What you receive in our full-spectrum course:

Childbirth Education
Body Feeding
DTI Foundation and Mission
DTI Compass of Care: what doulas do
Certification Requirements for 12-month Program
Doulas as Advocates
Power of Language & Active Listening
Slow Doula Method®
Cultural Humility
Reproductive Justice Introduction
Cycle Awareness Introduction
Birth Control Options
Support Through Loss
Abortion Support Introduction
Fertility Support Introduction
Doula Support for Each Stage of Labor
Comfort Measures
Pain Management
Navigating Induction
Compassionate Cesarean Birth
Business 101 for the Labor Doula
Guide to Meeting Clients
The First Call
Working with Back-Ups
Intake Form
Self Care for the Doula
Newborns Immediately Following Birth
Guide for the Postpartum Doula
Postpartum Changes in the Birthing Person
Integrating the Birth Experience
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Newborn Behavior and Care
Integrating the Baby into the Family
Business 101
Your Full Spectrum Business
Booking Clients
Networking
First Steps, Next Steps
Branding 101
Interviewing Skills
Community Work

What you receive in our birth doula course:

Childbirth Education
Body Feeding
DTI Foundation and Mission
DTI Compass of Care: what doulas do
Certification Requirements for 12-month Program
Doulas as Advocates
Power of Language & Active Listening
Slow Doula Method®
Cultural Humility
Reproductive Justice Introduction
Doula Support for Each Stage of Labor
Comfort Measures
Pain Management
Navigating Induction
Compassionate Cesarean Birth
Business 101 for the Labor Doula
Guide to Meeting Clients
The First Call
Working with Back-Ups
Intake Form
Self Care for the Doula
Booking Clients
Networking
First Steps, Next Steps
Branding 101
Interviewing Skills
Community Work

What you receive in our postpartum doula course:

Childbirth Education
Body Feeding
DTI Foundation and Mission
DTI Compass of Care: what doulas do
Certification Requirements for 12-month Program
Doulas as Advocates
Power of Language & Active Listening
Slow Doula Method®
Cultural Humility
Reproductive Justice Introduction
Working with Back-Ups
Intake Form
Self Care for the Doula
Newborns Immediately Following Birth
Guide for the Postpartum Doula
Postpartum Changes in the Birthing Person
Integrating the Birth Experience
Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Newborn Behavior and Care
Integrating the Baby into the Family
Business 101 for the Postpartum Doula
Booking Clients
Networking
First Steps, Next Steps
Branding 101
Interviewing Skills
Community Work

What you receive in our CBE course:

Hands-on training. We want you to feel self-assured and ready to assume the role of a birth educator and leader in your community. The live six-class web training builds confidence and skills for teaching through research-based techniques and walks you through strategies for marketing your classes.

Support. Annual membership renewal provides a place to keep in touch and share resources, stresses and successes with all current CBE members.

Comprehensive. The training program covers a thorough yet digestible breakdown of everything from prenatal testing and electronic fetal monitoring to postpartum care planning.

When you certify, we give you everything you’ll need to teach a class. While using our materials is not a requirement, DTI provides a professionally designed digital suite you’ll love. Great for new instructors so that you don’t have to create anything on your own.

An inclusive and modern approach. The digital student workbook features gender-inclusive language and imagery, designed for the unique families we serve.

Accessible. We don’t prescribe to the “one size fits all” philosophy of teaching.

All options for pregnancy and birth are outlined clearly in the course curriculum, which normalizes birth without glossing over complexities or medical interventions. We shift away from the traditional creation of a birth plan, and instead embrace the creative creation of birth preferences.

Flexibility. We live in a time where virtual is the name-of-the-game. DTI certified childbirth educators will have the ability to teach in a variety of formats and timeframes.