Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program

Trainings, Workshops,

Lectures, and Consultation

By Emma Miller, D.Div.

On-site or distance learning programs and consultations are tailored to the participants. Please inquire regarding various lengths and costs.

All of the trainings can be offered separately or in combination.

Free registrations are offered to individuals/agencies who sponsor trainings in their areas.

Before You Were Born

  An enlightening journey into prenatal psychology. Perfect for anyone educating or supporting pregnant families or infants. Also perfect for those who desire to revisit or heal their own conception, gestation, or birth.

Better Birth Outcomes: Gentle Touch® During Pregnancy

   How to blend the elements of the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program together for the "vulnerable" pregnant woman, baby, and family. Teaches the use of prenatal mental health based counseling and can include pregnancy massage.

Creating Closeness from the Beginning

  Training for those who educate and support new parents so that parents can (1) create a nurturing environment in which parent and child can positively bond and attach, and (2) understand, respect, and respond to infant communication from the beginning. Participants will learn a sequence of strokes along the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program "Touch Continuum" that is appropriate for newborns. In addition, they will learn how to facilitate healthy family adaptation via family-centered practices, and how to self-nurture.

  Training for NICU personnel who wish to offer appropriate touch. Participants will learn a sequence of strokes along the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program "Touch Continuum" that is appropriate for sick or vulnerable newborns. Includes training in prenatal and infant mental health, sensory integration, developmentally supportive care, and family-centered care.
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  Training in a 6 hour curriculum (no massage) for pregnant, adopting, and new parents.
Topics include:
(1) Baby, Getting to Know You; Hoping that You'll Like Me!
(2) Let's Talk: Understanding Your Baby's Language
(3) Yes! Stress Management for Infants (Parents too)!
(4) Your Amazing Infant

But the Baby is STILL Crying!

  Discussion will focus on the prenatal, perinatal, and neonatal causes of vulnerability, incorporating prenatal and infant mental health and a systems approach. Lecture and demonstration will focus on ways to strengthen the infants' resiliency and promote the caregiver's sensitive responding. Sensory integration, state modulation, infant communication, and nurturing caregiving will be covered.

Keys to Successful Interactions with Parents

How to facilitate healthy family adaptation through effective family-centered therapeutic and supportive practices.

Cradling Love

How to design ceremonies for pregnancy, birth, welcoming and loss. Excellent for childbirth educators and supporters, maternity and mother-baby residences, adoption personnel, social workers, or spiritual groups.

Family-Centered Care

Consultation to strengthen and integrate family-centered principles and practices into policies and procedures is available to medical practices, hospitals, residential facilities, and agencies. Please inquire.

About the Trainer:

Emma Miller, D.Div., created the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program in 1993. She is an international trainer and program consultant, conference speaker and workshop leader. Author and co-producer of the Gentle Touch® Infant Massage Video, as well as author of articles in professional, parenting, and massage publications, Emma has had numerous media exposures (including Child Magazine, 11/97) and program endorsements. She holds certifications as a N.C. Infant/Toddler/Family Specialist, an Infant Massage Instructor, a Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) Instructor, and in Pre- and Perinatal Massage, and is an Interfaith Minister. Active in numerous organizations related to parent and child issues, Emma has worked in hospital, pediatric practice, mental health, substance abuse, developmental disability, child development, residential treatment facility, social service, and family development institute settings. Her goal is to promote the competence of the child, nurturing parenting, strong family life, and a responsive system of care. Her focus is on serving all families but especially "vulnerable" ones, prenatal and infant mental health, and family-centered practices.

Training Professionals and Para-Professionals

in the Gentle Touch® Parent-Child Program since 1994

Questions? Email Training@GentleTouchParent-Child.com

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