About Julie > Detailed Credentials

• Independent Childbirth and Parenting Educator in registered business “Transition Into Parenthood” pre-natal classes.
• Qualified with Community Organisation Parents Centres Australia.
• Advanced Childbirth Educator and Trainer with the National Association of Childbirth Educators (NACE) National Editor of the “Interaction” Journal of the National Association of Childbirth Educators, since 2003
• Supervisor for the Associates in Childbirth Education training for Graduate Diploma Students (VETAB Accredited)
• Professional birth support person at more than 150 births. Including Delivery Suite, Birth Centre, Operating Theatre, Homebirths and Water Births.
• Consumer Representative for Maternity for the SESAHS South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service

Committees

• The Sutherland Hospital Birth Centre Development Committee2003/4/5
• UTS Bachelor of Midwifery Planning Committee 2003/4
• St George Hospital Homebirth Development Committee
• Certified HypnoBirthing ® Instructor since May 2004 Certificate no. 1922-04
• Former Karitane post natal depression telephone support counselor
• Former trainer and presenter at “Doula Express” in Sydney for doulas - professional birth support)
• Presenter at national conferences around Australia (see below)
• Regularly attends conferences, seminars and workshops to remain up-to-date.
• Convener of the St George and Sutherland Shire Homebirth Support Group

• PCA Breastfeeding Counsellors Course, 1988
• PCA Childbirth Educators Course, 1989 (12 months part-time course)
• Karitane Mothercraft Society Post-natal Depression Telephone Support Counsellors, 1990 (conducted by Ms Kerry Lockhart, Deputy Director of Karitane, 6 week short course)
• CERT IV Workplace Training, October – December 2002
• Certified HypnoBirthing®  Practitioner Training, May 2004 (conducted with midwife and hypnotherapist Peter Jackson, HypnoBirthing Practitioner and Trainer for Australia)

• Parents Centres Australia (PCA) Conference, Macquarie University, 1986
• Legal, Ethical & Social Issues Pertaining to Childbirth Conference, Sydney University, 1989
• Nursing Mother’s Assoc. of Aust.  Conference, Melbourne, 1989
• Parents Centres Australia Workshop for Educator’s and Midwives, RHW Paddington, 1989
• Associates in Childbirth Education Workshop “Presentation Skills for Educators”, 1990
• Associates in Childbirth Education Workshop “Coping with Grief  - Educators and Parents”, 1990
• Associates in Childbirth Education Workshop “Waterbirth - Dr Michel Odent”, 1990 
• Associates in Childbirth Education Workshop “Teaching Skills for Childbirth Educators”,  1991
• 2nd International Homebirth Conference Sydney University, 1992, featuring Sheila Kitzinger, Janet Balaskas, Dr. Marsden Wagner, Ina May Gaskin
• RHW Workshop for CBEs and Midwives - Update on Birth Centre Philosophy , 1993 
• National Association of Childbirth Educators (NACE) Conference, “Into the Future” , 1994 
• National Association of Childbirth Educators (NACE) Workshop, “Childbirth Education – Choices”  
• Nursing Mother’s Assoc. of Australia (NMAA) Conference, “Breastfeeding“ , featuring Professor Peter Hartman, 1996
• Childbirth and Parenting Educational and Resource Service (CAPERS) Teaching Skills Course, Sydney, 1997
• Independent Educators Workshop with Swedish Pediatrician Lennart Righartd on Bonding and Attachment Early Parenting, 1998
• Royal Women’s Hospital Waterbirth Seminar by the Birth Centre Midwives, 1999
• Homebirth Australia National Conference, Byron Bay, 1999 
• Associates in Childbirth Education (ACE) Seminar “Enhancing Midwifery”, 2000, featuring Pat Brodie, Lynne Staff and Nicky Leap
• Bi-monthly workshops throughout 1999/2000 with the Independent Childbirth Educators Alliance, skill sharing
• South Eastern Health Workshop "Raising Child Protection Issues in Parenting Education Programs", Lynne Clune, 2000    
• South Eastern Health Basic Training for Childbirth and Parenting Educators
• South Eastern Health Mentor Training by Lynne Clune and Jane Svensson, 2001
• Midwives Association Seminar, held at RHW, “Women and Violence”, 2002
• South Eastern Health Lactation Department seminar “Breastfeeding”, 2002
• International Lactation Consultants Conference, Sydney , 2003     

• Julie regularly welcomes student midwives, student childbirth educators, and student doulas attending her ante-natal preparation courses
• Conducted a 2 day seminar at Tamworth for the New England Area Health Service, “Making Groups Work”, for midwives and childbirth educators in the region, focusing on adult education, group dynamics and facilitator skills, 2002    
• Conducted 2 day seminars at Tamworth and also Armidale for the New England Area Health Service, February 2003 and May 2003
• Speaker on "Fatherhood Issues" at the April 2001 NACE Conference and also at the CAPERS Conference as well as presenting the "Fatherhood Issues" activity. Very well received at both conferences.
• Presenter at the ACE Grad Dip Course 6 day workshop held in Sydney in 2002, 2003, 2004 and again in 2005.  Topics included “How to Present Parenting in Groups” and "Facilitating Groups".
• Presenter at the Birth International Conference in Auckland New Zealand March, 2008. Topics: "Teaching Birth: Reducing Fear" and "Parenting 101"
• Presenter at the Birth International Conference in Novotel, Brighton, Sydney, Australia March, 2008. Topics: "Starting a Childbirth Education Practice" and "Giving Birth".