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    • ALPI Mentorship Project
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    • ALPI Meet Ups
    • Begin Ed India's Online Lactation Courses
    • Online Clinical Lactation Program (OLCP)
    • India's Online Lactation Conference
  • Lactation Qualifications
  • Team ALPI
  • ALPI History
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    • Info Sheets for LP
    • ALPI Scope of Practice
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ALPI Meetup Updates

ALPI Member Meetup May 2025

Thursday, May 22, 2025
​6:00 – 7:00pm

Registrations Opening Soon!
Missed the last ALPI Meetup? Contact us to get the recording at [email protected] 
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Year End Review
2024


Past ALPI Meet Ups

Are you a new ALPI Member?  Have you missed past ALPI Member Meet Up Sessions? 
Do you need continuing education focused on lactation?

Please contact Team ALPI for details about "Lactation Education Packages." 
All sessions give I-LEH Certificate of Completion (India's Lactation Education Hours) from ALPI.

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2018
"Oral Motor Development" (1h)
12/10/18 

​Aparna Bhat, MSPT CLEC 
ALPI Member
2019
"Role of tethered oral tissues in breastfeeding:  Functional assessment, classifications, diagnosis and management" (1.5h)
15/2/19 

Dr. Sarvanakumar, MDS
ALPI Honorary Member

"Preparing Families for Breastfeeding Antenatally:  What Works and What Doesn't" (1h)
12/4/19

Dr. Shacchee Baweja, IBCLC MBBS IYCF
ALPI President ​

"Effective Counseling in Work with Breastfeeding Families" (1h)
10/5/19
Camilla Conti

ALPI Executive Team, IBCLC, CCE, MIPA, MA

"Breastfeeding Challenges in Postnatal Period"
7/6/19
Dana Hardy
ALPI Executive Team, IBCLC RN/BSN MA CLE/CCE
2020
"Changing Times:  COVID-19 and Breastfeeding"
ALPI Member Meet-Up
27/3/20

"Virtual Consult 101:  All You Need to Know"
29/4/20
Camilla Conti
ALPI Executive Team, IBCLC, CCE, MIPA, MA

"Let's Get Practical"
23/6/20
Shacchee Baweja, Dana Hardy
ALPI Executive Team

"Journey to IBCLC"
1/8/20
Dr Priya Shashank
ALPI Executive Team

"Tongue Tie:  Timely Treatment and Teamwork"
29/8/20
Dr Ankita Shah
Dentician, Mumbai

"Oral Health and Infants"
25/9/20
Dr Shivika Agarwal
Tooth Tales, Noida

"Torticollis and Breastfeeding"
23/10/20
Dr Anjali Agarwal
Physiotherapist and Lifestyle Consultant, Hyderabad

"Conference Discussion, CUIBP 2020"
24/11/20
ALPI Team
2021
"ALPI 2020 Year in Review"
30/1/21

"Let's Get Clinical"
27/2/21
Dr Shacchee Baweja, Dana Hardy ​

"Mode of Birth and Breastfeeding"
29/3/21
Dr Vinodha Vunnam, Happy Moms India

"Beginning in Private Practice"
24/4/21
Dr Priya Shashank, ALPI

Teaching BF Class ANC
29 May 2021
Nutan Pandit

Sensory Issues
26 June 2021
Dr Shweta Wadhwa

WBW Launching, Celebrating Together:  Stories of Hope
31 July 2021

Conference Launching, Common Questions for LPs
26 August, 2021
Wisdom Series (2021-2022)​
Wisdom Moments with Indian Lactation Professionals
6-part series including Career Highlights, Early Challenges, Favorite Cases, Insights for new LPs by various leaders in Indian Lactation

Induced Lactation
Dr Zinal
18 November 2021
(01 of 6 sessions) 
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Basics of Latching and Milk Transfer
Dr. Prachee Shah
16 December 2021
(02 of 6 sessions) 
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Highlights and Key Learnings from 2021
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Dr. Shacchee Baweja and Dana Hardy
20 January 2022
(03 of 6 sessions) ​

Setting up a Human Milk Bank
Rashmi Poduval 
17 February 2022
(04 of 6 sessions) 

Wisdom moments with ALPI Advisory Team (Panel Discussion)
Camilla Conti and Srikanthi Bodapati
24 March 2022
(05 of 6 sessions) 

Wisdom Moments with Dr. Sangeeta
16 June 2022
(06 of 06 sessions) 
2022
BFHI as ALPI Members
Dana and Dr. Shacchee share and discuss the 10 steps of BFHI with the participants
Interview with a special guest - Ms Nupur Bidla (BPNI Central)
14 April 2022

ABCs of Lactation Field in India
Dr. Manisha (BPNI Maharashtra), Dr. Zinal (IBCLE Coordinator India), Adhunika (BSIM), Dr. Shacchee (ALPI) and Dana (BEI) join ALPI members for ​panel discussion to cover questions like:
What organizations are supporting lactation work? Who is a lactation consultant? What certification courses are available in India?I'm Certified...how can I work in private practice? How do I build a referral network in my community? and more to cover an overview of the "Lactation Field in India."
​05 May, 2022

ALPI July Meetup WBW Launching
ALPI Celebrates WBW 2022. ALPI Action Committee Members share 
with exciting giveaways and resources for ALPI Members to be unsed duning the WBW. 
28 July, 2022

ALPI August Meetup - I-OLC Launching
ALPI announces opening of India's Online Lactation Conference. An annual collaboration event for growing lactation education all over India. Winners of ALPI WBW contest shared about impacting their communities with skilled lactation care. 
​25 August, 2022


ALPI December Meetup - ALPI Member Moments
ALPI Members share their story and journey of their professional growth in the lactation field.
​15 December 2022

Building Lactation Clinical Toolkit Series (2022-2023)
ALPI November Meetup - Building Clinical Lactation Tools
Action Committee I - Practice and Protection share Clinical Lactation Tools: ALPI ABM Update - The Mastitis Spectrum infosheet and summarize the protocol with Indian Perspectives.
17 November, 2022

2023
Year End Review 2022
ALPI ET, AT and Action Committee share ALPI's journey and growth in the year 2022 with the participants
19 Jan 2023

Building Lactation Toolkit Series
November 2022 - June 2023

ALPI WBW Launching 2023
ALPI Launches WBW by hearing encouraging stories from the lactation field in India and ALPI members contribution towards it.
2024
Crucial Conversations for Lactation Professionals​ 
This is a 6 part series completed over 6 months Jan - June 2024 where the ALPI ET and AT came together with the ALPI Members and talk and understand Crucial Conversations in depth and how to implement this in our practice and Lactation Professionals as well as our personal lives.  
ALPI Jan Meetup - Foundations of Crucial Conversations
  • Review: What is a crucial conversation?
  • 3 Points: Stakes high, opposing opinions, strong emotions
  • Start with the Heart.
  • Common Questions
  • Case Discussions
​January 25, 2024

ALPI Feb Meetup - Crucial Conversations in the Workplace
  • Finances
  • Job Interviews
  • Working with Ped/ OB Gynac Team
  • Deciding where? How? When? To offer lactation services
  • Boundaries
 February 29, 2024

ALPI March Meetup - Crucial Conversations with the Team
  • Difficult Colleagues
  • Competition
  • Dismissive of lactation profession
  • Building a referral based team
​March 28, 2024

ALPI April Meetup - Crucial Conversation with the Lactation Profession
In this session we talk about Crucial Conversations affecting the larger Lactation Field in India and review special survey report presentation compiled by Srikanthi Bodapati and Dr. Tarique.
April 25, 2024

ALPI May Meetup - Crucial Conversations for YOU
  • Self-care
  • Mental Wellness
  • Shame
  • Trauma Response, Reaction
May 30, 2024

ALPI June Meetup - Crucial Conversations Review Session 
In this session we review all the topics discussed throughout the year as we conclude the Crucial Conversations Series. With a special case discussion and interview with Dr. Tarun Joseph from Joseph Hospitals, Chennai. 
​June 27, 2024

ALPI July Meetup - Launching WBW 2024 TOGETHER
ALPI Members come together at the launch of another WBW as we reflect on the theme Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for ALL and discuss How is ALPI (and ALPI Members) 'Closing the Gap'
​​July 25, 2024
Lactation Professionals include Lactation Consultants (IBCLC), Certified Lactation Professionals, Lactation Counselors and other recognized certifications with both lactation coursework and clinical lactation experience.

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