Jan B. wrote
>ILCA has requested, time & again, that education programs do NOT affix
>a certification to their programs -- for all the reasons that have been noted
>on Lactnet (this comes up about every 6 months), but just recently Barbara
>Wilson-Clay was very eloquent about the whole issue of educational programs
>conferring a certification that is not up to the standard of the IBCLC.

This is a huge irritation to me (and I've ranted on Lactnet in the past)
but Barbara's eloquent post of a few days ago reminded me to do what I'd
been meaning to do.  Which was, write to ILCA and ask why the heck the ILCA
website SAYS this regarding "what to look for in a course" and then goes
ahead and LISTS courses that DO confer some half-assed "credential."  I
don't think ILCA should support courses that confer "credentials" by
advertising them on the website!

Becky Krumwiede, RN, IBCLC
Appleton, Wisconsin

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