Parenting Classes and Consultants
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The Pump Station & Nurtury is a Mother’s best resource for learning everything about breastfeeding and care of your newborn baby. They offer one-on-one consulting, classes and more. Classes include Pregnancy & Childbirth Preparation, Baby Care, Breastfeeding, Clinics & Support Groups and Mommy & Me.
The ladies at the Pump Station can also outfit you in comfortable sleep and nursing attire and they sell pumps, nursing accessories, creams and more to help make nursing your child easier. But they don’t stop there! They have a full retail store with bottles, slings, blankets and more. Its also a great place to shop for baby gifts! With locations in Santa Monica, Hollywood and Westlake the Pump Station is LA’s best resource for everything for new baby! Call a location near you or sign-up for email online to get a schedule of local classes. www.pumpstation.com
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Burbank
Burbank Parent Education Center offers classes to parents of infants through pre-K. Classes include the kids but offer time to split off and share ides with each other and the teacher.
Downtown LA / Korea Town / Hancock Park/ Hollywood / Silverlake / West Adams
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Early Childhood Centers spearheaded by Director, Carol 
Bovill, offers a number of Parent & Me programs starting at age 0 – 24 months. There is also a terrific Grandparent & Me course for ages 1 – 3 years and a Shabbat class for ages 1.5 – 2.5 years. Not to be missed are the Coffee with Carol monthly parenting sessions led by Director Carol Bovill that include topics such as Toilet Training, Time for Me and The Balance Between Staying Safe and Being Friendly. Carol has been a leading professional in Early Childhood Education since 1980. Carol holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education and a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from California State University, Northridge. For details about classes or to receive a schedule of upcoming Coffee with Carol visit the Wilshire Boulevard Temple site. (You do not have to be a temple member to attend parenting classes or Coffee with Carol.)
Pacific Palisades
Betsy Brown Braun provides group and individual counseling regarding children birth through teens on parenting issues, behavior and child development questions. She has also written two books, You’re Not the Boss of Me: Brat-proofing Your Four- to Twelve-Year-Old Child
Santa Monica
BabygroupTM Founded in 1996, in Santa Monica, California, by noted child development specialist Donna Halloran. BabygroupTM offers a respectful approach to parenting that combines love and limits, thus inspiring parents to recognize and respond appropriately to their child’s developmental needs.
Sleepy Planet Mother-infant groups offered at The Pump Station in Santa Monica for First Time, Second and Third Time Moms. Topics cover sleep, development, marriage, separation and attachment, caregivers, sibling rivalry, potty training and much more. Visit their site for a full list of classes and pricing. Jill and Jen of Sleepy Planet also wrote this incredibly helpful sleep training guide The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5
The Valley (Sherman Oaks)
Babies First Class is a weekly interactive program that is both informative and fun! Sessions include music and movement as well as discussions on developmental, practical and psychological issues. Join and learn new and effective parenting techniques in a warm, supportive atmosphere! Ages birth to 16 months, weekdays only. Twins classes are available as well.
First Attachments Infant, Child & Parenting Center in Encino offers an array of groups, classes, workshops and guest speakers! Their experienced and dedicated team collaborates with you on all aspects of parenting from the perspective of creative loving, secure early attachment relationships — the single most important factor in establishing healthy social, emotional and cognitive development as well as healthy early brain development! Join the fun and the learning, make friends, find support. Sign up for their FREE introductory presentation.
West LA
Allison LaTona is a noted parenting consultant and psychotherapist who offers specific 
strategies and invaluable insights that ease the inherent challenges of contemporary parenthood. Her work empowers parents with the vision and tools to create thriving and fulfilling family lives, and fosters long term connections within a supportive community. Scope of work includes Parents Groups, Dads Groups, Couples Groups, Second Time Parents, Parent Consultation and Individual Counseling. She also does Parent Infant Toddler groups via BabygroupTM with Donna Holloran. Allison recently has become an expert contributor for Twigtale, custom books with personalized messages to help your child with transitional and developmental phases ages 0 – 5.
Since 2003, the Reflective Parenting Program has been involved in translating and applying cutting edge research in child development and affective neuroscience toward the goal of helping families to improve parent-child attachment relationships. Our program continues to grow as we partner with an increasing number of organizations and child development specialists and serve a wide range of parent populations. Check out their ongoing classes.
Rooted For Life, created by Lori Bregman, is a lifestyle program with four parts — pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth/postpartum and motherhood. Each part of the program involves individual attention from Lori that combines life coaching, intuitive healing and body work, doula work, holistic guidance and spiritual wisdom. Every week, Lori also provides her clients with weekly articles and hand outs that support them wherever they may be on their journey into motherhood.
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Early Childhood Centers spearheaded by Director, Carol Bovill, offers a number of Mommy & Me programs starting at age 0 – 24 months. There is also a terrific Grandparent & Me course for ages 1 – 3 years and a Shabbat class for ages 1.5 – 2.5 years. Not to be missed are the Coffee with Carol monthly parenting sessions led by Director Carol Bovill that include topics such as Toilet Training, Time for Me and The Balance Between Staying Safe and Being Friendly. Carol has been a leading professional in Early Childhood Education since 1980. Carol holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education and a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from California State University, Northridge. For details about classes or to receive a schedule of upcoming Coffee with Carol visit the WBTLA site. (You do not have to be a temple member to attend parenting classes or Coffee with Carol.)
