Touch for Diverse Populations

Total Hours: 150.00

This program provides gentle, non-invasive release techniques for working with clients who require heightened sensitivity and specialized knowledge. While these modalities are effective for those with challenging conditions, they can also be successfully integrated into a typical massage session.

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Pregnant Women/Infant Massage - 24 hrs

Tuition: $325.00  Deposit: $40.00
This course offers information, discussion and techniques for working with healthy pregnant women, women with complications, women in birth and infants.
•Required Book - Pre- and Perinatal Massage

Working with Elderly & Terminally Ill - 32 hrs

Tuition: $420.00  Deposit: $60.00
Learn relevant physiological and psychological factors, techniques, the role of touch, marketing and self-care in working with these populations. In-class and on-site practice will provide direct, hands-on experience.
•Required Book - McKinnon Elderly & Terminally Ill Reader

Working with Trauma - 24 hrs

Tuition: $325.00  Deposit: $60.00
Students will learn approaches for working with post-traumatic stress survivors and practice these approaches both in the classroom and on-site.
•Required Book - McKinnon Trauma Reader

Working with Chronic Illness & Disability - 40 hrs

Tuition: $520.00  Deposit: $60.00
Students will learn to work with their hands in a subtle manner and have the experience of working with this population through field trips.
•Required Book - Clinical Pathology for the Professional Bodyworker

Anatomy & Physiology D - 30 hrs

Tuition: $360.00  Deposit: $30.00
Lymphatic/immune, endocrine, nervous and integumentary systems.
•Required Book - Trail Guide to the Body