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How
to Become a Peer Counselor
What is the process for becoming a peer counselor? Steps
include:
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Filling
out an application and interviewing with WIC staff |
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"The
Peer Counseling Program is our most successful breastfeeding
initiative."
~ Mary
Warr Cowans, M.S., R.D., Associate Director, NYSDOH,
Division of Nutrition
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Training—approximately
eight 2-hour sessions are mandatory for training |
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Periodic
performance evaluations |
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Attendance
at regularly scheduled meetings (approximately 1-2 meetings
per month) |
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Phone
calls/clinic visits/hospital visits with moms-to-be and mothers
who have given birth |
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Documentation
of contact with pregnant women and mothers |
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DOWNLOAD
PDF of WIC peer counselor job description |
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