CIMI® Loving Touch Certified Infant Massage Instructor 2-Day Training
** Approved for 16 hours of IL Early Intervention Credit in the area of Working with Families
TRAINER: Lynn Barts, MA, CIMI®/Trainer
Lynn is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor CIMI® & a CIMI®Trainer. Lynn is an Authorized Licensee of INTERNATIONAL LOVING TOUCH FOUNDATION” and is an “Authorized Licensed Trainer of CIMI®” for the International Loving Touch Foundation.
DATE & TIME:
September 22 & 23, 2022
8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily
LOCATION:
Eureka Early Childhood Center PAT Nest
442 West Fourth St
Eureka MO 63025
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM & PAYMENT available here
CLASS SUMMARY
Participants will become a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI®) through the International Loving Touch Foundation. Participants will be qualified to teach parents/primary caregivers how to massage their infants and children after completing the 2 day instructor training and completing the written exam & follow up practicum experience.
COURSE FEE & REGISTRATION
Registration with Book Bundle & Demonstration Doll– $600.00 (Includes Curriculum Binder & resources to use in classes) Class REQUIRES 20” soft bodied demonstration doll & additional reference materials which are available for $120. TOTAL COST with ALL MATERIALS $720
Touch — by Tiffany Field
Baby Massage: Calming Power of Touch — by Heath and Bainbridge
Brain-Based Parenting — Hughes & Baylin
Infant & Pediatric Massage — Diana Moore
Demonstration Doll: 20 ” Soft Body with vinyl or non-cloth head, arms, and legs. Recommendation: LaBaby Doll by JC Toys.
Optional Readings: Handbook of Infant Mental Health – Charles Zeanah
Optional Readings: Modalities of Massage – Elaine Stillermane
For more information contact 314-313-5970 or info@iteachbabymassage.com
Additional Class Details:
The course is taught by a International Loving Touch Foundation Trainer through presentations, discussions, and readings as well as through hands-on participation with infant massage dolls through two demonstration infant massage classes with parents and their infants.
Your certification is from the International Loving Touch Foundation and issued out of their Portland location upon completing the course and practicum requirements. Certification requirements include completing a written exam using the reading materials listed below and offering the Loving Touch Infant Massage Curriculum to a minimum of 4 families with completed notes and parent surveys.
The CIMI® Certified Infant Massage Instructor 2-Day Training evidence-based program is designed for Nurses, Early Intervention Specialists, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Massage Therapists, Developmental Specialists, Parent Educators, Child Life Specialists, Social Workers and other interested professionals who are licensed and work with infants and children.