Craniosacral Therapy for Toddlers
Class Description
$525 21 hours
Monday - Wednesday 9:30 - 5:50
Coming 2011 to Portland Oregon
There is great demand for people who are skilled at treating toddlers. I sometimes get desperate calls from parents of toddlers who want their children treated at one of our free infant clinics (limited to babies six months and younger). Sometimes we treat them. Toddlers are special. They aren’t just big babies. They are busy figuring out solid food, more independence, increased mobility, dentition, budding social lives, self control, complex language skills and so much more. Toddlerhood can be a time when parents realize that their children are struggling in some previously unrecognized way. Toddlerhood is a great time for CST.
Prerequisites: in order to take this class, students must have completed Craniosacral Therapy for Infants with Carol Gray. Students must also have practiced their infant CST skills (either in private practice or at free clinics) since the first workshop.
Overview:
In this class we will build on what we already know about treating infants and follow the babies as they move through the developmental stages of toddlerhood. This class will include lectures, demonstrations and lots of hands on with students and, of course, toddlers. In order to maximize learning success class enrollment is limited to six students.
By the end of this three-day class you should be able to:
Describe how toddler bodies are different from infant bodies
Describe the general range of motor, verbal, social and emotional growth and development for toddlers
Effectively communicate with the frustrated parents of “non-eating”/“non-sleeping” children
Help parents establish treatment goals
Explain why this work is helpful to children and their families
Provide treatment for children who are wary of strangers
Assess and treat a moving target
Determine whether a child is struggling on the brink of a developmental milestone
Practice intra-oral work without getting bit (probably)
Evaluate gait and pelvic mobility in the newly-walking and the about-to-walk set
Make a huge difference for children with minimal effort.
Reading Lists for All Classes
Subtle Hands-On Skills - No reading list for this class
Craniosacral Therapy - The Basics
Craniosacral Therapy - Beyond The Basics
Craniosacral Therapy for Infants
Craniosacral Therapy for Toddlers
Craniosacral Therapy for Pregnancy Birth and Postpartum
Carol Gray is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. These classes have been approved or are eligible for continuing education credit in a variety of health-related professions.
