This certificated course includes ;
1)  Holding  Reassurance Programme
 Birth to eight weeks          
a) Secure Attachment
b) Observe babies cues in communication
c) Identify and offer techniques in remedial touch to relieve intra-uterine and birth trauma
d) Introduce holding positions, stroking and gentle stretching prior to any massage to relieve physiological flexion and abdominal tension and reduce the occurrence of ‘periodic breathing’.
2) Developmental Baby Massage 
Eight Weeks to Standing
The Correct Use of Baby Massage to:
1) Develop circulatory and breathing rythms
2) Reduce the occurance of ‘plagiocephaly’
3) An easy introduction to ‘tummy time’.
4) Develop muscle strength and joint flexibility
5) Relieve some common infant ailments
6) Common sense anatomy and physiology relative to early infant motor and emotional development
7) Elementarymotor delay and correction
8) Usage of the correct oils from birth
9) Easy to learn massage sequences including singing, kissing, talking and play. A quality and enjoyable time for both parent and child.
10) ‘Making friends with Gravity’ the correct way to teach sitting and standing

3)  High quality  resource :  Peter Walker’s DVD ‘Developmental Baby Massage’. A copy of his international best selling book  ‘Developmental Baby Massage’ and a full set of course notes given to all students.

‘My staff and I have thoroughly enjoyed the training over the last two days. We are really eager to put it in to practice with the families we work with’

‘I would like to add just how much I enjoy teaching the Developmental Baby Massage program. I have witnessed such positive results, not only with the babies and development but also with the parents and their responses. It really makes a difference in terms of attachment, parenting and building confidence’

 ‘My working practice within the NHS is using The Solihull Approach; I strongly believe that Developmental Baby Massage complements this approach’

For  ‘In House’  course at your venue
or
 London course June 22^nd / 23^rd 2013   

at  Viveka

27A Queens Terrace London NW8 6EA
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Courses given by Peter Walker therapist, author and film maker. Credited as the original NHS baby massage teacher’s  trainer. The leading international trainer for Developmental Baby Massage with over 35 years of group teaching experience with over 14,000 teachers worldwide.
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Sarah Forester RGN HV Cert. Ed..
Professional Officer (Education) Health Visitors Association,
"Baby Massage", Piatkus Books.