Creating a Breastfeeding-Friendly Environment Lesson Plan
Explore the importance of creating a breastfeeding-friendly environment in child care settings. Learn about the benefits of breastfeeding, how to support mothers onsite, establishing breastfeeding policies, and more through engaging activities and discussions in this comprehensive training session.
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Creating a Breastfeeding- Friendly Environment CACFP CACFP iTrain Simple Simple Lesson Plan Lesson Plan iTrain
Introduction Introduction Trainer and Participants Introductions
Review Current Knowledge Review Current Knowledge What are some of the benefits of breastfeeding? What are some of the benefits of breastfeeding?
Overview Overview
Lesson Objective Lesson Objective Generate ideas for creating a breastfeeding- friendly environment in a child care setting.
Breastfeeding Breastfeeding- -Friendly Environment Friendly Environment What would a breastfeeding space look like in your child care setting?
Why Create a Breastfeeding Why Create a Breastfeeding- - Friendly Environment? Friendly Environment? Provide mothers with the support they may not receive elsewhere Provide encouragement, education, and resources related to breastfeeding
Breastfeeding On Breastfeeding On- -Site Site Centers and family child care homes reimbursed for meals when mothers breastfeed on-site Documentation must be recorded to claim meals Writing breastfed on-site or mother on- site are acceptable ways to document
Breastfeeding Policy Breastfeeding Policy Establishing a breastfeeding policy is a way to outline: Standard of care that is received at your center or home Spaces where mothers can breastfeed Staff responsibilities Protocol for handling, storing, and serving breastmilk
Education and Resources Education and Resources Provide educational handouts or brochures Display the contact information of local and national resources Host a breastfeeding class/workshop Start a peer group of breastfeeding mothers Other resources: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Team Nutrition s Breastfed Babies Welcome Here resource
Physical Space Physical Space Offer a physical space that: Is clean Is comfortable Is private Provides essential needs
Breastfeeding Space Makeover Breastfeeding Space Makeover The Breastfeeding Space Makeover video provides ideas of how small spaces can be transformed to accommodate breastfeeding mothers.
Activity Activity Pair and Share
Conclusion Conclusion
Lesson Conclusion Lesson Conclusion CACFP allows centers and family child care homes to claim meals for mothers who breastfeed their infants on-site Documentation of mothers breastfeeding on-site is important to record for meal reimbursement Creating a physical space for mothers to breastfeed shows support and encouragement
Activity Activity Speed Action Planning
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