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Approved for 32 Primary MTAM CEU's and 15 NHPC Competency Credits.

Instructor: Sylvie Hetu
Date: March 8 - 11, 2012
Time: 8 am - 5 pm all 4 days
Cost: $600 + GST

For futher resource: http://www.iaim.net/

Course information
This training besides being excellent professional development for massage therapists and professionals working with infants, is a training that gives the right to officially teach parents how to massage their babies under the name of the international association of infant massage, presently in 53 countries.

Following is the IAIM Instructor training core curriculum. This is revised every other year by the Circle of Trainers at the Trainers' Meeting.

The IAIM is an intensive four days training.  In order to qualify, the instructor has to take the whole four day training, and has four months to complete a take home exam and do a practice teaching with five families.  The IAIM Trainer is there to support the whole process. The exam and practice teaching are well explained during the training.
Once instructors are qualified, they are asked to keep alive their membership with the local Chapter of the international association of infant massage.  http://www.iaim.net/

The core curriculum content is the following:

1. History of Infant Massage and the IAIM
2. Demonstration of Strokes and Gentle Movements for babies, as well as alternatives to massage
3. Three-day Practicum Class with  real Parents and Babies
4. Teaching the Benefits of infant massage
5. Infant Crying
6. Infant Behavioral States, Cues and Reflexes
7. Bonding and Attachment
8. Self-awareness of Emotional Elements and Support
9. Communication Skills
10. Group Facilitation Skills
11. The Growing Child
12. Special Situations and Adaptation of the Massage Program
13. Touch and Massage Research
14. Public Relations and Marketing
15. Teaching Skills, ways of learning, methodologies

Prerequisites
Qualified Heath professionals, or therapists, or relevant experience with babies.

About the Instructor
Sylvie Hétu
Sylvie Hétu is a nutritionist (College de Maisoneuve Montreal, 1976)
A pre-school and elementary teacher, BSc  (Montreal University, 1980)
A Certified infant Massage instructor (International association of Infant Massage, 1983)
A naturopath (Collège des naturpoathes du Québec, (1985)
A Certified infant Massage instructor (International association of Infant Massage, 1983)
A qualified International Trainer of instructors (International association of Infant Massage, 1989)
A Steiner trained teacher (1998)
A member of the IAIM international education Committee  xince 1996
The Co-founder of the Massage in Schools Porgramme with Swedish colleague Mia Elmsäter (2000)
Published books:  The Song of the Child(2004); co-author of Touch in Schools, a revolutionary strategy for replacing bullying with respect and for reducing violence (2008)