Networking & Education for Lactation Professionals
WHAT WE DO
The Bay Area Lactation Associates (BALA) provides lactation education and professional networking for those who work with breastfeeding families. WHO WE ARE Lactation Consultants, Doulas, Childbirth Educators, Dieticians, La Leche League Leaders, Nursing Mothers Counselors, Nurses, Physicians, Pediatric Dentists, WIC staff, Peer Counselors, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and anyone else who is interested in supporting breastfeeding families. MEETINGS: WHERE, WHEN AND AGENDA Meetings are held five times a year at rotating locations around the Bay Area. There is an opportunity to network with other professionals, as well as an educational component at each meeting. Typical Agenda: 11:00 - 11:30 Networking time, coffee 11:30 - 12:30 Educational Component of meeting 12:30 - 1:00 Business meeting |
BALA CalendarDATE: Friday May 20, 2022 SPEAKER: Gretchen Becker Crabb Topic: Breastfeeding through a co-regulation and sensory processing lens. TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. Past Meetings: DATE: Steptember 20, 2021 SPEAKER: Lucia Lainez, SLP Topic: Implicit Bias in BIPOC Prenatal and Postnatal Communities. TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: November 9, 2021 SPEAKER: TBD Topic: TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: Thursday January 6, 2022 SPEAKER: Dr. Ariel Provasoli, DC Topic: TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: Wednesday March 9, 2022 SPEAKER: TBD Topic: TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: May 14th ,2021 SPEAKER:Topic: Transition from hospital support to community TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: March 10, 2021 SPEAKER: Annual Meeting TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: To be decided, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: Janurary 7th ,2021 SPEAKER: NANCY MOHRBACHER, IBCLC, FILCA and Author of "BREASTFEEDING ANSWERS, A guide for helping families" TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: Online, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: November 9 ,2020 SPEAKER:Dr. Agi Ban, DC TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: Online, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: September 22 ,2020 SPEAKER: Andrea Byers TIME: 11:30AM-1:00PM WHERE: Online, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. DATE: [Rescheduled date]May 19,2020 TIME: 11:00AM-1:00PM WHERE: Online, please e-mail BayAreaLactationAssociates@gmail.com to receive an meeting invite. TOPIC: Ruth Konoff discusses Pediatric Occupational Therapy and its link to successful breastfeeding DATE: January 16,2020 TIME: 11:00AM-1:00PM WHERE: 5730 Market St. (where Adeline and Market Meet) Oakland, CA 94608 -Lunch/Thai will be served- TOPIC: Dr.Will & Postpartum Moods DATE: September 27 TIME: 11:00AM-1:00PM WHERE: 5730 Market St. (where Adeline and Market Meet) Oakland, CA 94608 -Lunch/Mexican will be served- TOPIC:TBA DATE: November 12,2019 TIME: 11:00AM-1:00PM WHERE: 5730 Market St. (where Adeline and Market Meet) Oakland, CA 94608 -Lunch/ Pizza & Salad will be served- DATE: May 16, 2019 (Thursday) TIME: 11am-1:00pm WHERE: Corte Madera Town Center, Marin. Community Room WHERE: 100 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera Date: March 21, 2019 (Thursday) Annual Meeting: Board Election, networking, lunch! Jan. 16, 2019 - 11am-1pm Menlo Park Speaker: Mary Marine IBCLC Topic: Updates on current research on Kangaroo Care November 8, 2018, 12-2 pm - San Francisco Speaker: Phyllis Klaus, MFT, LCSW : Traumatic birth and postpartum mood disorders Sept. 26, 2018, 11-1 pm - Corte Madera Topic: Breast Pumps May 17, 2018, 11-1 pm Lafayette Library, Case Studies Discussion! March 21, 2018 - 11-2 pm Oakland Annual Meeting and Lunch Member awards, New Board vote. Lunch! January 16, 2018, 11-1 pm Los Gatos: Speaker: Randy Ligh, DDS discussing ankyloglossia Thursday, November 9, 11:30am-1:30pm. Presidio Branch Library Case studies discussion Thursday, September 14, 2017 - 11am -1pm Town Center Corte Madera Speaker: Ilani Kopiecki on CranioSacral Therapy Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 10am - 12pm Lafayette Library, Oak Room Speaker: Shervin Yazdi DDS Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 11am - 2 pm East Bay Lactation Associates, Albany, CA Annual Meeting and Lunch Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 10am - 12pm WIC Program - County of Marin Speaker: Susan Lawrence, LLLL, IBCLC and RN Thursday, November 10, 2016, 12pm - 2pm Presidio Branch Library, San Francisco, CA Speaker: Dr. Susan Lee Char . Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 10am - 12pm Sequoia Hospital Wellness Center, Redwood City Speaker: Fritzi Drosten, RN, IBCLC Tuesday May 17, 2016, 10am - 12pm UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women's Hospital Speaker: Amy Gordon, MS, L.Ac Monday, March 14, 2016, 10am - 1pm East Bay Lactation Associates, Albany, CA Annual Meeting and Lunch Friday January 15, 2016 Marin General Hospital Speaker: Dr. Jan Alden, DC, CST November 17, 2015: St Paul's Church, Burlingame Speaker: Ruth Konoff, OT, IBCLC |
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