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Lamaze-accredited childbirth educator training

Teach childbirth classes families remember.

Three days, live on Zoom, with Robin Elise Weiss or Sharon Muza. You practice teaching, not just listening, and you leave with a printed workbook, lesson plans, handouts, and 27 contact hours.

A pregnant person and a support person smiling together

Why childbirth education matters

A good childbirth class helps families:

  • Make informed decisions based on evidence and their own values
  • Build community and feel less afraid
  • Approach labor and early parenting with confidence
  • Remember what they learned weeks or months later, when they need it

Lamaze International's Six Healthy Birth Practices give your classes an evidence-based backbone that families and care providers recognize.

How the workshop teaches

The workshop models the kind of class you'll run: active, practical, and fun to teach.

  • You learn by doing

    Activities, peer teaching, and discussion. You try the teaching tools yourself before you use them with families.

  • Tools you can use

    Lesson plans, handouts, and templates you can start teaching from, in person or online.

  • Built for adult learners

    How adults take in and keep information, so your classes stick with a wide range of families.

  • Inclusive by design

    Language, materials, and activities that welcome every family, every body, and every way of feeding a baby.

  • Support after class

    A community of CEP alumni and ongoing learning after the workshop ends, plus help as you prepare for your LCCE.

A pregnant person resting a hand on their belly

Who it's for

People who want childbirth education as their own career, and birth workers adding it to the work they already do. Here is how doulas use childbirth education in practice:

  • Fill income gaps during slower birth months
  • Bundle prenatal education with doula support
  • Teach group classes as a separate revenue stream
  • Offer private childbirth prep to clients who want one-on-one time
  • Add value to services without adding on-call time

What you leave with

  • 27contact hours that count toward DONA, ICEA, Lamaze, and other organizations
  • A printed workbook, mailed to you before class
  • Lesson plans and handouts for your own classes
  • The Lamaze-accredited seminar you need for the LCCE

From CEP alumni

“I walked away with a full class plan, confidence, and the support of an amazing community. This was the best professional training I’ve taken.”
CEP alum
“I was nervous about public speaking and had no idea where to start. Robin and Sharon made everything feel doable and fun!”
CEP alum
“It’s not just a class. It’s a launchpad for becoming a great educator.”
CEP alum
“I love how you have given us so many engaging ways to teach! I am looking forward to using a lot of the ones we used in class.”
CEP alum
“Realizing how many different ways you can be inclusive of different birthers and families has been really eye opening. Even something as simple as the photos used in class can make people feel welcomed and accepted.”
CEP alum
“I think this was what I most hoped to get from this class; the how to teach. The confidence to deliver information with an aim, a purpose, and with impact.”
CEP alum
Robin Elise Weiss and Sharon Muza at a Lamaze International conference in 2014

The people behind CEP

Robin Elise Weiss and Sharon Muza

Longtime colleagues and friends, both Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators and Fellows of the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators. As co-directors, they built CEP so new educators walk into their first class prepared and keep learning after it. Each of them leads CEP workshops.

Meet Robin and Sharon

Ready to teach?

January 16-18, 2027, live on Zoom. $650 through December 15, then $700.

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