FAQs for Non-CSUN Students
These FAQs provide answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the Certificated Lactation Educator course and the Comprehensive Lactation Education Training for non-CSUN students. If you don't find an answer to your question here, feel free to use any of the following resources to get answers to your questions.
- Email: Lactation.Education@csun.edu
- Schedule a Virtual Zoom Advisement Appointment.
General FAQs for Non-CSUN Students
- If you would like to become a Certificated Lactation Educator, register for our 5-Week Certificated Lactation Educator Training. Get more training information.
- If you would like to become an International Board of Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) register for our 10-week Comprehensive Lactation Education Training. This will count for the 95 hours lactation specific coursework necessary to be eligible to sit for the IBCLE exam. Get more training information.
- Get more information on all of the eligibility requirements for the exam to become an IBCLC.
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No. Only CSUN undergraduate students may declare the Minor in Human Lactation Program. Read more information about CSUN’s Minor in Human Lactation.
FAQs for the LEAARC–approved Breastfeeding Course for Non-CSUN Students
Yes, participants who successfully complete CSUN’s certificated lactation educator training course will receive a certificate of course completion enabling them to call themselves certificated lactation educators.
Yes. Participants who successfully complete CSUN's Certificated Lactation Educator Training course will have completed 45 of the 95 hours of the lactation-specific education IBLCE exam requirement.
Click on the red “Register” button on the Certificated Lactation Educator (CLE) for Non-CSUN Students page.
The training cost is $580 plus reading material costs.
- Yes, 45 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be provided at no additional fee through our Joint Provider PAC/LAC.
- PAC/LAC is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT and LCSW. CE Provider #128542. PAC/LAC maintains responsibility for the program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSW and LMFT as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences
- PAC/LAC, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive Category 1 continuing education contact hours.
- PAC/LAC is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider CEP 5862. This course is approved for contact hours of continuing education
No. Participants who complete CSUN’s certificated lactation educator training will not earn units towards a bachelor’s degree. However, participants will earn 45 hours of continuing education units.
Comprehensive Lactation Education Training for Non-CSUN students FAQs
Yes, participants who successfully complete CSUN’s Comprehensive Lactation Education Training will have completed the 95 hours of lactation specific education IBLCE exam requirement.
No, to become an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, individuals must pass the IBLCE exam. Participants who successfully complete CSUN’s Comprehensive Lactation Education Training will have completed one of the three IBLCE exam requirements: 95 hours of lactation specific education. For more information on all of the eligibility requirements for the exam to become an IBCLC, please visit: https://iblce.org/step-1-prepare-for-ibclc-certification/lactation-specific-clinical-experience/.
Click on the “Register Now” button found on: this link.
The training cost is $1040 plus reading material costs.
No, at this time CSUN only offers opportunities for participants to complete the coursework required to be eligible to sit for the IBLCE exam. Get more information on how you can meet the IBLCE clinical hours exam eligibility requirement
- Yes, 95 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be provided at no additional fee through our Joint Provider PAC/LAC.
- PAC/LAC is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT and LCSW. CE Provider #128542. PAC/LAC maintains responsibility for the program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSW and LMFT as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences
- PAC/LAC, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive Category 1 continuing education contact hours.
- PAC/LAC is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider CEP 5862. This course is approved for contact hours of continuing education
- No. Participants who complete CSUN’s certificated lactation educator training will not earn units towards a bachelor’s degree. However, participants will earn 95 hours of continuing education units.