Creating and Facilitating a Mothers Group
Creating and Facilitating a Mothers Group
Learn how to plan, launch, and facilitate a welcoming mothers group rooted in peer connection, practical support, and clear doula scope.
This course walks doulas through the real decisions behind a sustainable group: who the group is for, how it will meet, what agreements will protect the space, how referrals will be handled, and how to guide discussion without taking over the room.
In this course, you will build:
- A clear purpose and public description for your group.
- A practical format, schedule, location or online plan, and accessibility map.
- Group agreements, confidentiality language, and referral pathways.
- Facilitation language for silence, advice-giving, dominant voices, conflict, and emotional moments.
- Meeting plans that support a wide range of birth and postpartum experiences.
- A launch portfolio with your first three meeting plans and a 90-day launch calendar.
This course is designed for birth doulas, postpartum doulas, childbirth educators, and community-based facilitators who want to create a thoughtful, useful group for mothers and families in their community.
| Module 1 | 1. Clarify the Group |
|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 1.1 Lesson: Define the Group Before You Build It |
| Unit 2 | 1.2 Portfolio Page 01: Group Purpose and Public Description |
| Unit 3 | 1.3 Portfolio Page 02: Participant Map and Group Boundaries |
| Module 2 | 2. Design the Experience |
| Unit 1 | 2.1 Lesson: Format, Rhythm, and Access |
| Unit 2 | 2.2 Portfolio Page 03: Format, Schedule, and Access Plan |
| Unit 3 | 2.3 Portfolio Page 04: Meeting Flow and Room or Platform Setup |
| Unit 4 | 2.4 Portfolio Page 05: Accessibility, Consent, and Group Belonging Plan |
| Module 3 | 3. Establish Safety, Scope, and Referral Pathways |
| Unit 1 | 3.1 Lesson: Agreements, Confidentiality, and Referral Limits |
| Unit 2 | 3.2 Portfolio Page 06: Group Agreements and Confidentiality Language |
| Unit 3 | 3.3 Portfolio Page 07: Scope, Referral, and Emergency Pathway |
| Unit 4 | 3.4 Portfolio Page 08: Local Resource and Warm-Handoff List |
| Module 4 | 4. Facilitation Skills |
| Unit 1 | 4.1 Lesson: Practical Facilitation Skills |
| Unit 2 | 4.2 Portfolio Page 09: Facilitator Opening, Transition, and Closing Scripts |
| Unit 3 | 4.3 Portfolio Page 10: Difficult Moment Response Scripts |
| Module 5 | 5. Supporting Hospital Birth and Changing Plans |
| Unit 1 | 5.1 Lesson: Hospital Birth Without Shame |
| Unit 2 | 5.2 Portfolio Page 11: Hospital Birth Meeting Plan |
| Unit 3 | 5.3 Portfolio Page 12: Cesarean, VBAC, and Changed-Plan Inclusion Plan |
| Module 6 | 6. Facilitating Birth Stories |
| Unit 1 | 6.1 Lesson: Birth Stories in a Peer Group |
| Unit 2 | 6.2 Portfolio Page 13: Birth Story Consent and Containment Plan |
| Unit 3 | 6.3 Portfolio Page 14: Story Follow-Up and Referral Plan |
| Module 7 | 7. Pregnancy and Postpartum Meeting Curriculum |
| Unit 1 | 7.1 Lesson: Building the Meeting Curriculum |
| Unit 2 | 7.2 Portfolio Page 15: Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Topic Bank |
| Unit 3 | 7.3 Portfolio Page 16: First Three Meeting Plans |
| Module 8 | 8. Launch, Sustain, and Evaluate |
| Unit 1 | 8.1 Lesson: Promotion, Partnerships, and Sustainability |
| Unit 2 | 8.2 Portfolio Page 17: Promotion and Partnership Plan |
| Unit 3 | 8.3 Portfolio Page 18: Feedback, Evaluation, and Sustainability Plan |
| Unit 4 | 8.4 Portfolio Page 19: 90-Day Launch Calendar and Final Table of Contents |
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