
1hr. 10min.
Module 10 : Prenatal Nutrition (Nutritionist)
1hr. 10min.
Module 11 : Introduction to Childbirth
1hr. 10min.
Module 12 : Medicalized Birth
1hr. 10min.
Module 13 : Medical Interventions
1hr. 10min.
Module 14 : Stages of Labor
1hr. 10min.
Module 15 : Pain Management
1hr. 10min.
Module 16 : Introduction to Postpartum Period
1hr. 10min.
Module 17 : Postpartum Complications
1hr. 10min.
Module 18 : Postnatal Nutrition
1hr. 10min.
Module 20 : Loss/Bereavement (Lashea Haynes)
1hr. 10min.
Module 22 : Marketing (Daquane Wise)
1hr. 10min.
Module 23 : Business Class (Nikita Johnson)
1hr. 10min.
Nikita Johnson
Chief Instructor
Nikita Johnson is a 1st Year Midwife Apprentice at Del Ray Midwifery in Alexandria, Virginia. She has 6 years of hospital based labor & delivery experience as a Certified Obstetrics Surgical Technologist and 3 years as top practicing doula in the DMV. Nikita is a prominent birth doula in the Baltimore community. She is a Doula Trainer & Mentor for The Black Doula Training and Writer for Healthy Mom & Baby Magazine Powered by the Nurses of AWHONN.
Lashea Haynes
Chief Instructor
Lashea has been practicing in the area of obstetrical/perinatal nursing for nearly 26 years. Her clinical and educational experience and expertise span labor/delivery, antepartum and mother/baby areas. Lashea has worked as a board-certified clinical nurse specialist for women’s services at a large healthcare system, she was a nursing instructor and a previous perinatal outreach educator.
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