Services

Education to parents & caregivers for children of all ages:
Newborn to Toddler, Pre-School to Elementary School age, Special Needs, Medically Fragile & Premature 

They ALL need Touch

Touch, touches a life forever

​Massage Training for caregivers
of Newborn to Toddlers

Choose this class series if

• Your baby was born full term (at least 38 weeks at delivery)
• Has had no significant medical conditions (prior or current)

Select one of the following 2 options
for this parent/baby class series

Pre Crawlers Class
For Infants 6 weeks old through “not yet crawling”

Cruisers Class
For Crawlers through Toddlers (beginning walkers)
  
Benefits for baby

• longer sleep periods
• better digestion
• relief from gas
• prevention & relief from constipation
• brain growth & development

      
Go to the Infant Massage page for more details about this class. 

If your child has been walking for some time on their own, without support, then you would want to choose the class series for preschool & up. We call that the “The  Movers & Shakers ” class because the kids  are “on the go” and have “lots to say”. (go to that link and learn more) 
 

Massage Training for caregivers of Preschoolers through School Age 

Movers & Shakers Class
These children are generally walking, talking and pretty active. This makes class interesting.

Choose this class if

• your child has been walking for a while without support
•  is a preschooler or early school age

   
Some benefits for your child are

• deeper longer sleep times
• the release of  calming hormones & a decrease in  Cortisol (the stress hormone)
• relaxation and sensory integration
• body system organization for  the over stimulated child
• enhanced brain development & cognition
• comfort for growing pains
• body awareness to aid in balance & coordination

   
 Go to the Movers & Shakers page to for more details about this class.
 

The Special Needs Touch Class
If you have a child with Special Needs, go to the  Touch Training for children with Special Needs page to learn about this Touch Education & Services for your family. 

Gentle Touch Training for caregivers
of a child that was born Premature

The Gentle Touch Class  may be for you if

• You are caring for a baby who was born premature or who spent time in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit)
• Your baby or child of any age has a unique diagnosis or medical condition

​The benefits of touch for these special babies and their families has been documented and confirmed through much research.

Possible benefits are

• Earlier discharge from NICU
• Increased weight gain
• Better digestion & ability to absorb nutrients from food
• Decreased stress hormones (Cortisol) and better stabilization of vital signs
• Decrease in readmission rates post NICU discharge
• Increased parent confidence
• Better long term outcomes such as less sensory integration issues, less aversions to being touched, enhanced growth & development and better sleep patterns

Many hospitals offer a NICU follow up graduate program for parents upon discharge from the NICU. If you have not had this opportunity, than our Gentle Touch series may be for you.  

Go to the Gentle Touch page for more details about this training for parents.
 

East Texas Center for Pediatric Touch Education

903 981 3206

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