I think I might just stay with CBI that way I can do all of my training through the same people IYKWIM.
Flea, I would worry about the haste in getting a response too. Doesn't make for great business, and what if you are really stuck with something. One would hope that there students would recieve better attention than that.
Have you had a look at the sample business pages on the CBI course. While they do have the American slant I can see that it probably wouldn't be too much different to Australias. Well I hope so anyway. Perhaps we could call or email them regarding that part of the course beforehand....
Quite a few questions about CBI! Thought I would clarify a few of the questions since they are unanswered at the moment.
"Do they help you find them or do you have to find the clients yourself, and is it only at a certain time in your training you can do them"
CBI does help although will not find clients for you. There is a section in the course specifically on finding clients giving ideas on things you can do to build your business. Your trainer (assigned to you at the beginning of your training) is always there for suggestions, ideas and support. We provide an email discussion list for all students - students often ask there for ideas on how to build their business. CBI also provides find a doula (www.findadoula.com) where CBI students and graduates can list a premium advert for free, including a description of their business, a website addressand a photo of themselves. You can do your evaluation births at any time AFTER you start your training.
"Do you recieve any paperwork for your course or is it all online ? What about reading and research materials ?? Are these required at all ? Oh one last thing, can you do more courses through them when you are finished your Doula course ?"
CBI provides written student manuals. These are sent to you once your course payment is complete. While waiting for the written manuals, all student materials are available on the student website. Online readings are linked to the manuals. There are no compulsory reading materials and the reading list (doula students read 3 books, childbirth educator read 5) contains hundreds of books for you to choose from. CBI currently has the doula and childbirth educator courses. Later this year we will be including a Lactation Counsellor and a Postpartum Doula course [update: these courses are now available]. We are also working on the Advanced training modules and hope to launch them later this year [update: a course focused on building and growing your business is now available in the advanced course offerings called Get More Clients!].
"I was worried abit about the business side of the course though as it is primarily American based too."
CBI is international rather than American based. Our trainers are from Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada and America. I was the original author of the course and my background is Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and I have been living in Asia for the past 10 years. The business section of the course is information on building your business so it can be applied wherever you are living. Currently the course and website uses US spelling - this is why I think many people believe it to have an American slant. We have gradually been adding more to the site to emphasize how international it is - we currently have doula and childbirth educator students in 43 [update; as of Dec 2009 we now have students in 65 countries] countries. We will soon be launching a UK version of the site which will have UK spelling [update: now available].
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