Doula Training and Certification Program

It can be hard to sort out all the different doula training programs available. Comparing costs, philosophies of childbirth and training, and exactly what you’ll learn from each program can be a confusing and daunting task.

ALACE’s doula training program is unique among all the other doula training organizations in North America for several reasons:

• ALACE’s doula training program is the only one based on a midwifery model of care, rather than a medical model of care.

• ALACE offers the most rigorous doula training program, providing you with a solid base of knowledge about the physiology of the body and how it works during labor and birth, allowing you to know just what kind of physical support your client needs.

• ALACE’s training gives you the skills and confidence necessary to provide the emotional and psychological support your clients need.

• Tuition includes the entire training and certification process: the training workshop, processing your work, the exam, the certificate itself, and the first year of membership in ALACE.

• ALACE uses only a very small number of very experienced instructors who teach all of the workshops across the United States and Canada; this ensures the highest quality training with the most consistent curriculum.

• The workshop includes an introduction to physical assessments, adding an aspect of experiential learning unavailable in other training programs; these experiential exercises serve to enrich and empower all those who attend our workshops.

• ALACE has a fully staffed office, available to answer questions by phone or email and provide you with support during your doula training and in your professional work with birth.

Typically the first step is to attend a 3-day weekend workshop. As soon as youíve attended the workshop, you can call yourself a doula and begin attending births any time. There are some further steps required to become fully certified. Click here (link to doula certification) for more details.

Read further for more on ALACE’s doula training program, or feel free to contact the ALACE office (888-222-5223 or info@alace.org) with any questions or to have information sent to you.

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Overview of the Doula Training Program
What you’ll learn at an ALACE workshop
Workshop curriculum
Certification requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
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