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Explain the importance of evidence-based teaching to today’s expectant parents
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Identify the role of the childbirth educator to the expectant families, the professional community and the lay community as a whole
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Define the types of learners, their needs and the factors affecting learners’ ability to retain information ~ include preferred methods of learning for today’s expectant parents
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Explain the Group Process and how childbirth educators can successfully apply it to their classes
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List applicable teaching strategies with generational differences for childbirth classes
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Identify strategies for teaching nutritional needs of the pregnant person
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Explain methods for teaching proper body mechanics and exercise for the pregnant person
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Discuss the signs of pre-labor and warnings signs of pregnancy, the stages and phases of labor
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Explore the Gate Control Theory and the Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle and their impact on teaching
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List various comfort measures for labor and birth and describe their benefit