Infant Massage ~ Certified Educator Training (CEIM)
“Infant Massage.... Nurturing Touch That Lasts a Lifetime”
Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM) Training Courses
You can become Certified as a Parent Educator in Infant Massage!
Get in touch with trainings in your area! Learn more about this gratifying parent education program using nurturing touch and massage to promote the physical and emotional well-being of babies and young children.
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Olga Morris's2012
Upcoming
Training Dates
and Locations:
ARIZONA
March 29 - April 1, 2012
Healing Arts Center
753 N. Main St.
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
The Training Fees or Deposit to hold your space in the class of your choice, may be done by either check or money order or by credit card through the registration links above.
$625* / Regularly $650
*Paid 3 weeks prior to training of your choice
(Limited to 20 participants)
The Training Fees or Deposit to hold your space in the class of your choice may be done by either check or money order.
Confirmation of Registration
and more details about the training will be sent to you by email when your registration and payment have been received.
Continuing Education: 28 up to 56 hrs
Infant Massage USA is an approved provider for Continuing Education Credits for:
Nurses, Massage and Bodywork Therapists, Occupational Therapists and in some states, Physical Therapists.
There is a $15 processing fee due to Infant Massage USA on the last day of class for Continuing Education Credits. All class participants however will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance at no additional charge.
Thank You! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Olga M. Morris, FNP
Certified International Trainer
753 N. Main St., Ste. A
Cottonwood, AZ. 86326
(928) 634-7470 x 207
Who should attend?
Anyone involved with the health and well-being of families, including nurses, early childhood specialists, infant mental health professionals, massage therapists, childbirth educators, physical or occupational therapists and anyone interested in promoting nurturing touch as a parenting tradition.
The four-day course incorporates lecture, discussion, video presentations, and a practicum experience with three parent-baby classes.
Participants receive the books Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents and the Intetnational Infant Massage Instructor Manual.
Requirements to become a Certified Educator of Infant Massage (CEIM) include participation in the four-day workshop, completion of practice-teaching with five parents and successful completion of a written exam.
Training Objectives:
· Discuss current research on the effects of touch and infant massage.
· Describe the benefits of infant massage for parents, babies and society.
· Demonstrate skill in observing and guiding parents’ responses to their infant’s cues during massage.
· Assist parents to adapt massage for infants who are newborn, premature, or have special emotional or developmental needs.
· Adapt massage for the growing child.
· Demonstrate effective facilitation skills during group and individual instruction.
Infant massage,
based on the work of Vimala McClure
The infant massage process taught in this training is based on the pioneering work of Vimala McClure, author of Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents.
Assisting Vimala with the foundation of our trainings and organization is Audrey Downes, currently residing in Chico, California. This infant massage program is currently being taught in over 40 countries worldwide.
· Participants receive in-depth training in the implementation of infant massage instruction.
· This is a parent education program based on family strengths using nurturing touch and massage to promote the physical and emotional well-being of babies and young children.
· Parent instruction occurs in small parent-baby classes, in private sessions or in community parenting programs.
Infant Massage Trainer:
Olga M. Morris, FNP, brings to her trainings over 20 years of practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Nationally Certified Massage Therapist.
She has been a Certified Parent Educator of
Infant Massage for the past 16 years, teaching weekly parent/baby classes in her home community in Cottonwood, AZ.
She is Certified as an International Trainer with Infant Massage USA,
the US Chapter of The International Association of Infant Massage, with headquarters in Sweden.
She joined the International Circle of Trainers in June, 2009 as the 49th of 50 Trainers worldwide.
Olga brings her passion for teaching, with her compassion for the individual process we share when learning and growing.
Thank you for your interest in supporting familes, strengthening bonds, promoting nurturing touch and contributing to personal change!
I look forward to having you in any one of my trainings.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions: olga.morris@infantmassageusa.org or call
Hugs from AZ ~ Olga
Please see complete listing of other training dates and locations within the USA and in over 47 countries worldwide: www.infantmassageusa.org
The International Trainers meet every 2 years to update the curriculum, so you may trust that what you learn here in any of the trainings is truely a cross-cultural program for all families.
