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Wham . . .Bam . . . thank you 2010 . . . it’s now 2011! Happy new year! The time flew by this year, and I am sure it is because I was so busy doing what I Love. We made many big steps (and leaps) forward in the field of pediatric massage. The Mayo Clinic, AI DuPont/Nemours Foundation and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center invited me to teach their staff and help develop their hospital based pediatric massage programs. Pediatric massage also received great acknowledge from the professional massage community, as The World Massage Festival and World Massage Conference asked me to present during their internationally recognized conferences.
Big steps for the smallest clients!
We proudly launched a second website focusing on the international outreach component of Liddle Kidz Foundation’s global work – www.LiddleKidz.org. This site has been added in addition to www.LiddleKidz.com, so that there is clarity on where to find educational courses and where to find outreach opportunities and information. LiddleKidz.com still features educational articles, course information and interactive services, such as our forum.
As the number of orphans escalates around the globe, there is an increasing demand for sensory stimulation, nurturing touch and palliative care within orphanages and childcare settings. It is the vision of the Liddle Kidz Foundation Global (LKF) to make a true difference for children who have been orphaned, along with their caregivers who lack the necessary support to provide them with best developmental care possible.
To end the year doing heartfelt service work in Vietnam, how can you ask for anything more? Our group of 18 global ambassadors spent two weeks in Vietnam traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi providing hands-on massage therapy and nurturing touch to hundreds of infants and children. To create sustainable impact, we taught staff and caregivers to provide massage for children that are seemingly untouchable. We were the first to lift children from sleeping on wooden slats, to receiving hugs and massage which would help soften their contracted muscles. Or, to go against caregiver’s advice and touch the skin of babies affected by AIDS, who the caregivers said “Just skip that baby. We don’t touch them.” Through these global outreach missions we know providing hands-on care with compassion and love will have lifelong impact in creating hopeful futures for the children.
At the end of this year we have plans to take a volunteer group to Thailand, Vietnam and Ghana where we will volunteer providing hands-on massage for infants and children in orphanage and healthcare settings. We will also teach caregivers in these settings so we can implement a sustainable program. “Children are our greatest gift, treat them with extraordinary care!” If you have been waiting to find a way to make a difference, and didn’t know how to get started, this is it! Look online and find a course that works for you. Sign up and take charge of your future – now! Each one of us can make a difference – it just takes one step in the right direction!
A widely known expert in her field, Tina has appeared on NBC, The Learning Channel’s “Bringing Home Baby”, KCET and PBS’ “A Place of Our Own”. She is featured as the Infant and Children’s Massage Expert on Canadian Parents and Parent Guide Canada. Tina has also received recognition as First 5 California’s Champion for Children, was honored with the Richard Ryder Award for her dedicated and passionate service and is a 2009 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Inductee. |
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As a Certified Infant Massage Teacher CIMT™ and as a Certified Pediatric Massage Therapist CPMT™, you have the special opportunity to impact an infant and their family for a lifetime. Begin your journey today by registering for an upcoming 2011 CIMT™ or CPMT™ training! |
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All of us at the Liddle Kidz™ Foundation love to meet new people and visit new places. So, if you haven’t found one our trainings to be close enough for you, and you’d like to learn near your hometown, we’d love to talk to you! Click here or on our hosting button to learn more about earning a full scholarship! |
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INTRODUCING OUR NEWEST PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Touch Therapy for Liddle Kidz™ with Cerebral Palsy
The comprehensive Touch Therapy for Liddle Kidz™ with Cerebral Palsy (Massage for Children with Cerebral Palsy) Course for massage therapists and healthcare professionals provides educational and professional training to those who wish to enhance their skills.
Through this advanced training, participants learn to provide massage therapy, nurturing touch techniques, touch therapy, tactile introduction, sensory stimulation & integration for children who have been diagnosed diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP).
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Pediatric Massage for Healthcare Providers |
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Considering a Career in Infant Massage Babies simply love to be touched. In fact, they thrive on it and it is a crucial part of their development. Children need physical contact for healthy growth and development. Normal affectionate touching is important, however, a regular routine of infant massage can offer additional benefits to both the caregiver and child. Nurturing touch promotes physiological, neurological and psychological development and function. |
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Considering a Career in Pediatric Massage |
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View More Children’s Health Articles by Tina Allen, LMT, CPMMT, CPMT, CIMT |
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Nancy Rodgers, LMT, CPMT, CIMT 
“After 5 years experience working in a pediatric acute care setting and Karen Gillespie Haeg, LMT, NCMBT, CIMT
“Tina did a wonderful job incorporating the students' various careers into every aspect of the infant massage certification course! She helped me to gain a skill base that will enable me to provide an incredibly therapeutic service to families of hospitalized infants. I have already begun to see how Renee Caskey, CCLS, CIMT
"The Pediatric Certification class this past weekend is an experience not to be missed for those who love children! Tina's energy, enthusiasm, and passion for the empowerment of children is exhilarating and inspirational. I came away with more than new strokes and hands on techniques, but with an awakened sense of the excitement in learning!" Theresa Ochenkoski, LMT, CPMT, CIMI, RM
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(Connecticut Children’s Medical Center) Submitted By, Dr, Ana Verissimo, MD for the Employee Newsletter of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (examiner.com) Article By Marica Chen, San Francisco Examiner |
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Who are you?
I am a 33-year-old Massage therapist (LMT) Acupuncturist (LAc) and Infant Massage Teacher (CIMT), a born and raised New Yorker and a generous, caring individual who likes to have a lot of fun when I’m not focused on my patients and clients wellbeing.
“Tina is a master of her craft. She is a true inspiration to anyone who is interested in making a difference, not just with others, but within themselves as well. Her ability to instill confidence and professionalism while keeping a playful demeanor is remarkable. She is a visionary, a leader, simply a beautiful selfless woman that I am happy to call my friend.“
Share a memorable moment from an infant massage class:
Explaining and showing a skeptical parent of a 2 month old little girl how to manage her daughters acid reflux without medication.
What have you learned from a family (or baby) in your classes? Patience; everything that can happen (i.e. diaper changing, breast feeding, over stimulation, spiting up on pillows and mats) probably will happen and reassuring parents and caregivers that’s its really not a big deal.
What makes you happy? On a grandiose level it’s having the support of my family and partner. On a professional level its watching frowns turn upside down.
What makes you sad? Intolerance, poverty and neglect.
If not yourself, who would you be? Oprah LOL I’m here people!
If you were to invite any three people for dinner, who would they be? God, Ellen Degeneres and Barack Obama, Oh, and the cast of Jersey shore!
What is your idea of happiness? A life with no anger, people putting aside their differences and trying to make this world a better place for future generations.
What is your main fault? Impatience; wanting people to see possibilities before they are capable of making change.
What’s your favorite color? I don’t really have a favorite color, however, remember those bright neon “80’s ankle pump sock colors” they scare me!
What’s your favorite food? Deep southern soul food. The greasier, the fattier, the better.
What’s your favorite motto? Be a part of the solution and not the problem.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Doing exactly what I’m doing right now, changing the world one massage at a time.
Amanda Brand was selected from over 700 applicants to become a 2010 Liddle Kidz Foundation Global Ambassador to orphaned and abandoned children in Vietnam.
Liddle Kidz Foundation Global Ambassador’s use the power of touch to reach the world’s most vulnerable children with experiences of appropriate nurturing touch that they often lack.
Through hands-on massage therapy, nurturing touch and caregiver education, we create sustainable programs to improve children’s health and wellness around the globe.
Please visit Amanda Brand’s workplace website:
www.euphoriaspanyc.com
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Finally, comprehensive infant massage and pediatric massage certification programs for professionals, caregivers and those wanting to enhance their career or begin a new one! As a CIMT you can enhance your existing career, or begin a new career in the wonderful world of infant massage. As a CPMT you can enhance your career as a professional massage therapist, bodyworker or other healthcare provider who wishes to provide massage therapy for pediatric clients. The Liddle Kidz™ Foundation Certification courses are intense, fun and an effective way to master the core skills of infant and pediatric massage.
Founded by pediatric massage master teacher and philanthropist Tina Allen, the Liddle
Kidz™ Foundation offers new, comprehensive, research based training courses and teaches students what they really need to know to become infant and pediatric massage professionals.
Any experienced infant massage teacher or pediatric massage therapist will tell you that there is a world of difference between learning how to massage a baby or child from a book or DVD, and knowing how to provide the best care to meet a child's and families needs. However, there are few opportunities to learn the skills you really need from a working healthcare professional who has provided infant and pediatric massage education throughout the world. This is that rare opportunity!
As a CIMT or CPMT, you have the special opportunity to impact a child and their family for a lifetime. Take the first step and get started today.
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