Hosted by San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative

Date: August 19, 2025

Time: 9:30am-12:30pm PST

Location: SD Office of Education (6401 Linda Vista Rd, San Diego, CA 92111) Annex B (portable)

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Click link to view event flyer: Safe Sleep Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Training

This free training is tailored for early childcare providers (as well as home visitors and Community Health Workers) who want to strengthen their knowledge and skills around safe sleep practices and breastfeeding support.

What You’ll Learn:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define and differentiate between SUID and SIDS.
• Identify risk factors and protective factors related to sleep.
• Summarize the breastfeeding–safe sleep connection.
• Understand the importance of supporting breastfeeding families in early childcare settings (or as a home visitor or CHW)
• Develop a plan to support a breastfeeding-friendly environment.
• Explain how to safely store, prepare, and feed breast milk.

Featured Speakers:

Jamie Felice, RN, IBCLC – Perinatal Services, SIDS, and Lactation Coordinator, County of San Diego
Jamie brings a background in community birth and lactation support and currently leads countywide efforts to improve maternal-child health and reduce SIDS through breastfeeding promotion.

Kim Elkins, IBCLC – WIC Lactation Consultant & Regional Breastfeeding Liaison
Kim trains childcare providers to support breastfeeding families and has partnered with UCSD’s Center for Community Health to develop community-centered resources.

Kim Speckhahn, IBCLC – TrueCare WIC & Regional Breastfeeding Liaison
Kim specializes in working directly with childcare providers to help create breastfeeding-friendly environments and has partnered closely with Kim Elkins in these efforts.

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your knowledge, earn recognition as a breastfeeding-friendly provider, and help ensure the health and safety of the infants in your care. Participants will receive a professional development certificate upon completion.

Questions? Please contact Kim at Kim.Speckhahn@truecare.org