Lavender Lactation Study Framework Guide

Who This Digital Guide Is For-

The Lavender Lactation Internship & Mentorship Guide was created to bring structure, direction, and purpose to the journey toward becoming an IBCLC. Whether you are learning, mentoring, or preparing for the exam, this guide provides a framework for understanding what to study, what to discuss, and how knowledge and clinical skills can be built throughout an internship. This guide is digital and 70 pages, including lactation provider skills checkoff ideas. You will have the option to go at your own pace or follow along with the 24 week structure.

For IBCLC interns and aspiring lactation professionals:

Follow a structured week-by-week progression through important lactation topics and clinical concepts. The guide helps interns know what to study, what questions to ask, and which areas deserve deeper exploration as they progress from foundational knowledge into more complex lactation care.

For IBCLC mentors:

Use the guide as a framework for your mentorship program. Each week provides direction for topics to review and discuss with your mentee, helping you create a more organized and comprehensive learning experience. It can serve as a roadmap to help ensure that foundational concepts, complex clinical situations, and important areas of knowledge relevant to IBCLC practice and exam preparation are intentionally addressed throughout the mentorship.

For those preparing independently for the IBCLC exam:

Use the guide as a study roadmap to identify important topics and areas of lactation knowledge to research and review more deeply. Rather than wondering “What should I be studying?”, you have an organized framework to help guide your learning and identify areas where additional study may be needed.

For understanding the internship journey:

The guide also provides a practical picture of how an internship can progress from building foundational knowledge and assessment skills to working through increasingly complex lactation situations and developing stronger clinical reasoning.

Whether you are the student, the mentor, or the future IBCLC preparing for the next step, this guide is designed to give the process something it often lacks: a clear path forward.

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For Mentors: A mentor who purchases this curriculum may use it as a framework to guide their own mentorship and educational discussions. Purchase does not grant permission to distribute, copy, email, print, or otherwise provide the curriculum itself—or portions of it—to mentees or other individuals. Each person wishing to possess or independently use a copy of the curriculum must purchase their own license.

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