Craniosacral Therapy for Toddlers
aka CST for Moving Bodies
The purpose of this course is to provide opportunities for Craniosacral therapists to explore working with moving bodies, and to learn techniques and practices that provide opportunities for moving kids to receive Craniosacral therapy. This class is specifically for kids who are crawling until about age 5-7, this is a very fluid age range depending more on ability or desire to be on a massage table.
Working with moving kids is a lot different than working with infants or adults.
Support, Self Exploration, Practice, and Passion
In my 25 years of teaching I have found that teaching smaller chunks of information over a longer period of time creates a more embodied and effective learning environment. I focus on supporting each student with their personal learning goals, and self exploration of their personal scope of practice - what they want to offer their clients and the world. I teach techniques and give opportunities for practice, and help to stoke your passion to make lasting change in our world.
Toddlers are learning about their space in the World/Field through movement.
How can we do CST in their field to help their development as an individual, and as a part of the whole?
Working with moving bodies is a dance, a conversation of movement between you and the child.
How can we initiate or encourage a story to be told by the moving body?
Then how can we engage with that movement to help create space and encourage optimal functioning?
In this course we will:
explore what a moving body session looks like
practice working on cranial restrictions from the foot or other part of the body
learn how to use props, and techniques for initiating contact
explore unwinding with a moving body
explore how to create the physical space for working with moving bodies
learn how to communicate to parents about what a session looks like
explore how to work with a child that refuses to be touched - exploring boundaries
practice non verbal communicating in the field - child, parent, and you
explore emotional/behavioral aspects - working with kids with attention, emotional and behavioral difficulties
practice giving space and acceptance for emotional expression
explore your own feelings of working with moving bodies, and how to create a scope of practice that works best for you
clarify expectations - opening possibilities for what a moving body session looks like, and helping the parents understand this
How does the child react to movements that you initiate in the field?
How do you interpret the child’s movements?
What does the body need?
How do you engage with the movement effectively for you and the child?
How do you swing with the mandible?
How do you soar with the sphenoid?
What the course will look like:
This course will be taught over 3 months via Zoom.
We will meet on 3 Saturdays on Zoom
Saturdays will be used for teaching and demo sessions. We will start at 10am Pacific time: 10-12:30 class, lunch 12:30-1:30, class 1:30-4:30. Each Saturday will include 1.5 hours of communication, ethics and boundaries.
It will be beneficial for you to have a body to practice with on our Saturday calls. A friend that is also taking the class or a partner, child or friend that is in your space will work - I can provide specific times that a body will be needed.
3 months of supervision - you will need to present 6 sessions for review and supervision. 3 to me and 3 to group. You will need access to at least 2 moving bodies over 3 months - for a total of 6 sessions.
Case reviews on Zoom once a month for 3 months - Monday evenings 2/5/24, 3/4/24, 4/1/24 - 6:30-8:30 Pacific time.
Case review and support via email with me for 3 months.
We will be using props in this course - yoga balls, pilates balls, pillows, etc - prop list will be provided.
Toddler CST is intuitive, you have to trust yourself, be present and have fun.
Prerequisite - Infant Craniosacral Class with Carol Gray or other Craniosacral or bodywork training with a focus on infants or kids
Cost - $650 includes 3 - 5 hour days of classes, 3 months of supervision, and 3 monthly Case review and Q&A zoom calls (approx 2 hours each). Payment plans available.
21 CE hours - 3 days of 5 hours, and 3 days of 2 hours for case review.
Class limit - Registration closed, fill out form below to be notified of future classes. Next Training in September, 2024
I believe that the best way to learn this work is to do it and receive support and guidance in real time. Which is why I am including supervision and case review in this course over 3 months, I believe that this will be the best way for you to learn. In helping you to create your moving body practice and solidify your policies and boundaries, you can create a truly trustworthy and effective practice for you and your clients. I will be available to you via email during this 3 months.
Working with toddlers and kids that are experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties can be very triggering and difficult, as well as wonderful and exciting. By exploring your own feelings and experiences, and creating a solid framework around this work will be beneficial for all, and will keep you doing this work for a long time.
My experience working as a foster care caseworker, a special education teacher and a bodyworker for the last 25 years has given me a lot of experience in how to create a practice that works for you, gives you the satisfaction and space that is needed to be YOU in your work, and to help the people that you desire to work with.
Upcoming trainings
Working with kids experiencing ADHD and other behavioral difficulties. This course will go more in depth about how to address these issues within your scope of practice, and make real change for these kids and their families.
Family Craniosacral Therapy
Next Class to begin January, 2025
Fill out form below to be notified of next classes. If you have questions email me at Jq@jacquelyncora.com