Nourishing Kneads Infant Touch Therapy Education

Bonding through touch

This 1hr class is intended to educate parents/grandparents/guardians/caregivers on easy and appropriate touch therapy techniques that will stimulate and improve the child’s cognitive, physical, and emotional well-being, while promoting parent/child bonding. 

Dolls and materials will be provided to each person. You will get to take home a massage techniques guide inspired by A Modern-Day Guide to Massage for Children book written by Tina Allen (founder of the Liddle Kidz Foundation).

Some benefits of learning touch therapy:

• Provides important elements in the parent-child relationship for strong bonding: eye to eye contact, touch, smell, and vocalization. 

• Encourages, and improves, nonverbal communication in the family. 

• Aids parent’s confidence, and competence, in caring for their child.

• Validates the family’s role in their child’s care. 

• Helps to reduce stress for parents, as giving nurturing touch may increase the massage giver’s oxytocin levels. 

• Provides parents with one-on-one time, parent-child interaction and an interactive play opportunity.

Disclaimer: This class will not provide continuing education credits or certify you to teach infant and pediatric touch therapy to others. If a couple would like to participate, each person needs to register, due to limited available space.