The Missing Link in

Breastfeeding Success

Clinical Practitioner Training

This weekend seminar was recorded on the 5th & 6th of September 2026.

We are currently in the process of converting this content into ONLINE learning modules.

Please register your interest on the home page and we will keep you updated on its release date.

Tamika Newman (IBCLC, EPPM, RN, OMT) is a leading practitioner in the integration of myofunctional principles into breastfeeding support.

Drawing on her expertise gained from working within private practice space as a Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), Endorsed Private Practice Midwife (EPPM) and an Orofacial Myology Therapist (OMT), Tamika introduces a critical perspective often missing from core clinical training and dynamic techniques that provide feeding success and outcomes for families.

Our other amazing speakers include:

Dr. Mona Board

Myofunctional & Biological Dentist

Melinda Booth

Cranial & Paediatric Osteopath

Dr. Catriona McNamara

Paediatric Chiropractor

Lyndal Thomas

Speech Pathologist &

Orofacial Myology Therapist

Many health professionals working in the space of women’s health feel lost when it comes to breastfeeding management. This course is designed to transform how you set women up for breastfeeding success, see breastfeeding challenges and have a tool kit that you can implement to prevent common feeding concerns.

Day 1

Foundations: Understanding Why Feeding Fails

Build a clear, clinical understanding of oral function in breastfeeding—and why some cases don’t respond despite best practice.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Understand the biomechanics of oral function in effective milk transfer

  • Recognise when feeding challenges go beyond positioning and latch

  • Identify when issues are mechanical—not behavioural or positional

  • Reframe common misconceptions (e.g. reflux, low supply, “difficult feeders”)

  • Apply a practical framework to assess complex cases

Day 2

From Insight to Action

Take the next step—understanding what to do when oral function is impacting feeding.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Understand the impact of oral restrictions and dysfunction on feeding outcomes

  • Identify when and where to refer

  • Work effectively within a multidisciplinary care model

  • Apply practical strategies for managing complex cases

  • Understand long-term implications beyond breastfeeding

  • Connect why feeding fails→ with what to do next

  • Build a complete clinical framework from assessment to action

This is not just more education.

For many clinicians, this becomes the missing piece that changes how they approach every difficult case.

When any real progress is made, we unlearn and learn anew what we thought we knew before.”

— Henry David Thoreau