IAIM® Baby Massage Course for Parents - NEW Pilot

Our Douglas College Perinatal Program is dedicated to delivering new courses that support and strengthen family and parent-infant bonding. This is why we are excited to announce that we are now offering our new IAIM® Baby Massage Course for Parents (babies from birth to 1 year old - Corrected Age). 

This LIVE ONLINE virtual course (due to COVID) will teach parents the gentle and satisfying art of infant massage. Our Douglas College virtual platform, Blackboard Collaborative, will provide parents with a safe place to learn, care, share and gather support from other parents in the company and guidance of an IAIM®- Internationally Certified Infant Massage Instructor. Classes are maxed up at 5 parent/baby participants to keep it intimate.

Would You Like to Sign Up?

Fee: $99.00 - For 6 Weekly Online Live Classes

List of dates and CRN's below.

To register:  Please phone or email the Continuing Education Registration Office at:

Phone:  604-527-5472

Email: cereg@douglascollege.ca

OR click the link at the bottom of the page under Ready to Register and follow the registration instructions.
 

What is IAIM®?

The International Association of Infant Massage – IAIM® is the oldest, World-renowned non-profit association that certifies its instructors to instruct parents in the art of infant massage after successfully completing a rigorous training program. IAIM®’s 5-week-course for parents, utilizes a curriculum based on research as a way to support and bridge infant massage’s ancient wisdom with modern scientifically based knowledge. This amalgamation increases and solidifies parent-infant bonding through the gentle art of nurturing touch.  IAIM® is internationally recognized and considered the industry’s gold standard in infant massage.

What will Parents Learn In the IAIM® 5 Week Course?   (Course Outline can be found below)

Over the 5-week period, parents will learn a variety of strokes that are the foundation for the IAIM® Baby Massage method. Our IAIM®-Certified Instructors will help parents to understand benefits of infant massage including:                                                                                    

• IAIM® baby massage strokes
• Understand and recognize their baby’s body language and cues
• Achieve better sleep
• Help with colic or tummy troubles
• Improve neuromuscular baby organization
• Relaxation techniques 
• The role of hormones in baby massage.
• Stimulate physical and neurological development

What are students saying about our Baby Massage Course for Parents:     

 "I enjoyed the techniques of massage but also the theory behind them." ~Michelle

"I learned what my baby likes, she enjoyed the massage and it relaxed her. I feel like we bonded and I enjoyed meeting other moms and babies." ~Teri

"My baby is sleeping better through the night and it helped so much with self soothing " ~Jessica

 "I learned how calm my baby can be. I also learned why following my baby's cues is so important and this has helped so much with self soothing."  ~Nicole

"The class gave me some new tools to connect with baby and alleviate her gas pains!" ~Vivian

About our IAIM® Classes

Classes are informal, relaxed and friendly.  The focus is on parents to provide the massage strokes to their own infants while your certified instructor demonstrates the strokes using a doll. With only five participants, classes are small enough to provide parents and their babies with the personal attention needed.

The program is traditionally offered face-to-face. However, during these unprecedented times, the IAIM® Baby Massage Course for Parents has been endorsed for online delivery. We use the many interactive tools available in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra to make our classes engaging and personal. IAIM® Certified Instructors are available after class for further discussion. Private conversations and classes can also be arranged.

**Remember that Parents are the experts, babies are the teachers, and our IAIM® Certified Baby Massage Instructors are the supporters.

Note: All classes are approximately 60 minutes long. 

Private classes are available and can be tailored to best suit you and your family's needs. This may be helpful for individual conditions that your baby may be experiencing or perhaps you prefer privacy and learn better in a one-on-one environment? We also know the value of friends supporting friends, semi-private lessons are available,  especially during this time of being together while staying apart, Baby Massage Classes may be the one way of spending quality time with friends. Whatever the situation, we can accommodate you and your precious baby!  Please contact ce_perinatal@douglascollege.ca - Subject:  Baby Massage Private Class

Baby Massage classes both private, semi-private and group welcome partners, we know that being a parent is a role best shared.

**Breastfeeding Café: As a student in the Perinatal Program, and part of the IAIM® Baby Massage Course, parents and their babies are also welcome to join our FREE Tuesdays and Saturdays ongoing LIVE online Douglas College Breastfeeding Café where parents will have the opportunity to meet informally with other families and have access to an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), who will moderate these sessions. We invite you to bring your questions and concerns about feeding your baby.  Links to our ongoing Douglas College Breastfeeding Café will be sent to parents on a weekly basis.

We invite you to take a look at other perinatal courses and programs. We look forward to having you in our classes.