BROOKINGS — Registration is now open for the Childbirth Support Specialists Birth and Postpartum Doula workshop scheduled for June 29 and 30 at Brookings Health System.

Class instruction will be held in Brookings Hospital’s conference room A from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The workshop will provide hands-on education for providing physical and emotional support to birthing women and their families. It is one step in meeting the requirements for becoming a doula at Brookings Health System and one step toward become a certified doula birth and postpartum doula through Childbirth Professionals International. It is worth 16 continuing education credits.

The workshop is recommended for doulas, nurses, nursing students, lactation counselors, childbirth educators and other health care professionals. It will be led by Victoria Wakeman of Childbirth Support Specialists who is a Childbirth Professionals International preferred doula trainer, certified birth and postpartum doula, certified doula trainer, childbirth educator, certified peer lactation counselor, and Brookings Health System’s doula program coordinator.

Class fees are $675 and include workshop materials and certification upon completion. Attendees may save $50 and pay $625 by submitting early-bird registration by May 31. People interested in this workshop may register by visiting childbirthsupportspecialists.com/registration.

Questions may be directed to Wakeman at (605) 691-9319 or babysmart@brookings.net. More information on Brookings Health System’s doula program may be found at brookingshealth.org/doula.