The student MUST attend all 4 days of the 4-Day Training - partial credit will not be granted. Requests to arrive late or leave early, under extraordinary circumstance only, will be granted under the discretion of the Trainer.

Within 120 Days of the last of the training, students must complete the following:

- Successful completion & evaluation of holding at minimum of 5 Infant Massage Classes :
Teach 5 parent/baby infant massage classes (over 4-5 weeks)– either private, individual, one-on-one or as a group. This must be a volunteer effort – no charge to the parent or caregiver. At the end of each family's series, the family is asked to complete and submit an evaluation form. This evaluation is turned in with the Compulsory Take-Home Exam.

- Successful completion of the Compulsory Take-Home Exam. The exam consists of four parts:

Part I   Short Answer

Part II  Multiple Choice

Part III Essay Questions

Part IV Record of Practical Experience  with 5 Families + 5 Parent Evaluations and your own Self Evaluation  

Extensions are granted for extraordinary circumstances. In this event, the instructor MUST be contacted BEFORE the target date in order to be granted a new target date.

Reading: Teaching Infant Massage - A Handbook for Instructors by Vimala McClure,

The Baby Book by William Sears, M.D.,

Touching by Ashley Montagu

PLEASE NOTE: These books do not qualify for the reading assignment in the Compulsory Exam.

See book details above under 'Course Requirements'