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What does this Certification Training consist of? |
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This course is a 4-Day intensive that includes the following:
1) Lecture & Discussion of the Association: History, Structure, Future and the role of the Instructor.
2) The Association's 15-point Core Curriculum: This includes the infant massage strokes, infant and parent/caregiver communication, teaching & facilitation skills, special-situations, the growing child, marketing and much more.
3) Audio-Visual Presentation: Videos discussing research & studies on the important role nurturing touch plays in the attachment & bonding process, infant brain & social development, infant communication and infant cues & reflexes. These videos may include and are not limited to: A clinical and comprehensive collection of video interviews of professionals on Infant Brain Development and Attachment Patterns by Sir Richard Bowlby. Interviews include and are not limited to Dr. Alan Sroufe and Dr. Alan Shore. Johnson & Johnson's - I Am Your Child with Rob Reiner. Amazing Talents of the Newborn with Dr. Marshall Klaus from the J&J Pediatric Institute, and What Babies Want: An Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants by Debbie Takikawa, narrated by Noah Wyle. In addition, Pediatric Massage for the Child with Special Needs from Therapy Skill Builders may be part of the audio-visual program.
4) In-Class Activities To Enhance Learning: This includes activities in the form of breakout and brainstorm sessions and games that engage the student's various learning channels to give him/her further experience as memorable record to draw information from.
5) Supervised Practical Experience: A 60-minute Live Parent-Baby Class On Days 2, 3 & 4 of the Training - On Day 2, the students observe the Trainer guide families. On Days 3 & 4, the students conduct supervised family guiding so that they may have the opportunity to experience a class in a supervised setting and be able to participate in the essential Q & A segments that follow - all which offers further foundation and enhancement of the student's innate faciliation & guiding abilities.
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