CENTRE FOR BREASTFEEDING EDUCATION INVITES YOU TO JOIN US WEDNESDAY APRIL 2, 2014 6-9pm A Comprehensive Look at Ankyloglossia (Tongue-Tie), Maxillary Lip Tie, Frenotomy, and Aftercare CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE LECTURE HALL 4 1255 SHEPPARD AVENUE EAST TORONTO, ON M2K 1E2 WEBINAR OPTION AVAILABLE CLICK BUTTON TO REGISTER  An overview of ankyloglossia/tongue-tie (including posterior ties) and maxillary lip-tie as part of the differential diagnosis in breastfeeding difficulties;  A thorough step-by-step assessment of lingual (tongue) tie and maxillary (upper) lip-tie;  A thorough how-to, step-by-step treatment/release with scissors of all types of tongue and upper lip-tie;  A complete guide to how to assist the physician/ practitioner with scissor release of tongue and upper lip-tie;  A discussion of post-surgical wound aftercare and breastfeeding follow up. This talk is intended for health care practitioners, i.e. Physicians, Dentists, Oral Surgeons, NDs, Dietitians, ENTs, Lactation Consultants, SLPs, OTs, CSTs, Midwives, Doulas, etc. It is for those who diagnose, surgically treat, and assist with frenotomy; and practitioners who support families of babies experiencing feeding challenges which may be due to a tongue or lip tie. Guest Lecturer: Edith Kernerman, IBCLC President & Co-Founder of the International Breastfeeding Centre President of the Ontario Lactation Consultants Association Edith Kernerman is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and clinician in Toronto, seeing over 2000 breastfeeding families each year. She is co-founder and President of the International Breastfeeding Centre (IBC), cofounder and Clinic Director of the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic, (NBC), senior faculty at IBC’s Centre for Breastfeeding Studies, and an IBLCE. She is the creator and founder of the International meeting of the Minds, co-creator of the L-Eat Latch and Transfer Tool; Dr. Jack Newman’s Visual Guide to Breastfeeding; and author of the GamePlan for Protecting and Supporting Breastfeeding in the First 24 hours and Beyond, and creator of the Pain Algorithm for Sore Nipples and Breasts. Her recent focus has been 1] the not-yet latching baby, 2] identifying and treating tongue and lip tie, and 3] Mammary Constriction Syndrome. Edith has 3 wonderful breastfed children.