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DONA International is committed to career long learning.

Check out our database of continuing education opportunities to earn contact hours for recertification and learn new skills to serve your clients or build your business.

DONA International contact hours apply toward recertification with DONA International and many other birth organizations. Check with your certifying organization to be sure.

If you’ve completed a continuing education offering with an educator offering DONA International contact hours, you can submit your feedback to DONA with the evaluation form.

Want to apply for DONA International contact hours for your own advanced doula training? Download our contact hour application guides below

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Recorded Webinar: Doula Business Builder

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
Virtual
Trainers:
Jessica Dale
Dates:
May 1, 2023
January 31, 2025

8 Contact Hours
A step by step course on how to establish your online doula business. You will leave this course with a complete & professional doula business brand!
Course offered twice a month

HypnoBirthing Support Techniques for Birth Professionals

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
in-person
Trainers:
Kadie Barber
Dates:
March 9, 2025
November 2, 2025

Location: Portland, Oregon
March 9 and November 2
9am-4pm PST
A 1-day workshop to learn essential HypnoBirthing Techniques to support your birthing clients.
# of Contact Hours: 7

Infant Massage Basics for Caregiving Professionals

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
in-person
Trainers:
Jennifer Curtis, CD(DONA), CIIM, RIE® Associate
Dates:
April 19, 2025

Postpartum Doula Continuing Education Training
Location: Novato, CA
# of Contact Hours: 5
For anyone providing direct care to infants and their families

The Business of Being a Doula

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
Virtual
Trainers:
Janine Maitri
Dates:
October 23, 2024
October 24, 2024
December 13, 2024
December 14, 2024
February 26, 2025
March 5, 2025
May 21, 2025
May 28, 2025

5 CEU's
Virtual course offered out of Sacramento, CA
Course offered in October, December, February/March, and May.

Motivational Interviewing for Doulas

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
Virtual
Trainers:
Wendy Scharp BDT(DONA)
Dates:
June 1, 2025

Location: Virtual - PST Time Zone
# of Contact Hours: 3
In this course we will explore the key components and techniques of Motivational Interviewing. We will define how a doula or community health worker could use MI in their work with pregnant, birthing and postpartum families.

Recorded Webinar: Understanding Perinatal Mental Health

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
Virtual
Trainers:
Heather Ratych, MSW, RSW, PMH-C
Dates:
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2025

Dates: Online (Self-Paced)
# of Contact Hours: 4

This course will teach you how to recognize and respond to Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, so that you can better support your clients. It will help you to better understand the difference between the Baby Blues and PMADs, understand the prevalence and ethology of PMADs, identify risk and protective factors as well as treatment options, and how to embrace a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to working with your pregnant and postpartum clients. You will have access to 5 modules and downloadable resources to begin using right away with your clients.

New Jersey: Reiki-Level 1-Shoden for Doulas

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
in-person
Trainers:
Sema Tihan-Reiki Master Teacher
Dates:
March 27, 2024
March 27, 2026

Dates: 05/03/24-05/05/24. Classes are offered every other month, please see website for additional upcoming classes.

# of Contact Hours: 14

Location: The Reiki Healing Center of NJ, located at 573 Valley Road, Suite 7B Wayne, NJ 07470.

The Reiki-Level 1-Shoden course will teach the Doula how to perform and incorporate Reiki into their clinical practice in order to provide physical and emotional support and comfort to mothers before, during and after childbirth. The course includes a combination of lecture, class discussion, participation in self-care practices, 3 Reiki attunements and hands-on Reiki practice. The Doula will become certified and attuned in Reiki-Level 1-Shoden.

New Jersey: Reiki-Level 2-Okuden for Doulas

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
in-person
Trainers:
Sema Tihan-Reiki Master Teacher
Dates:
March 27, 2024
March 27, 2026

Dates: 06/08/24-06/09/24. Classes are offered every other month, please see website for additional upcoming classes.

# of Contact Hours: 14

Location: The Reiki Healing Center of NJ, located at 573 Valley Road, Suite 7B Wayne, NJ 07470.

The Reiki-Level 2-Okuden course will teach the Doula how to perform and incorporate advanced Reiki techniques into their clinical practice in order to provide physical and emotional support and comfort to mothers before, during and after childbirth. Students will also learn how to incorporate distance Reiki, which can be utilized during telehealth sessions or in person when hands-on practice may not be optimal. The course includes a combination of lecture, class discussion, participation in self-care practices, 3 Reiki attunements and hands-on Reiki practice. The Doula will become certified and attuned in Okuden-Level 2 Reiki. (Note-The Reiki Healing Center of NJ Reiki-Level 1-Shoden class is a prerequisite to attend the Okuden course.)

The Role of the Pelvic Floor in Pregnancy, Labor, Birth and Early Postpartum: A Course for Birthworkers

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
Virtual
Trainers:
Michelle Ess BA, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA), CLEC , Wallie Morris PT, CSCS
Dates:
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2026

Ongoing Online Webinar
# of Contact Hours: 2

This course is designed to fill in the gaps of traditional childbirth education. Build expertise with knowledge of the pelvis and pelvic floor to further support your clients for better birth outcomes and a better birth experience.

Pre and Postpartum Depression

Workshop Type:
Continuing Education Workshop
Location Type:
Virtual
Trainers:
Shirena Smith
Dates:
November 15, 2024
December 31, 2026

Recurring recorded course
For Doulas and other Healthcare Professionals

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