massage for babies

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Course Prospectus

A practical course for those wishing to work with babies and parents, giving them the knowledge and experience to teach the gentle art of baby massage.

The demand for baby massage has grown as parents and carers realise the importance and value of touch during a baby's formative months.

While the techniques are simple, it is important that baby massage teachers have a solid grounding in their application and a full understanding of their effects and benefits.

The course is designed and taught by Sally Cranfield. It is for small groups of students, six at most, who already have professional qualifications that include anatomy and physiology.

There will be group work, individual tuition, visiting lecturers and supervised hands-on baby massage for students to gain practical experience.

Included in the course are:

• · Principles of baby massage
• · Benefits
• · Contra-indications
• · Historical and cultural contexts
• · Demonstration of teaching baby massage to mothers with their babies
• · Hands-on baby massage practise by students
• · Basic anatomy, physiology and development of babies
• · Preparation for baby massage
• · Logistics of a class
• · Importance and relevance of massage in baby care
• · Instruction of parents by students in baby massage
• · Presentations by students
• · Students' case studies during and after the course
• · Assessments

Sally Cranfield:

Sally Cranfield is a massage practitioner and baby massage instructor. Since qualifying in London in 1987, Sally has been practising in Brighton, Hove and Lewes. She has been teaching baby massage to parents and carers for 14 years.

Sally runs baby massage sessions at The Children's Clinic at Dolphin House in Brighton. She has also run baby massage sessions for specific community groups such as young mothers and low income families.

Day care nurseries in Sussex and Kent, including Early Years Nurseries, have also benefited from Sally's baby massage tuition. She runs frequent training courses for groups of staff at NHS Primary Care Trusts, SureStart and Children's Centres Her classes have been recognised by features on South East News on television, local newspapers, magazines, BBC radio and The Guardian newspaper.

While also running baby massage sessions at two other complementary health clinics, Sally continues to practise as an adult massage therapist in Brighton and Lewes.

Visiting lecturers:

Catherine Olden RGN RSCN is a paediatric nurse at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Brighton and a qualified reflexologist.

Brigitte Burnett DO is a registered osteopath practising at The Children's Clinic at Dolphin House. She teaches paediatrics at the European School of Osteopathy.

Suitable for:

Massage practitioners, bodyworkers and health care professionals

Copyright 2007 Sally Cranfield