We are thrilled to announce the details of our 2017 LLL of Minnesota/Dakotas Area Conference.
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett will be our featured speaker. The conference will take place Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Marriott Minneapolis West in St. Louis Park.
Important Times:
Friday, April 28: Registration starts at 7:30 am. First session at 8:30 am. Day ends at 4:30 pm.
Saturday, April 29: Registrations starts at 8:30 am. First session at 9:00 am. Day ends at 4:45 pm.
Hotel address: Marriott Minneapolis West: 9960 Wayzata Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426
(Just off 169 and 394)
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett will be our featured speaker. The conference will take place Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Marriott Minneapolis West in St. Louis Park.
Important Times:
Friday, April 28: Registration starts at 7:30 am. First session at 8:30 am. Day ends at 4:30 pm.
Saturday, April 29: Registrations starts at 8:30 am. First session at 9:00 am. Day ends at 4:45 pm.
Hotel address: Marriott Minneapolis West: 9960 Wayzata Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426
(Just off 169 and 394)
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Click here to see our Agenda
Click here to read our Session Descriptions
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Click here to see our Agenda
Click here to read our Session Descriptions
Click here for information about exhibiting or advertising at this year's conference.
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Read more about our featured speaker:
Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of two peer-reviewed journals, Clinical Lactation and Psychological Trauma, Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Health and Trauma Psychology, and Past President of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology. She is a Clinical Professor of Nursing at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, and Research Associate at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology. Her research interests include the psychoneuroimmunology of maternal depression and the lifetime health effects of trauma. Dr. Kendall-Tackett has won several awards for her work including the 2013 Outstanding Research Poster Award from the U.S. Lactation Consultant Association, the 2011 Community Faculty Award from the Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and the 2011 John Kennell and Marshall Klaus Award for Excellence in Research from DONA International (with co-recipient, Thomas Hale).
She has authored more than 400 articles or chapters and is the author or editor of 29 books on maternal depression, family violence, and breastfeeding. Her most recent books include: Psychology of Trauma 101 (2015), The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep (2014), Depression in New Mothers, 2nd Edition (2010), and The Psychoneuroimmunology of Chronic Disease (2010). She is also co-author (with Nancy Mohrbacher) of the bestselling book, Breastfeeding Made Simple, 2nd Edition (2010). Her websites are UppityScienceChick.com, BreastfeedingMadeSimple.com, KathleenKendall-Tackett.com, and PraeclarusPress.com.
The LLL of MN/DAs Conference Planning Team:
Anne Ferguson
Vickie Albright
Deb Pladsen
Casey Berberich
Jill Christianson
Lindsay Taylor
Emily Ross
Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of two peer-reviewed journals, Clinical Lactation and Psychological Trauma, Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Health and Trauma Psychology, and Past President of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology. She is a Clinical Professor of Nursing at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, and Research Associate at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.
Dr. Kendall-Tackett specializes in women's-health research including breastfeeding, depression, trauma, and health psychology. Her research interests include the psychoneuroimmunology of maternal depression and the lifetime health effects of trauma. Dr. Kendall-Tackett has won several awards for her work including the 2013 Outstanding Research Poster Award from the U.S. Lactation Consultant Association, the 2011 Community Faculty Award from the Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and the 2011 John Kennell and Marshall Klaus Award for Excellence in Research from DONA International (with co-recipient, Thomas Hale).
She has authored more than 400 articles or chapters and is the author or editor of 29 books on maternal depression, family violence, and breastfeeding. Her most recent books include: Psychology of Trauma 101 (2015), The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep (2014), Depression in New Mothers, 2nd Edition (2010), and The Psychoneuroimmunology of Chronic Disease (2010). She is also co-author (with Nancy Mohrbacher) of the bestselling book, Breastfeeding Made Simple, 2nd Edition (2010). Her websites are UppityScienceChick.com, BreastfeedingMadeSimple.com, KathleenKendall-Tackett.com, and PraeclarusPress.com.
The LLL of MN/DAs Conference Planning Team:
Anne Ferguson
Vickie Albright
Deb Pladsen
Casey Berberich
Jill Christianson
Lindsay Taylor
Emily Ross