The Preterm Infant: NICU experience and beyond
Education day for Certified Educators of Infant Massage (CEIM)
October 3rd 2008 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Specifically for non-neonatal-staff

Date: Friday October 3rd 2008
This date precedes the International Association of Infant Massage’s General Assembly
Venue: Omni Interlocken Resort, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $160.00

Content:

• Presentation of the philosophy at the heart of the Positive Touch in the neonatal Unit Programme©.

• Educating parents in the NICU through involvement, participation, and partnership underpinned by empowerment and negotiation

• Definition of the preterm and near-term infant

• Neonatal Skin, use of oil, and the Importance of Touch in the NICU

• Neurodevelopment of Pain, Comfort & Parent-infant Attachment

• Behavioral Cues

• The 5-step ‘Dialogue’ - the basis for all touch in the NICU.

• Early Babies in the community

• Infant massage class experiences

All CEIMs will need to bring along a small pillow, blanket and a newborn-size/premature-sized doll

The dolls should have open eyes and reflect the race of the people you are teaching. It is important that the soft body extends to below the knee and elbow and the hands are open and the feet look real. This doll is approximately the size of a 4 lb (2kg) baby or 16” (40cms).
Click Here To Purchase Dolls It is best to provide clothes for, and name your doll with a name band/label to avoid mix-ups.


For further details, questions or to make payment
Visit: www.cherrybond.com
Cherry Bond RSCN, SRN, CIMI
E-mail: cherrybond1@aol.com

Cherry with Prince Charles and Vivette Glover

Positive Touch in the Neonatal Unit
This two-day course is specifically promoted for those health professionals working on a Neonatal Unit

At: The Omni Interlocken Resort in Denver, Colorado, USA.
On: October 8th - 9th 2008

The Positive Touch Programme© promotes techniques for involving both staff and parents so that they are able to provide nurturing and humane care for the babies in their unit from admission to discharge and beyond.

The course also prepares you to be able to create formal Positive Touch Guidelines for their unit. Neonatal staff will benefit from attending with others, including OT, PT, & Speech therapists, from their unit so that they have support to implement theses changes.

Content:

• Overview of the background philosophy the course is founded on: Newborn Individualised Developmental Care and Assessment Programme (NIDCAP), Brazelton Assessment Score (NBAS) & Humane Care Initiative.
• Skin and appropriate sensory input.
• The neurobiology of stress, pain, comfort and parent-infant attachment.
• The nursery environment.
• Infant behavioral cues.
• Family psychology in the NICU is considered.
• Key strategies for transforming ‘routine’ care with a Positive Touch approach are presented, such as initial touch techniques, mouth care & feeding, bathing, changing/positioning/handling weighing, etc.
• The process of making long-lasting changes in the NICU and steps for creating Positive
• Touch guidelines are presented.

COST: $365
Visit www.cherrybond.com to pay and look at additional course details
COURSE LEADER: Cherry Bond RSCN, SRN, CIMI.
E-mail: Cherrybond1@aol.com