Course Title:
Gentle Massage For Children with Special Healthcare
Needs
Date Offered:
November
14-16, 2008
Course Date Changed to December 5-7, 2008
Times: Friday, Saturday & Sunday; 8:30am - 5:30pm (1
hour lunch break daily)
NCBTMB Approved Continuing Education: 24 Contact Hours
Cost: $350 prior to October 17th; $400 thereafter
Early Registration Deadline: October 17th, 2008
Who May Attend:
Massage Therapists who
have completed a recognized professional training program (or advanced students with approval). Other
professionals such as PT's, RN's, OT's and MD's may attend by permission of
the instructor and must show professional liability coverage.
Parents of children with special needs are also welcome (Unless they
are licensed massage therapists, they will need to work with their
own child during the child clinic. **Massage therapists must show proof of a
personal liability policy to participate in the child clinic.
What To Bring:
A list of items to
bring will be included in your confirmation packet after
registration.
Course Description:
This is a
rare opportunity for students to learn to massage children who are
experiencing chronic illness. This is a
foundational course for working with this special population.
Massage therapists, parents, and healthcare professionals will
learn:
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Massage techniques for working
with children with physical, developmental, and mental
challenges
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Guidelines for working in medical
settings
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Unique communication methods to
expand interaction with children
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How to relate appropriately to
family members of children with chronic and acute illness
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How to establish healthy
boundaries
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Safety guidelines for working
with children who are experiencing illness or who have different
abilities
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When to seek help and how to
adhere to limitations
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How to work directly with
children with special needs during the child clinic
Instructor Bio:
Shay Beider
is the founder and Executive Director of Integrative Touch for Kids,
a non-profit organization
dedicated
to bringing gentle massage to children with chronic, acute, and life
limiting illness.
(www.integrativetouch.org). In 2005, Shay formed Gentle Massage for
Children to teach massage therapists and other healthcare
professionals to massage children of all ages and abilities (www.massageforchildren.com).
Shay is the founder and co-creator of the Integrative Touch
Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles where she worked to create
an institutional pediatric massage program that can serve as a model
for hospitals around the country. She is the former Director of the
Infant and Children’s Program for The Heart Touch Project where she
collaborated with the Family Centered Care Committee and the Magik
Comfort and Pain Program at CHLA to bring compassionate touch to
hospitalized children. Shay has worked with TrinityKids
Care, the only dedicated pediatric hospice in Los Angeles, to
co-create a compassionate touch program for infants and children at
the end of life. She has been a Principal or Co-Investigator on
several massage research studies including two studies at Childrens
Hospital Los Angeles for hospitalized Rehabilitation patients and
medically complex infants in the Center for Newborn and Infant
Critical Care. Shay is currently an investigator on a massage study
at UCLA for children who have undergone heart surgery. She regularly
consults on massage studies nationally and internationally. As a
volunteer, Shay has massaged women seeking solace from domestic
violence and victims of torture and severe abuse. Shay completed her
Bachelors Degree in Women’s Studies and her Masters Degree in Public
Health at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2002,
Shay was awarded the Richard Ryder Award for
Dedicated and Passionate
Service. In 2003, she was awarded the Women’s Studies Achievement
Award at UCLA, and in 2005 she was awarded the Wilshire Foundation
Endowment in Geriatric Medicine and Long Term Care Award.
Shay will be here
again in November
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