Florida Lactation Consultant Association

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=170 BGCOLOR="#0066FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="043aac00egblui.jpg"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=130 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Florida Lactation Consultant Association</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Promoting Excellence in Lactation</B></div> <div> <I><B> <marquee>"Empowering our society to become a breastfeeding culture."</marquee>  </B></I></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=350 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Welcome to the Florida Lactation Consultant Association web site.</B></div> <div> The pages of this web site are best viewed in FULL SCREEN. </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="859" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC9900" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC9900" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1464 WIDTH="423"><div> <A HREF="join_flca.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Join FLCA or Renew Dues"><U><B>Join FLCA or Renew Dues</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="lactationlinks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lactation Links"><U><B>Lactation Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="resourcedir.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lactation Services Resource Directory"><U><B>Lactation Services Resource Directory</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="conferences.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lactation Conferences in Florida"><U><B>Lactation Conferences in Florida</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="advocacy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="National, State Local Advocacy"><U><B>National, State & Local Advocacy</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meetings.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FLCA Meetings"><U><B>FLCA Meetings</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://flca.info/members/save12008" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://flca.info/members/save12008"><U><B>MEMBERS ONLY SECTION</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <div style="width:374px;border: solid 1px"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6" width="374" height="48"><param name="movie" value="http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7117/f7076714na9.swf" /><param name="scale" value="exactfit" /><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7117/f7076714na9.swf" width="468" height="60" scale="exactfit" AllowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object><div style="text-align:center"><a 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Announcement</B></div> <div> A completely new organization was formed on April 11, 2008 to focus on collaborate work with other organizations to promote breastfeeding advocacy, education & legislation for healthier mothers and babies through breastfeeding.</div> <div>  Individuals, businesses, non-profit organizations and government are invited to join the efforts of Florida Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. both with a financial donation and/or as a volunteer to collaboratively work at creating healthier mothers and babies.</div> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-287/Donation_Form.pdf"><u>Donation Form in PDF</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.breastcrawl.org/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.breastcrawl.org/index.html"><U><B><IMG SRC="0cac0400.gif" border=0 width="192" height="320" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" 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This website is the product of an effort that was initiated with the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/bfm/3/1?cookieSet=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/bfm/3/1"><U><IMG SRC="0ce7ca00.jpg" border=0 width="124" height="160" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="2" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The <I><B>Breastfeeding Medicine</B></I>, the official journal of the </div> <div> Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, has been accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE on its first application.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.waba.org.my/resources/goldenbow.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.waba.org.my/resources/goldenb"><U><IMG SRC="118573f0.gif" border=0 width="87" height="63" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF WIDTH="423"><bR> <div> <B>FLCA's Mission Statement</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FLCA</B> is dedicated to creating a climate among health professionals, parents, and the general population which promotes, supports, and protects breastfeeding as the optimum method of infant feeding.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The purposes of FLCA are:</B></div> <div> To serve as a local affiliate of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) and abide by its bylaws and policies</div> <div> To enhance the reputation, image and credibility of lactation consultants</div> <div> To improve the status of the lactation consultancy profession</div> <div> To provide continuing education for lactation consultants</div> <div> To serve as a network of information for lactation consultants </div> <bR> <div> <B>FLCA</B> encourages collaborative work among its members and other maternal-child health care professionals. We support and encourage professional growth of our members and all those working with breastfeeding women and children throughout the state of Florida.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>IBCLC</B></div> <div> <B>International Board Certified Lactation Consultant</B></div> <div> <B>The </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Arial Black" ><B>Gold Standard</B></FONT><B> of Lactation Consultants</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://www.ilca.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ilca.org/"><U><B>What do we do?</B></U></A><B>  </B></FONT>"A lactation consultant is a health care professional whose scope of practice is focused upon providing education and management to prevent and solve breastfeeding problems and to encourage a social environment that effectively supports the breastfeeding mother/infant dyad." (<A HREF="http://www.ilca.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ilca.org/"><U><B>ILCA</B></U></A><B> </B>1993)</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.iblce.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iblce.org/"><U><B>How to become a Lactation Consultant</B></U></A></div> <div> Lactation consultants typically spend two to five years acquiring education in the theoretical and practical aspects of assisting the breastfeeding family.  Certification is offered by the <A HREF="http://www.iblce.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iblce.org/"><U>International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners</U></A> (IBLCE) by exam. <A HREF="http://www.iblce.org/exam%20applications.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iblce.org/exam%20applications"><U>IBLCE Candidate Information Guide and Application Booklet</U></A>  in pdf Adobe Acrobat Reader.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="358" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 236 ><NOBR><div> ZZZ</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.waba.org.my/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.waba.org.my/"><U><IMG SRC="11274980.jpg" border=0 width="116" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="115e4e60.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 31 WIDTH="350"><div>  <a href="HTMLobj-278/WBW_2008_Calendar.pdf"><u>WBW Calendar & Info Sheet</u> </a>  </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="358" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#CC9900" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC9900" FRAME="VSIDES" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 387 WIDTH="354"><div> <A HREF="http://www.breastcrawl.org/video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.breastcrawl.org/video.htm"><U><B><IMG SRC="0cc60340.gif" border=0 width="96" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.breastcrawl.org/video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.breastcrawl.org/video.htm"><U><B>Breast Crawl Video</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ba71530.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="83" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="3" VSPACE="0"><A HREF="goldstandard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gold Standard"><U><B>Breastmilk is the </B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Gold  Standard</B></div> <div> <A HREF="goldstandard.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gold Standard"><U><B> in Infant Nutrition!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-b"><U><IMG SRC="0527a3d0.jpg" border=0 width="122" height="61" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="3" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" >HELP SAVE LIVES! 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