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Debra Pascali-Bonaro, B.
Ed., CD (DONA), LCCE President of MotherLove, Inc. |
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MotherLove, Inc. is one of the oldest doula training and consulting agencies in North America. Debra Pascali-Bonaro, President of MotherLove, Inc., CD (DONA), LCCE, is mother of five children, a doula, CIMS Fundraising Chairperson, Board of Director member of DONA, Public Relations Chair from 1992–1998 and an approved DONA Doula Trainer. Debra has been working as a doula and training doulas since 1987 in varied communities and settings across North America. Debra's diversity has brought her from training doulas in the South Bronx, NY to speaking at the White House. Debra's years of experience in the design and development of doula programs provide the basis for her motivational speeches, educational in-service and inspiring doula trainings.
Debra served as Executive Director of The Center for Perinatal Research and Family Support Corp., from 1992–1999. Debra was responsible for the design, training and supervision of the Neighborhood Doula Project of Paterson, NJ. The NDP was the first perinatal doula program to work with women in treatment for substance abuse and alcohol addiction. Debra was instrumental in the training and development of the State Univ. of NY at Stony Brook, Midwives and Doulas together program that is being featured in "INDIVISIBLE," a national documentary project celebrating diverse efforts to build and sustain strong communities across America. For more information about "Indivisible" contact: www.indivisible.org/pr.html
Debra is dedicated to returning community based caring, with a doula for every women who would like one, as part of reimbursed health care system.
Special note from Debra:
"The last few years has provided me with an opportunity to travel and share with many doulas from around the world. I have created a Global Doula Forum for program managers and leaders in each country to work together to share and grow. I am continually updating my resources on global doulas and doula programs and models. If you are a developing or managing a doula program , please contact me so I can add you to our list as well as invite you to join our global doula forum: motherlove.doula@prodigy.net"
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Debra presents her 3-day Doula of North America, DONA approved training 4 times a year in Northern NJ in a retreat like setting. This offers participants the opportunity to learn in a small group setting. Groups gather both inside and outside and enjoy working in a peaceful environment. Space is limited in these training's. Debra remains available to group participants to guide them on their journey for the first 3 months.
Debra Pascali-Bonaro offers her DONA approved labor support training across North America. She tailors the training to your group needs. For a list of Debra's upcoming training's or for more information about scheduling a training in your community please contact Debra at Motherlove.doula@prodigy.net or visit DONA's training web site at www.dona.org/current.html#DoulaTrainings
Join Debra in sharing the doula spirit as you learn how to use emotional support, touch, massage, visualizations and caring to provide support to women and their partners at this very important time in their lives.
To learn more about MotherLove, Inc. Labor Support doula training click here
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| Jane Arnold, CNM, MSN, co-author of
Nurturing Beginnings. Join Debra and Jane as they take you through their journey and into your own as you explore what it means to be "in service of a postpartum woman and her family." |
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By Debra Pascali-Bonaro, CD (DONA), LCCE, And Jane Arnold, CNM, MSN, with Marcia Ringel
Nurturing Beginnings is the first comprehensive postpartum training manual. Join Debra and Jane as they take you through their journey and into your own as you explore what it means to be "in service of a postpartum woman and her family."
Nurturing Beginnings contains 12 modules: (These modules correspond with our 12-module on-line course but will be of value with any doula training.)
Review of Nurturing Beginnings from Barbara Hotelling BSN, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA) Chair, Coalition For Improving Maternity Services
"Most doula training programs recognize the advantages of seeking experiences speakers to provide information on the wide variety of topics which must be covered. No one person could possibly provide the best information on all subjects. The authors have followed that precedent. Not only do internationally recognized birth experts Salt, Romeo, Kennell, Klaus, Williams and Reyes offer valuable knowledge, but others as well. Penny Simkin organizes postpartum teaching suggestions in a delightful way in her "Twelve F's of Postpartum" and William Sears writes on the "Ten Commandments for the Postpartum Mother". The book is speckled with "A Doula Speaks".... experiences of seasoned doulas. I found these tremendously helpful in speaking to the difficulties of doula work as well as the solutions doulas have found useful. And if you read Nurturing Beginnings too fast, you will miss the heartwarming messages of Maureen Cannon's poetry.... also spread throughout the book to give us a gentle hug on our way to becoming doulas."
"This outreach to postpartum doulas is a long overdue and a blessed addition to the knowledge of doula care and the needs of new families. Thanks to all the authors for making postpartum doula care more available to women in our culture. I look forward to the Internet connection which will provide doulas with even more enrichment in their work."
To order a copy of Nurturing Beginnings online, click here.
Or call Midwifery Today at 1-800-743-0974.
For bulk orders, 10 or more copies of Nurturing Beginnings as a trainer or for catalog sales contact:
Debra Pascali-Bonaro at motherlove.doula@prodigy.net
Phone: (201) 358-2703
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Debra is available to provide a DONA approved postpartum doula training in your community. For more information about a DONA approved doula training in your community contact Debra at Motherlove.doula@prodigy.net
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Please contact Debra at Motherlove.doula@prodigy.net for information about this individualized service.
MotherLove, Inc. Labor Support Doula Training
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Hosp Physician, 2001 Sep; 37(9):57-65, "Social support by doulas during labor and the early postpartum period," Meyer BA, Arnold JA, Pascali-Bonaro D
A doula is a woman experienced and professionally trained to provide continuous social support to the birthing family. Doulas do not provide medical interventions or advice; their role complements that of medical care providers. Doulas are increasingly being employed by hospitals or by individual patients. This article considers the role of the doula in labor and delivery. The effects of doula care on outcomes and costs also are reviewed.
Read the full article: www.turner-white.com/pdf/hp_sep01_doulas.pdf
BIRTH: Issues in Perinatal Care, Volume 29, Number 1, March 2002, pp 62-64, "Pregnant and Widowed on September 11: The Birth Community Reaches Out"
International Doula, Volume 12, Issue 1, Winter 2004, Doulas: Global Models of Care
Journal of Perinatal Education, 12(4), 1-7; Childbirth Education and Doula Care During Times of Stress, Trauma, and Grieving
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