"I found Julie's book to be a tremendous resource for teaching birth education. She weaves creative and practical teaching ideas with theory on how to most substantially impact adult learners while providing a respectful environment. There are plenty of books available on pregnancy and birth but this stands out as truly a book for those engaged in the "dance of teaching childbirth education". Becca De Souza, Doula and Birth Educator, The Peaceful Birth Partnership "The Dance of Teaching Childbirth Education will hold a special place in the hearts of so many people. This was the last book that Connie Livingston collaborated on before her sudden passing in 2016. Julie Jensen has done an outstanding job of taking the vision they both held and making it happen. This book is an excellent resource for new educators. It really walks the reader through the process of creating a class. The authors were able to incorporate pitfalls of many educators with solutions and ways to keep up with the world as it is today. As a seasoned educator, I found it to be an easy read, and a great reminder of the how’s and why’s of teaching. The book should be an essential for any childbirth educator’s library." -Elizabeth Smith, MPH, ICCE, IBCLC, RLC The Dance of Teaching Childbirth Education is a comprehensive book for childbirth educators and other perinatal practitioners that contains the practical essentials and insights in all areas of this wonderful field. Your journey is a dance of coordinating many moves to meet your needs and those of your learners. This book teaches you to incorporate evidence-based practices and create a curriculum to help you empower your participants and yourself. It is a cutting-edge guide that contains and demonstrates unique, practical areas that are not ordinarily included in most instructional guides for educators. Some topics covered in this book include: Detailed, evidence-based comfort strategies and an easy-to-use reference list Unique approaches and considerations to effectively reach adult learners Appendix of handouts, lists and charts referenced throughout the book Strategies, major topics, and class details for your curriculum Self-reflective activities for the educator to enhance teaching Guidelines for hospital-based and private teaching settings Specific strategies for the often-overlooked second stage Self-care techniques for the educator Julie Jensen has been in the childbirth education and adult learning fields for over three decades. She has a bachelor's degree in clinical and physiological psychology and a PhD in participatory adult learning that has become a manual for adult educators. She has written curricula for and taught a number of childbirth preparation and other prenatal classes including traditional, natural, adolescent, expectant fathers and antepartum needs. She is also a registered psychotherapist in Colorado and is currently a Parent Education Coordinator and childbirth educator in a hospital setting. The Dance of Teaching Childbirth Education is her first book.