Speaking Engagements have included…
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine • Lamaze and DONA International Conference • New Jersey Hospital Association • OB Grand Rounds, University Hospital, Newark, NJ • Family Practice Grand Rounds, Mountainside Hospital • Association of Children of NJ • Rutgers University NJ BirthNetwork • New Jersey Hospital Association • DONA International, NJ Chapter • Prematurity Prevention Symposium/March of Dimes
Popular Workshops + Keynotes
MN Project Echo: Childbirth Education: An Underutilized Tool in Transforming the Landscape of Maternity Care
The NJ Paid Leave Outreach Collaborative (www.njploc.org) convening to discuss paid leave and how it relates to improved maternal and child health outcomes.
Click here to watch Jill’s segment.
NJ Maternal Mortality: A Critical Issue: A Panel Discussion with the NJ League of Women Voters
Click here to watch Jill’s segment and click here to watch the full recording.
Community Doulas: A Vital Member of the Maternal Health Care Team with the Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of NNJ
Enhancing the First Relationship:
Breastfeeding as a Protective Factor in Infant Mental Health
This workshop blends interpersonal neurobiology and the science of human lactation to document how breastfeeding is a critical and protective factor in infant mental health. An innovative, interesting and relevant topic to all audiences.
Bringing Birth into Zero-to-3 Early Childhood Programs
This interactive workshop expands evidence-based content knowledge of home-visitors who see pregnant women and new mothers. It prepares home-visitors to respond to clients' childbirth education questions and concerns, and to field pregnant women’s intimate questions and concerns.
Birth Doula & Home Visitor Workshops
These comprehensive birth doula trainings compliment the work of community health workers and make a great beginning for anyone interested in women's passages.
Taught from the Life Course Perspective, workshops cover:
Building home-visitor confidence, childbirth education skills and comfort measures in labor
Doulas as a tool to reduce perinatal disparities & improve outcomes
Self-care for fatigued community doulas and home-visitors: strategies that encourage creativity and stress reduction
