Community Education
Childbirth & Breastfeeding Education Classes
A four-week course (with option of fifth week for breastfeeding) taught periodically for you and your family. Visit the Childbirth & Parent Education page for information on current classes. All classes are taught in the Ashley Regional classroom. To sign up for an upcoming class, visit the Classes & Events page.
Diabetes Education
Ashley Regional Diabetes Education Program provides outpatient education to people of all ages with Type 1, 2, Pre-diabetes, and Gestational and Pre-gestational diabetes mellitus. The American Diabetes Association has recognized the program as a quality program in diabetes self-management education.
Our program employs the services of a registered dietitian nutritionist with a national credential as a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES). The CDCES at Ashley Regional Diabetes Education Program subscribe to the team approach in diabetes care, working closely with primary physicians and patients.
In addition to general diabetes education, the program also includes:
- Intensive insulin instruction, sick day guidelines, and carbohydrate counting
- A blood glucose monitor ‘starter’ program for women with gestational diabetes
- Training for the use of insulin pumps
- Services are available in Spanish
- Community presentations for diabetes education, screening, and awareness
- Yearly activities for American Diabetes Month (November)