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CAPPA Teen
Support Advanced Certification Program
Nearly one million teen girls get pregnant
each year.
Nearly four out of 10 young women get pregnant
at least once before they turn 20.
Each year the federal
government alone spends about $40 billion to help families
that began with a teenage birth.
Expectant teens can present special challenges for a
childbirth professionals due to their unique needs. As
childbirth professionals, it is our responsibility to be
familiar with the unique issues and topics that are pertinent
to expectant young families.
The goals of the CAPPA
Teen Support Advanced Certification include:
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Establish the unique needs of expectant teens
¨ Summarize
the vital components of a childbirth education class for
teens
¨ Identify various resources available to assist
professionals who work with pregnant teens
¨ Understand the
conflicts of pregnancy during the adolescent stage of
development
¨ Establish the skills necessary to assist
pregnant teens
The CAPPA Teen Support Advanced Certification can be
obtained through Distance Learning or the Standard Program.
Both programs require experience as a childbirth professional.
The Distance Learning option also requires the purchase and
reading of the CAPPA Teen Support Training Manual.
Teen Support
Advanced Certification Program
Distance Program
Requirements
Must meet one of the following requirements to enter the
program:
1. Be an RN or midwife with at least one (1) year labour and
delivery or ob/gyn office experience.
2. Be an experienced labour doula, postpartum doula,
antepartum doula, lactation educator - certification required.
3. Be an experienced childbirth educator - sixty (60) hours
of documented perinatal teaching experience. Letter from
supervisor or colleague or class evaluations accepted.
4. Be a health care provider who works with teens in a
health department or teen pregnancy clinic. Proof
Required.
*Copies of licenses/certifications required.
Steps to becoming a CAPPA Certified CAPPA Teen Support
Professional
1. Be a
member of CAPPA. (All CAPPA certified professionals are
required to maintain continuous membership. A lapse in your
CAPPA membership will result in a 50.00 reinstatement fee and
all overdue membership dues must be paid. CAPPA certified
professionals who let their membership lapse more than 120
days must pay a 100.00 reinstate fee plus all past due
membership dues.)
2. Choose and read 5 books from the CAPPA teen support
required reading
list.
3. Volunteer 20 hours in a health department OB
setting, STD clinic, or Teen clinic.
4. Provide support at
2 teen births
5. Interview 2 pregnant teens with CAPPA
questionnaire.
6. Write an essay on the special needs of
pregnant teens.
7. Survey 5 teen pregnancy professionals
with CAPPA survey.
8. Write an essay on your experiences
while going through this program.
9. Purchase and complete
the CAPPA
teen support program materials
10. Must pass an open
book test on teen support topics - 85% passing grade required.
In order for candidates to be eligible for CAPPA advanced
certification they must sign and agree to the CAPPA Philosophy, Code
of Conduct, Scope of Practice and Grievance Policy.
In the event a candidate fails to pass certification
requirements, the candidate has up to one (1) year to complete
the failed portions of the certification requirements. There
will be no further processing fees. The candidate who exceeds
one (1) year to complete the aforementioned portions of
certification may be asked to re-enter the certification
program and may incur additional fees.
Note: when submitting certification packet, please do not
send originals.
Cost for Standard Certification
$45.00 Membership
Fee
$100.00
Distance teen support program
$75.00 Certification
Processing Fee
Upon successful completion of this
course participants will earn the title CAPPA Certified Teen
Support Professional
CAPPA Certified Teen Support
Professional (CTSP)
If you have general CAPPA questions send
e-mail to info@cappacanada.ca
Standard Program Requirements
Must meet one of the following requirements to enter the
program:
1. Be an RN or midwife with at least one (1) year labour and
delivery or ob/gyn office experience.
2. Be an experienced labour doula, postpartum doula,
antepartum doula, lactation educator - certification required.
3. Be an experienced childbirth educator - sixty (60) hours
of documented perinatal teaching experience. Letter from
supervisor or colleague or class evaluations accepted.
4. Be a health care provider who works with teens in a
health department or teen pregnancy clinic. Proof
Required.
*Copies of licenses/certifications required.
Steps to becoming a CAPPA Certified Teen Support
Professional
1. Be a member of
CAPPA in good standing.
2. In order for candidates to
be eligible for CAPPA certification they must sign and agree
to the CAPPA Code of
Conduct, Philosophy, Scope of Practice and Grievance Policy.
3. Choose and read 2 books from the CAPPA teen support
required reading
list.
4. Interview two pregnant teens with the CAPPA
teen questionnaire.
5.
Attend a CAPPA Teen
support training workshop.
6. Must pass an open book
test on teen support topics - 85% passing grade required.
In the event a candidate fails to pass certification
requirements, the candidate has up to one (1) year to complete
the failed portions of the certification requirements. There
will be no further processing fees. The candidate who exceeds
one (1) year to complete the aforementioned portions of
certification may be asked to reenter the certification
program and may incur additional fees.
Note: when submitting certification packet, please do not
send originals.
Cost for Standard Certification
$45.00 member fee
$35.00
Certification Packet
$75.00 Exam Certification
Processing Fee
$250.00 - $350.00 Teen
Support Training Workshop Registration Fee
Upon successful completion of this course participants will
earn the title CAPPA Certified Teen Support
Professional
CAPPA Certified Teen Support Professional
(CTSP)
CAPPA Teen Support Reading List
Families Matter: A Research Synthesis of Family Influences
on Adolescent Pregnancy. By Miller
Looking For Reasons Why: The Antecedents of Adolescent
Sexual Risk Taking, Pregnancy and Childbearing. By Kirby
Peer Potential: Making The Most Of How Teens Influence Each
Other. By Bearman
Safer Sex by Evelyn Lerman
Teenage Couples: Expectations and Realities by Jeanne
Warren Lindsay
Books, Babies, and School Age Parents by Jeanne Warren
Lindsay and Sharon Enright, Ph. D.
ROAD to Fatherhood by Jon Morris
CAPPA
Recertification
Recertification for all CAPPA
certifications must be done every three years, beginning with
the original date of certification.
CAPPA Certified Teen Support Professional (CTSP)
1. Maintain continuous
membership in
CAPPA.
2. Documentation of 15 hours of continuing
education in teen issues.
3. Submit two (2) letters of
recommendation from any of the following:
· Certified
childbirth educator
· Certified labour doula
· Certified
nurse midwife
· OB/GYN
· IBCLC
4. Submit $75
recertification fee.
If you have general CAPPA Canada questions send
e-mail to info@cappacanada.ca
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