Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program

Gentle Touch® is appropriate for Children, Parents, and Professionals:

Children (under age 5)

♥    Babies who are "well"

♥    Babies who experienced stress during pregnancy or labor

♥    Babies who were substance exposed

♥    Babies who were born pre-term

♥    Babies who were delivered by C-section

♥    Babies who were delivered using forceps or vacuum

♥    Babies who experienced a medicated birth

♥    Boys who have been circumcised

♥    Babies who were, are, or who become hospitalized

♥    Babies who are fussy or have colic

♥    Babies who have special needs

♥    Toddlers

♥    Preschoolers

♥    Children who appear to have stress

♥    Children who have difficulty self-calming

♥    Children who have trouble sleeping

♥    Children who have difficulty with eating, spit-ups, vomiting, overeating

♥    Children with siblings

♥    Children in foster care

♥    Children in group child care

♥    Children who are adopted

♥    Children who were or who are not completely wanted from conception

♥    Children with insecure attachment

♥    Children who have experienced a loss (e.g., of a parent, sibling in or out of the womb, significant caregiver)

♥    Children who have experienced frequent changes of location

♥    Children with parents who have physical, mental, or emotional health issues (e.g. stressed for any reason)

ALL CHILDREN WHO

NEED AND DESERVE LOVE!

Parents

♥    Parents who experience(d) a difficult pregnancy, perhaps with many interventions

♥    Parents who experienced a stressful labor or birth

♥    Parents who have had previous losses (of a child after birth, or through miscarriages, abortions, stillbirths)

♥    First time Parents

♥    Parents who are young

♥    Parents who experience any relationship stress (especially domestic violence)

♥    Single Parents

♥    Parents who experience past or current "life stress" (e.g., financial, moves, etc.)

♥    Parents who have experienced a difficult childhood or teen years

♥    Foster Parents

♥    Parents who adopt

♥    Parents who are, themselves, adopted

♥    Parents in recovery from substance abuse

♥    Parents with several children

♥    Parents with stressful experiences in childrearing

♥    Parents who feel depressed

♥    Parents with little support from family or friends

♥    Parents with physical, mental, or emotional health issues, perhaps a "diagnosis"

♥    Mothers who breastfeed

♥    Parents who bottle feed

♥    Working Parents

♥    Parents who had multiple births

♥    Parents who had an unplanned pregnancy

♥    Parents who do not prefer the sex of their child

♥    Parents who had a difficult experience when they, themselves, were born

♥    Parents who have neglected or abused a child, or who may be "at-risk"

♥    Extended family members who provide childcare or childrearing

ALL PARENTS WHO ARE LOVING!

Professionals

The Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program is a health promotion, experiential parenting program, a child abuse prevention, and a high-risk intervention, depending on when and how it is used.

With training, Professionals can integrate the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program in:

 direct caregiving

 therapeutic interventions

 parent education

 parent support

For example:

  Nurses (e.g., labor & delivery, pediatric, medical office, home care, public health etc.)

  Midwives        

  Health care professionals (e.g., child life specialists, physician assistants etc.)

  Health educators (e.g., childbirth educators, nutritionists, lactation specialists, etc.)

  Specialized therapists (e.g., PT's, OT's, Speech, etc.)

  Massage therapists

  Parent educators

  Early intervention specialists

  Early childhood educators

  Special educators

  Social workers (e.g., medical, social service, foster care, adoption, child abuse prevention)

  Child service coordinators

  Home Visitors 

  Doulas

  Maternity care coordinators        

  Maternal outreach workers

  Child care providers

  Institution staff (e.g., residential treatment facilities, etc.)

  Psychologists (e.g., developmental, prenatal, infant, child, family, etc.)

  Physicians (e.g., pediatricians, family practice, psychiatrists)

  Family resource center staff

  Support group facilitators

ALL ADVOCATES FOR

PREGNANT & PARENTING

FAMILIES & CHILDREN

Ó 1993-2004, Gentle Touch Parent-Child Program, LLC

Emma Miller, D.Div., is the creator of and a trainer for the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program for pregnant women, infants, young children, and families. She is also the scriptwriter and co-producer of the Gentle Touch® Infant Massage Video. For more information about the video, caregiver-child services, or training, please e-mail Program@GentleTouchParent-Child.com. 

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