Advanced Certificate Course in

Teaching Infant Massage

with Wendy Jackson MIFPA

Infant massage facilitates body awareness in the baby, and helps in the development of coordination and learning skills through sensory stimulation. By encouraging the circulation of lymph, it enhances the child’s immune system and strengthens the development of their heart and lungs.

This course will allow you to teach as well as to practice infant massage. You will learn how to teach parents different massage strokes and techniques to use throughout their child’s development, up to adolescence. This will include techniques that are useful during their early days, which can help with colicky babies and teething pain.

You will gain a thorough understanding of the benefits of baby massage, how to confidently teach new parents, and how to deepen their connection with their babies through loving touch. You will learn how to teach individual sessions as well as to run small group classes.

Learning to massage their baby is one of the best gifts the parents you teach will ever give themselves and their child. If you are drawn to working with families in their childbearing years, learning infant massage and its professional instruction will be a valuable and rewarding addition to your skills.

COURSE COMPONENTS

• The baby’s world; infant cues and behaviour states.
• Infant bonding and attachment theories.
• Child growth and development; adapting massage for these changes.
• The origins, history and benefits of Infant Massage.
• Infant massage strokes and routine; techniques for colic and teething.
• Special considerations and adapting strokes for babies with special needs.
• Contraindications to Infant Massage.
• Appropriate base oils for Infant Massage.
• Research into massage and infant massage specifically.
• How to teach Infant Massage to parents; facilitating a group classes; communicating effectively with parents.

The course includes detailed printed notes.
An Institute Certificate is issued on completion.

Entry Requirement
• Entry onto this course requires a prior massage or aromatherapy qualification.

Wendy Jackson MIFPA
Course Instructor

Wendy Jackson is a native New Zealander whose journey into natural healing began when she was exposed to complementary therapies as part of her nursing training 15 years ago. Her's was one of very few trainings that incorporated natural therapies.

Wendy specialized in paediatric nursing, working for many years in hospitals and in private practice. In her additional role as a paediatric nurse educator, Wendy taught parents of ill children necessary skills for their ongoing care, and was a mentor to new graduates on paediatric rotation.

Wendy undertook Diploma training in massage, and became a member of the prestigious New Zealand Association of Therapeutic Massage Practitioners (NZATMP). Dedicated to continuing her training at the highest level, Wendy completed her Diploma in Aromatherapy with the ITHMA. In addition, Wendy has undertaken training in antenatal and postnatal massage, infant massage instruction, Aromatic Indian Head Massage, Crystology and LaStone Therapy.

Wendy is founder of the highly successful Sunflower Studios Organic Aromatherapy Clinic in London.

LOCATION, DATES AND FEES

Location: Regent's College, Regent's Park, London NW1.
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, October 18-19, 2008 (2 days).
Times: 10 am to 5 pm daily.
Course Fee: £150 incl VAT, payable on booking.
Tel: 01638 741296 for further info, or to make a debit/credit card booking.

Accommodation: For overnight accommodation near Regent's College, our course venue, we recommend that students visit the following website featuring several reasonably-priced small hotels:
www.hotels-london-hotel.com/hotels/marylebone/cheap