Dear Leslie, Also wanted to share with you Breastfeeding Support Consultants Lactation Consultant Correspondence Course training program for LC's. I believe you have two options now in regards to taking the course, one is 6 months home study followed by a week long intensive seminar (conference), the other way is to do the whole training course at home (usually takes about 18 months to complete, that's the route I took). I believe their fee is $1200.00, but I'm not sure. I recently completed the course and found it to be excellent. Many varied activities, including a clinical LC Practicum to be completed in your area, critique of professional research/literature, end of chapter study guides, etc. You can write or call them for all the details. Their address is : Breastfeeding Support Consultants, 228 Park Lane, Chalfont, PA 18914. Phone: (215) 822-1281 I know the course was just recently completely revised and updated. This might be an option for you being that you wished to (like me) do your studying from home. It is on the expensive side, but I think would end up much cheaper than taking courses/conferences in distant cities. The other excellent option is to consider the group study option, "do it yourselfer" as the first lady wrote to you about. My e-mail address is [log in to unmask] If you have any other more specific questions about the course at all, please feel free to e-mail me! Best of luck to you! Warmly, Wendy L. Reddy