massage for babies

baby massage teacher training courses

Latest News:In-house accredited courses can be tailored to meet the training needs of staff at Children's Centres, PCTs and organisations which provide support for families and promote infant mental health, in London and across the south of England. Contact Massage for Babies to discuss your baby massage training needs. Click here to contact us.

For individual practitioners, the next available course will be run in January and February 2009. Click here for a booking form.

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Venue: Lewes, East Sussex, UK.

Courses for groups can be run at workplaces.

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Hands-on learning with care and expertise

Health professionals, body workers and massage practitioners have learned from Sally Cranfield's accredited courses how to teach baby massage to parents and carers.

There are places for just six students on each of Sally's baby massage training courses.

Volunteer mothers bring their babies so that the six baby massage students get hands-on teaching practice in a supportive and relaxed environment.

The course includes: the importance of massage, benefits and contra-indications, development of the neurological system, anatomy and physiology, class management and logistics, historical and cultural context, baby cues and communication, case studies and individual assessments.

The small training group size allows individual attention to be given to students with the opportunity for specific feedback and discussion.

Expert tuition from guest lecturers broadens the scope of this unique course and full handouts are provided.

The five day course is split into two sections a few weeks apart so that students can complete their own case studies.

Sally assesses each student individually during a hands-on session with mothers and their babies and, when they qualify, she provides assessment notes to help students move smoothly into practice.

A certificate, approved by Embody CThA and recognised nationally, is awarded to every successful student.

Copyright 2008 Sally Cranfield

Baby massage is now recognised by researchers as beneficial, following a Cochrane Review of the scientific evidence. Massage for Babies has been contracted to run courses for staff at an NHS Primary Care Trust and several Children's Centres throughout 2007, 2008 and 2009.