Peter Walker International School of Developmental Baby Massage
  Two Day Certificated Teacher Training for health professionals, children centre staff and complementary therapists.
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June 2012
at
Viveka 27A Queens Terrace St Johns Wood London NW8 6EA
Peter Walker is the leading international Trainer for Developmental Baby Massage with over 35 years of group teaching experience and working with families on a one to one, specializing in supporting families with children with special needs in their development.  Peter’s work can be viewed on www.thebabieswebsite.com. and YouTube.

In House Training for the 2 day course and continuous professional development workshops are available for NHS and other organizations providing care for children and families.

This course includes;1)  A Holding Reassurance Programme   empower parents to:

·          Get in touch with their baby, learn different holding positions to introduce gentle stroking and stretching prior to introducing massage sequence.

·          Be spontaneous and trust their own instincts to facilitate their confidence in getting to know their baby.
Observe, listen and respond sensitively to their baby’s cues and communication including non verbal cues

2)  Developmental Baby Massage  Routine  including:

·          Key principles of underpinning neuroscience, psychodynamic and child development with focus on empowering parents to develop a positive relationship with their baby, thus promoting baby’s emotional development.

·          Parents are first and foremost taught to respect their baby. To do massage with their baby and not to their baby. The session is led by the baby.

·          The correct way to:
1) Stimulate the baby’s circulation and breathing
2) Reduce physiological flexion and the occurance of ‘plagiocephaly’
3) Increase flexibility and strength
4) Relieve birth trauma and other common infant ailments
5) Common sense anatomy and physiology relative to infant motor and emotional development
6) Elementary Motor Delay and correction
7) Easy to learn massage sequences with inclusion of singing, talking and playing with the baby, making it a quality and enjoyable time for both mother and baby.

3)  High quality  resource:  Peter Walker’s DVD and new book
‘Developmental Baby Massage’ hard back copy with full set of course notes for all students.

Comments from delegates / Students on last course

‘‘Thanks for this course. Didn’t appreciate at the time how beneficial your training would be
and how easy it would be for me to incorporate this into my job, so once again, thanks’

‘I really feel that your teaching emphasized the shared nature of developmental baby massage and encouraged me to tell parents to listen to their baby; to respond to them and above all, to enjoy massage. This is of huge benefit to mums who may be at risk of depression or not bonding with baby’.

Course Insurance
Accredited by Independent Professional Therapists International

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This course is endorsed by 'Viveka' and 'The Active Birth Centre'.

All Peter Walker`s courses taught and certificated by himself.
Post course assistance available.

First five course plan for all teachers plus Developmental Baby Massage DVD and full set of course notes.

A list of professional teachers qualified to teach Developmental Baby Massage is available on this website under 'teachers'

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Applications
There are a limited number of places available for the London courses so it is advisable to book early.

Concessions
There are also a limited number of concessionary places. Please submit your application early explaining your reasons for applying for a concessionary place.