Touch Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy / Orlando, FL March 3 & 4, 2012
January 15, 2012 by Tina Allen
Filed under Florida, March 2012, NCBTMB Approved, Pregnancy/Infant Massage
March 3 & 4, 2012
10am-6pm
Central Florida School of Massage Therapy
450 North Lakemont Avenue, Suite A
Winter Park, FL 32792
orlando-cerebral-palsy@liddlekidz.com
818-209-1918
www.liddlekidz.com
Cerebral palsy is a condition, sometimes thought of as a group of disorders, that can involve brain and nervous system functions such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing, and thinking. This Liddle Kidz Foundation course is an advanced pediatric massage therapy training program for healthcare professionals who wish to provide touch therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). It is an intense, fun and effective way to advance your pediatric massage therapy skills and embrace children who have been diagnosed with one of several different types of cerebral palsy, including spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, hypotonic, and mixed.
About Tina Allen, LMT, CPMMT, CPMT, CIMT
With over a decade of service to children and families, Tina Allen, founder of leading children’s health and nurturing touch organization Liddle Kidz Foundation, has become a respected international lecturer, author and authority on infant and pediatric massage.
She is a Pediatric Massage Master Teacher, Developmental Baby Massage Teacher and a Licensed Massage Therapist with specialized training in providing massage therapy for infants and children with special healthcare needs. Ms. Allen managed the United States’ first comprehensive pediatric massage program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), where she trained volunteer massage therapists and medical professionals to work with hospitalized rehabilitation patients, medically complex infants in the Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care (CNICC) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), as well as Children with Retinoblastoma, Spina Bifida and Cerebral Palsy. She developed pediatric massage programs at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, as well as a program that focused on introducing gentle compassionate touch to women and children who have survived domestic abuse. She is currently consulting on the development of comprehensive pediatric massage programs for The Mayo Clinic, Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.
Her innovative approach to children’s health has allowed her the unique opportunity to educate families and professionals throughout the world in the many benefits of nurturing touch.
About Liddle Kidz
Since its inception, the goal of the Liddle Kidz Foundation has been to empower families and professionals to provide nurturing touch that builds stronger, more loving bonds with children. Liddle Kidz provides training, education and support for families and professionals, giving them the necessary tools to ensure the safe, professional practice of nurturing touch and developmental movement with infants and children.
At Liddle Kidz it is our true belief that children are our greatest gift and should be treated with extraordinary care!
To learn more, visit www.liddlekidz.com.
