Lactation support is a fundamental health care responsibility. It serves as a high value care option, steeped in cultural heritage, and impacting our community’s health. Now you can start your path to be a member of this passionate profession by joining the ASU Academy of Lactation Programs.
This non-credit lactation program is ideal for anyone working with childbearing women and their families, or those aspiring to become an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Students receive accessible and inclusive health science and lactation education through research-based, ethically grounded teaching
The clinical internship provides in-person training for IBLCE Pathway 3 candidates. Our faculty act as primary mentors as interns receive a variety of clinical experience including hospital (labor & delivery, postpartum, nursery, and neonatal ICU).
Program graduates are armed with tools and techniques to support breastfeeding, while being adaptable to multiple health care roles including nurses, healthcare providers, clinic specialists, childcare providers, public health professionals, and policy makers.
Health Science Prerequisites
Health science courses are required to take the IBLCE exam. ALP offers these courses as non-credit courses in alignment with the IBLCE requirements.
Optional courses: