Tongue tie and Infant feeding Online Course

 This course, which is available online and on demand and takes around 10 hours to complete, is suitable for professionals who divide tongue-tie and want to do an update, and for those involved in assessing and/or supporting families with tongue-tied infants including: Midwives, Health Visitors, IBCLCs, Breastfeeding Counsellors and Peer Supporters, GPs and other medical professionals, Dentists, Speech Therapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Cranial Sacral Therapists, Doulas and Maternity Nurses. The content has also been used to prepare practitioners who are training to divide tongue-ties. 

 There are five modules and includes a mix of text, videos and quizzes:

1. Module one looks at tongue-tie anatomy and potential causes of tongue-tie.
2. Module two covers how tongue-tie can impact feeding and tongue-tie assessment.
3. Module three explores how tongue-tie is treated and and the evidence base behind this.
4. Module four focuses on supporting families in accessing diagnosis and treatment and strategies to support babies with tongue-tie to feed better pre and post division.
5. The final module looks at myths and controversies including disruptive wound management, speech issues, dental issues and concerns about airway and sleep disorders.

 There is an opportunity as part of this course to attend my tongue-tie and feeding clinic near Cambridge for a day to observe and learn so you can link the theory with this course to practice. You will also be given access to a Facebook group for sharing ideas and information, asking me questions, discussion of cases you may be seeing and so on.

The course includes a mix of text, videos and quizzes. 

It has been awarded 10 L CERPS.

Booking and more information see: https://sarahoakleylactation.co.uk/courses/tongue-tie-and-infant-feeding-on-line-course/