Navigator Training & Certification
Build Your Nest Postpartum Navigator Training
A community-based approach to maternal health you can bring to your community.
What if postpartum planning was part of all prenatal care?
What if parents had support beyond 6 weeks?
What if we gave language and value to the work of helping parents navigate these first few months postpartum?
This training gives you tools to fill gaps that parents face in our maternal healthcare systems.
Learn ways to:
Offer postpartum planning guidance during pregnancy.
Offer continued support throughout the first three months postpartum.
Connect parents with the resources they need.
Cultivate community.
Training Details
Each module includes a prerecorded class, slides, homework and will take roughly 2 hours to complete.
MODULE 1 Why postpartum planning is important
MODULE 2 The anatomy of a postpartum plan: The Milk Retreat
MODULE 3 The anatomy of a postpartum plan: The Postpartum Net
MODULE 4 Practical tools for encouraging postpartum planning
MODULE 5 The role of the postpartum navigator
MODULE 6 Tools for navigators
MODULE 7 Cultivating community among parents and professionals
Bonus MODULE Postpartum in the pandemic
CERTIFICATION PROCESS
The certification process guides you from envisioning your work to working with clients which can take a minimum of 4 months.
Q&A Discussions monthly January - April, dates TBD.
20 page navigator's manual
practice client intake forms
practice client feedback forms
certificate of completion and listing in the navigator directory on the Build Your Nest website
Three Different Ways To Train
1) Super Passive: Listen to the videos, skim the written material, and let it soak in and nourish your current work.
2) Actively Engaged: Watch the videos, do the homework, journal, research, and reflect on how to integrate the ideas and tools into your current care.
3) Get Certified: After fully doing the course, go through the certification process and bring the postpartum navigator work to your community.
Workbook Sale Section
A quick message about purchasing The Workbook. “If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab a copy of The Workbook as it is the first step on the journey to becoming a Certified Build Your Nest Navigator!”
“The training was incredible and sooooo full of information. Thank you!!”
“It’d be great to get one more short testimonial to put right here. Even out the page.”
“As a Midwife, my job is to help clients navigate the world of pregnancy and birth through the first 6 weeks of life. Taking this course with Kestrel gave me a deeper insight into the intricacies of postpartum beyond our 6 weeks of care and has helped me better understand how to help our clients prepare for the postpartum during pregnancy. Thanks to Kestrel’s work our practice has started encouraging our clients to work through the workbook and discuss thoughts, concerns, fears and logistics with us during the prenatal period, creating a smoother and overall easier/more pleasant postpartum experience.”
Commonly Asked Questions:
Hopefully, these will answer some of the questions you might have. Feel free to reach out (email link) if there is anything else I can answer for you!
Q. I am a postpartum doula, how is this work different?
A. Navigator support is not the in-person, practical care that a postpartum doula offers. Instead, this support begins during pregnancy and extends through the third month postpartum. Postpartum doula care can fit within Navigator care.
Q. I am a mother of small children and looking to have an offering that works within my day-to-day life as a parent, would navigator work fit into my life?
A. It may! One of the advantages of this model of care is that it can be all through your phone and can be arranged into your life as works best for you. You don't need to be on call, you don't need to have office space.
Q. Will this training be offered again?
A. Yes, but most likely it will be expanded upon and be at a different price point.
Q. How long can I access the materials?
A. At least one year.
Q. Why would I want to get certified?
A. The certification process is really meant to support you in bringing this work forward into the world. Too often people take courses, or trainings, and are left wondering how to actually do the work, how to start, how to work past the challenges that come up. The goal of this process is to give you the support you need.
Q. My English isn't fluent, how is the content delivered?
A. All video content includes transcripts that could be used to translate.
Q. I'm not a professional but love supporting other moms in my community, can I take the training?
A. Yes! So many of us are community hubs, helping others navigate early parenting. This training can be a way to deepen the community care that you are already doing. All are welcome.
Q. I am a mother of small children and looking to have an offering that works within my day-to-day life as a parent, would Navigator work fit into my life?
A. It may! One of the advantages of this model of care is that it can be all through your phone and can be arranged into your life as works best for you. You don't need to be on call, you don't need to have an office space.
Workbook Sale Section
A quick message about purchasing The Workbook. “If you haven’t yet, be sure to grab a copy of The Workbook as it is the first step on the journey to becoming a Certified Build Your Nest Navigator!”