Fat Positive Provider Workshop
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Upcoming Dates:
February 7, 4:30-7:30pm PDT
Purchase Options:
Medical or Naturopathic Doctors: $200
Community Birthworkers: $100
Student Midwives/Birthworkers in Training: $50
If you are a provider in a clinic or other business and would like to customize a workshop for you and your employees, please email bfp@bigfatpregnancy.com.
What is Included?
Two easy to watch pre-recorded video lessons to set the foundation and explain the framework of Fat Positive Care
A robust vocabulary guide to introduce foundational terms in size inclusive care
Three-hour live session with Christina with Zoom, recorded and sent to participants post workshop
Discussion, break out rooms, and activities geared towards creating ideas and solutions for your specific practice during the workshop
Post workshop reflection packet to continue challenging weight bias and resources for further education
Community with other providers who want to be more inclusive to folks living in larger bodies
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Dream it.
Big Fat Pregnancy believes in fat positive care for all. We provide direct inclusive care for clients as they navigate pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. We know that clients are just one piece of the puzzle and they alone not responsible for fixing their providers bias. Big Fat Pregnancy wants providers to be educated on weight stigma, bias, and current research to better understand how their fat patients can and should be treated - with respectful, compassionate, size inclusive care.
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Build it.
With this dream, we created the Fat Positive Provider Workshop. A three-hour intensive workshop to unpack weight bias, understand Big Fat Pregnancy’s Fat Positive Provider model, and learn some basics when working with folks in larger bodies. To set the foundation for the workshop, you’ll have acess to two short pre-recorded lessons to explore the foundations of what we believe are essential components to size inclusive care.
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Grow it.
You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of weight inclusive care, create community with other birth workers committed to removing anti-fat bias from their practices, and tangible action items to implement right when you leave the workshop! Take this knowledge and bring to your co-workers, friends, and family so we can normalize size inclusive care in birth.
“If you work with pregnant people, you need to learn from Christina, Big Fat Pregnancy. The next client or patient you see will DEEPLY appreciate it, regardless of the body they have! .”
Sharon Muza
“Christina's class really helped me learn how to provide my clients with the care and resources they deserve. The class was well structured and accessible, Christina made me feel comfortable to have open discussions about the topics in the class. I feel I have a better understanding of how to support my clients and ways I can do that. I definitely recommend this class for any birth workers.”
Ashley D.
“This was a great class to highlight societal bias (and our own) and how providers unknowingly don’t support people in larger bodies. Best part was including HOW we can do better with the physical environment, physical support (as a doula), and inclusive language on our marketing, educational materials and in how we talk to our clients in order be a safe provider for ALL people. Highly recommend this to EVERYONE who works with people!”
2023 Attendee
