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Work matters: Training: Doula award - Someone to lean on
Nursery World,
8 November 2007
Those serving a unique role within a family can now gain a recognised professional qualification. Karen Faux reports.
For the first time, there is a nationally recognised qualification for those who practise in the time-honoured tradition of the doula. The Professional Doula Award Level 3 has been pioneered by doulas Julie Griffiths and Laura Davies (pictured), who run Baby on Board Doulas. With support from Eastleigh College in Hampshire they designed the level 3 course, which is endorsed by CACHE and registered with the Federation of Antenatal Educators (Fedant). 'While most doulas have given birth themselves and many have undertaken...
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