Recertification

Recertification is necessary only after you have completed the full certification process and are a Certified ALACE birth professional.

Each year when you renew your ALACE membership, if you are fully certified we also ask you to recertify. We feel that recertification benefits you and your clients as it encourages you to keep up on new information and gain skills or improve the ones you have; we also feel that requiring this of ALACE birth professionals helps to legitimize the professions of labor support and childbirth education in the birth world as a whole.

Please note: when you first become certified, if your ALACE membership expires within the following 9 months, you do not have to submit recertification requirements when you renew your membership.

If you are having difficulty finding or attending a class or workshop, please call the ALACE office and speak with the Membership Coordinator (info@alace.org) so we can help you come up with a solution.

To recertify as a doula:

• Renew your ALACE professional membership ($50) [link to ecommerce renewal form]
• Submit one birth report from a birth you attended within the previous year [link to LAT self-evaluation form]
• Submit documentation of 8 hours of continuing education you received within the previous year. This can be any class, workshop, conference, etc. about birth, pregnancy, breastfeeding, the immediate postpartum period, etc. or which teaches any skill which you may use to enhance your services to your clients, such as massage, nutrition, aromatherapy, etc. [link to CEU submittal form]

To recertify as a childbirth educator:

• Renew your ALACE professional membership [link to renewal form]
• Submit one evaluation from a student/client you taught within the previous year [link to CBE student evaluation form]
• Submit documentation of 8 hours of continuing education you received within the previous year. This can be any class, workshop, conference, etc. about birth, pregnancy, breastfeeding, the immediate postpartum period, etc. or which teaches any skill which you may use to enhance your services to your clients, such as massage, nutrition, aromatherapy, etc. [link to CEU submittal form]

If you are unable to provide an actual certificate or other documentation from the organization holding the class or workshop, simply write a brief note with the following information:

• Name of the class or workshop
• Organization holding the class or workshop
• Brief description of its content
• Date
• Number of hours

To recertify as BOTH a doula and a childbirth educator:

• Renew your ALACE professional membership [link to renewal form]
• Submit one birth report from a birth you attended within the previous year [link to LAT self-evaluation form]
• Submit one evaluation from a student/client you taught within the previous year [link to CBE student evaluation form]
• Submit documentation of 8 hours of continuing education you received within the previous year. Only 8 hours TOTAL is needed, even though you are recertifying for 2 programs. [link to CEU submittal form]

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