| Loving
Support™ Model for a Successful Peer Counseling
Program
Adequate Program Support from State
and Local Management
 Appropriate
Definition of Peer Counselor
 Paraprofessional
Recruited
and hired from target population
Available
to WIC clients outside usual clinic hours and outside the
WIC
clinic environment
Designated breastfeeding peer counseling program managers
and/or coordinators
at State and/or local level
Defined job parameters and job descriptions for peer counselors
Adequate compensation and reimbursement of peer counselors
Training of appropriate WIC State/local peer counseling management
and
clinic staff (including use of "Using Loving Support
to Manage Peer
Counseling Programs™ " and "Peer
Counseling: Making a Difference for
WIC Families™ " training curriculum and
PowerPoint presentations)
Establishment of standardized breastfeeding peer counseling
program policies
and procedures at the State and local level as part of Agency
nutrition
education plan
Adequate supervision and monitoring of peer counselors
Establishment of community partnerships to enhance the effectiveness
of
a WIC peer counseling program
Adequate Program Support of Peer Counselors
Adequate training and continuing education of peer counselors
(including
use of "Loving Support through Peer Counseling™
" training curriculum,
available 2005)
Timely
access to breastfeeding coordinators and other lactation experts
for assistance with problems outside of peer counselor scope
of
practice
Regular, systematic contact with supervisor
Participation in clinic staff meetings and breastfeeding inservices
as part
of the WIC team
Opportunities to meet regularly with other peer counselors |
