Basic Course

Towards Natural Childbirth and Beyond

Neuroendocrine responses to Massage during Pregnancy and Childbirth

Royal College of Midwives Accredited course (Suitable for PREP requirements)

Complementary Therapists Association (CThA) Approved

Courses for Midwives, Doulas

Learn the innovative, award winning Massage Programme for use during the last month of pregnancy and during labour.

No previous massage experience needed.

Aims of the course
To equip professionals with practical skills and the theoretical knowledge needed to use the LK Massage Programme effectively within their practice to promote normal physiological childbirth

Objectives
To develop a basic understanding of the neuroendocrine responses to massage in late pregnancy, labour and birth and the importance of a conducive physical environment.
To develop practical skills to perform the basic techniques of the LK Massage Programme, designed to reduce maternal pain and anxiety during pregnancy, labour and birth.

Course components
Information giving sessions will be interspersed with supervised practice sessions.
Teaching and learning activities will include presentations, discussions, audio visual, guided practice and suggested reading.

Following completion of the course
Participants will receive Part 1 of the professional series of the DVD's 'Towards Natural Childbirth and Beyond" which offers comprehensive information on everything taught on the course and is intended to act as a reference. Participants will also receive a Guideline Booklet.
A case study needs to be completed demonstrating basic knowledge of current scientific findings that inform the Programme and an account of how the Programme has been practised on a selected client.
Submission is required within 3 months of completing the course.
Case studies should be submitted electronically in word format and all sources of information used must be fully referenced (word count, 2,000).
The case study will be returned within a month with comments from the course tutors and a pass/defer grade. A certificate of completion of the Basic Course will be awarded to those who pass and a second attempt will be given to those who are deferred.

2012 Basic Course Dates

15th,16th,17th,18th February at the Horton Hospital, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Cost £395 - Inclusive of updated professional version of the DVD 'Towards Natural Childbirth and Beyond' (Part 1),Course Material, Assessment & Certification plus the use of carrier oil and massage couches.
Special fee for Student midwives - £345

Following successful completion of the Basic Course (part1), participants can undertake the 2 day Trainers weekend. You will learn the principles of teaching the basic Programme to couples. Registration is expected prior to teaching the LK Massage Programme®

The LK Massage Programme Trainers Course - 2 days

THE NEXT TRAINERS COURSE DATES WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE SOON

Aims of the Trainers Course

To enable partipants to teach the LK Massage Programme to pregnant women and their birth partners in a safe, conducive environment, within their learnt parameters and sphere of practice.

Assessment

Within 3 months following the completion of the course, participants will be asked to contact the tutor when they feel ready to conduct a 3 hour assessed class with a couple. The tutor will then visit the participant as long as she lives in the UK.

If the participant lives outside the UK, then a recorded DVD of the class is sent to Childbirth Essentials for assessment.

Cost £240 plus £75 assessment fee

ADVANCED COURSE (PART 2)

INFORMATION REGARDING THIS COURSE WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE SOON

Course Co-ordinators

Linda Kimber
RN, RM, Therapeutic Masseuse (ITEC), Aromatherapist, Reflexologist, City & Guilds Teaching Certificate
Tel: 01865 372937 or 07765 192048
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Anne Haines
RN, RM, MSc Interprofessional Health and Community Studies, IBCLC, SOM, City & Guilds Teaching Certificate
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Mary McNabb
RN, RM, MSc Reproductive Neuroendocrinology, Senior Midwifery Lecturer
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• Enrolment form for Midwives (PDF)