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Prenatal and Perinatal Educator (PPNE) Certificate Program
WELCOME & GETTING STARTED
Welcome
What You Need to Know to Start
Take Advantage of APPPAH's Premier Membership and Benefits
Digital Library: Access & More
Joining the Mentor Program
Student Enrollment Questionnaire
Quizzes & Integrative Projects
Optional Enrichment Activities | "Lifeline" Exploration
Graduation Requirements
Module One: History and Foundations of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
Module One Overview
Learning Objectives
Module One Required & Suggested Reading
Module 1 Quiz Printout
APPPAH's Four Foundational Concepts
Sentient Prenate by Dr. David Chamberlain
The Vulnerable Prenate by Dr. William Emerson
Reflections of APPPAH with Dr. Thomas Verny
APPPAH Mission Statement: The Voices of the Children
How Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology Transforms the World
Summary of Trends and Influences in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology
The Importance of Positive Imprints
Nurturing Human Potential with Wendy Anne McCarty PhD, RN, HNB-BC, DCEP
A Brief History of Pre and Perinatal Psychology by Jeane Rhodes
Babies Know: 7 Principles of Pre and Perinatal Psychology Film (22:43)
Module 1 Comprehension Quiz
Module 1 Comprehension Project
Optional Enrichment Activity | "Lifeline" Exploration
Module Two: Professional Support and Ethics
Module Two Overview
Module Two Learning Objectives
Module Two Required & Suggested Reading
Module Two Quiz Print out
Ethical Considerations in Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Education
Excerpts from The Ethics of Caring
The Ethics of Caring with Kylea Taylor
Ethics and Childbirth Educators: Do Your Values Cause You Ethical Distress?
Babyhood Establishes the Roots of Human Moral Values and Ethics
Interview with Ray Castellino,DC, RPP, RCST© “The Principles,” File
Cultural Competency in Gender & Sexuality for Educators and Practitioners (64:36)
Building A Caring Economy: Riane Eisler
Module Two Comprehension Quiz
Module Two Comprehension Project
Module Three: Prenatal and Birth Imprints and Nervous System Regulation
Module Three Overview
Module Three Learning Objectives
Module Three Required & Suggested Reading
Module Three Quiz Print Out
Blueprint, Imprints, and Implicit Memory
Exploring the Connection Between Conception and Early Imprints (8:40)
Implicit Memory
Nurturing the Conscious Baby Throughout Pregnancy
The Fetal Senses
Trauma and Shock: Essential Distinctions in Psychological Trauma
Overview of Primal Health
The Autonomic Nervous System
Exposure to Prenatal Stressors and Infant Autonomic Nervous System Regulation of Stress
Module Three Comprehension Quiz
Module Three Comprehension Project
REMINDERS
Connect with Your Mentor
Need Help?
Self Check in
Module Four: Neuroscience and Epigenetics
Module Four Overview
Module Four Learning Objectives
Module Four Required & Suggested Reading
Module Four Quiz Print Out
What is neuroscience through the lens of prenatal and perinatal psychology?
Bruce Lipton Explains Epigenetics
What is epigenetics? - Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna
Neuroception: a subconscious system for detecting threats and safety Page
Nature, Nurture and Human Development by Bruce Lipton
The Biology of Belief with Bruce Lipton
Womb Ecology: New Reasons and New ways to Prepare the Prenatal Environment
The Mind of the Prenate
Dr. Dan Siegel: An In-depth Explanation of Mirror Neurons
How Your Nervous System Sabotages Your Ability to Relate
Polyvagal Theory in Action with Deb Dana
How to Overcome Toxic Shame with Peter Levine
Microbiome and Fetus: A Relationship for LIfe by Janet Teodori
Somatic Regulation Exercises
Suggested: How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations
Suggested Reading: Helpful Neuroscience Links for the Curious
Module Four Comprehension Quiz
Module Four Comprehension Project
Module Five: Consciousness and Cellular Memory
Module Five Overview
Module Five Learning Objectives
Module Five Required & Suggested Reading
Module Five Quiz Print Out
The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies
Birthing a New Humanity through the Concept of New Biology
Lessons from the Embryo: Learning from Early Communications
How to Access Early Memories and Change Your Life with Francois Gerland
Conception: The Act of Incarnation
Consciousness in the Preconception Period: The Roots of Attachment
The Nature of Umbilical Affect
Co-Education: Prenatal Memory Nurtures Family Bonds
Field Consciousness--Unpublished Manuscript by Dr. William Emerson, Ph.D.
Quantum Birth Model with The Matrona, Midwife Whapio Diane Bartlett
The Science of Heart-Brain Harmony
The Neurobiology of Nurture and the Science of the Heart
Unraveling Colic: Exploring the Womb and Birth Experiences in Early Trauma and Relationships
Conscious Awareness of Babies
Module Five Comprehension Quiz
Module Five Comprehension Project
Optional Enrichment Activity | "Lifeline" Exploration
Module Six: Psycho-Emotional Developmental Stages of Being Human
Module Six Overview
Module Six Learning Objectives
Module Six Required & Suggested Reading
Module Six Quiz Print Out
Robin Grille's Table of Psycho-Emotional Developmental Needs
The Five Rites of Passage by Robin Grille
Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience
Human Nuerobiology and Emotional Intelligence
Water as an Energo-Information Connection Channel Between an Unborn Child, Its Mother and Its Environment
Somatotropic Therapy Published
Being with Newborns: An Introduction to Somatotropic Therapy®
Molecules of Emotion: Prenatal Programming of Love, Joy and Happiness
The Heart - The Central Hub for All Development
Module Six Comprehension Quiz
Module Six Comprehension Project
Module Seven: Families Created through Adoption, Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), and Surrogacy
Module Seven Overview
Module Seven Learning Objectives
Module Seven Required & Suggested Reading
Module Seven Quiz Print Out
Born by Surrogate: New Paths to Parenthood
Surrogate Abortion Battle
Eggsploitation
Surrogacy with Dominique Yarritu, MA, LMFT, PhD Candidate
Surrogacy, the Baby's Perspective with Esteban Molina
Attachment and Adoption with Michael Trout
Sharing Space To Be or Not to Be: Prenatal Origins of the Existential “Yes” v. the Self Struggle
Baby-Bonding for Non-Gestational Parents: How You're Ahead Of The Curve And Don't Even Know It
How In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Affects Babies and Children
Core Isolation in Prenates, Babies, Children, and Adults
An Interview: Advocating for Queer Birthing Family Safety by Employing Inclusive Terminology in Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum
New Fashioned Families: An Investigation of Bonding with Families Created Using Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy
Module Seven Comprehension Quiz
Module Seven Comprehension Project
REMINDERS
Connect with Your Mentor
Need Help?
Self Check in
Module Eight: Prenatal Bonding and Attachment
Module Eight Overview
Module Eight Learning Objectives
Module Eight Required & Suggested Reading
Module Eight Quiz Print Out
The Sacred Sojourn of the Unborn
A History of the Theory of Prenatal Attachment
The Tie that Binds
Mother-Infant Bonding and the Intelligence of the Heart (8:14)
Conscious Communication and Effects on Imprinting with Prenatal Bonding
Bonding, Brain, Intelligence & PLAY
About the Impact of Prenatal Bonding (BA) in the Prevention of Postpartum Mood Disorders
Module Eight Comprehension Quiz
Module Eight Comprehension Project
Module Nine: Pregnancy and Birth
Module Nine Overview
Module Nine Learning Objectives
Module Nine Required & Suggested Reading
Module Nine Quiz Print Out
Undisturbed Birth: Nature’s Blueprint for Ease and Ecstasy
Revisiting the management of term breech presentation: a. proposal for overcoming some of the controversies
Revisiting: The Sentient Prenate: What Every Parent Should Know
Evidence on: The ARRIVE Trial and Elective Induction at 39 Weeks
Association of peripartum synthetic oxytocin administration and depressive and anxiety disorders within the first postpartum year
Breech Birth at Home
Fetal Awareness of Maternal Emotional States During Pregnancy
The Benefits of Reading to Baby in the Womb
Life in the Womb by Peter Nathanielsz
Simple Tools for Mothers - Karen Strange
Effect of Antenatal Expression of Breast Milk at Term in Reducing Breast Feeding Failures
Perspectives on Violence
The Mother-Friendly Initiative
The Elephant in the Birthing Room
Spiritual Midwifery with Ina May Gaskin
Wired for Stress: How Maternal Mental Health Shapes Fetal Development
Pregnancy Dialogues™ Facilitator Training
What is the Future of Birth? A Talk with John Wilks, MA RCST BTAA and Anna Verwaal, RN, CLE
Module Nine Comprehension Quiz
Module Nine Comprehension Project
Module Ten: The Fourth Trimester
Module Ten Overview
Module Ten Learning Objectives
Module Ten Required & Suggested Reading
Module Ten Quiz Print Out
The Influence of Birth Trauma on the Physical and Emotional Well-Being of the Baby
Research on: Music & Breastmilk
Prenatal Bonding (BA) as a Breakthrough in Improving Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Outcomes
Welcoming Babies: Challenges and Opportunities in the Hospital Setting
Infant Trauma and the Impact on Breastfeeding
How Birth Trauma Affects Breastfeeding and How Breastfeeding Can Heal Birth Trauma
The Amazing Talents of your Newborn (29:50)
Kangaroo Mother Care with Nils Bergman (Two Videos) (79:58)
Module Ten Comprehension Quiz
Module Ten Comprehension Project
Module Eleven: Conscious Parenting
Module Eleven Overview
Module Eleven Learning Objectives
Module Eleven Required & Suggested Reading
Module Eleven Quiz Print Out
The Nine Principles of Conscious Early Parenting
Attuned Conception: Secret Gateway to New Humanity
Transforming Parenting: From Traditional Methods to Conscious Practices for Raising Emotionally Secure Children
What is a Secure Attachment? And Why Doesn’t “Attachment Parenting” Get You There?
Consciousness Parenting Seen through the Lens of Pre and Perinatal Psychology
How to be a Conscious Parent | Dr Shefali Tsabary
We Need to Change the Conversation About Fathers | Anna Machin
Understanding Biologically Normal Infant Sleep
Building and Enhancing Bonding and Attachment BEBA Retrospective Research Study
The Science of Attachment: Biological Roots of Love
Optimal Attachment
Mirror Neurons
Circle of Security - Building Secure Attachment
Module Eleven Comprehension Quiz
Module Eleven Comprehension Project
Module Twelve: Resolving and Healing
Module Twelve Overview
Module Twelve Learning Objectives
Module Twelve Required & Suggested Reading
Module Twelve Quiz Print Out
Interview with Dr. Wendy Ann McCarty
Being with Newborns: An Introduction to Somatotropic Therapy® Attention to the Newborn: Healing Betrayal, New Hope for Prevention of Violence
Ingram Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Children and Adults Who Suffer Anxiety Due to Prenatal and Birth Trauma
How to Access Early Memories and Change Your Life
Helping Parents, Children, and Adults Heal from Birth Trauma
Recognising Birth Trauma Behaviours in Infancy & Later Childhood
Treating Cesarean Birth Trauma During Infancy and Childhood
An Introduction to Havening: The Magic of Healing in Your Hands with Alison Shaloe and Ellynne Skove
The Use of Perinatal Music to Decrease the Stress Response and Promote Health
Music for Infants and Children
Sound Healing
The Mother’s Womb: Wisdom for Prenatal Bonding
Heartfulness Womb Cleaning
Skin-to-skin 'kangaroo care' found to boost neurodevelopment in preemies
Kangaroo care for the preterm infant and family
Transpersonal Dimensions in Healing Pre/Perinatal Trauma with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
Treating the Trauma of Abortion
CranioSacral Therapy for Birth Healing and Resolution Resolving
How Prenatal and Perinatal Experiences Reverberate Throughout a Person’s Life
Prenatal Bonding (BA) What, When, How, and Why
Healing and Resolving: Babies Repatterning their Birth Imprints (40:44)
Bonding Repair Therapy & Asthma: A Revolutionary Approach to Healing
Module Twelve Comprehension Quiz
Module Twelve Comprehension Project
Optional Enrichment Activity | "Lifeline" Exploration
Program Completion & Graduation Requirements
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Graduation Requirements
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Complete the Student Evaluation
The Use of Perinatal Music to Decrease the Stress Response and Promote Health
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