The Power of Nurturing Touch

The Power of Nurturing Touch

~ A Basic Technique of Infant Massage ~

A CPD Workshop for Infant Educarers

Nurturing touch refers to gentle, tactile stimulation and loving verbal communication to deepen the relationship between caring adults and their babies. It is a shared experience, done with the baby not to the baby. Nurturing touch, which is used in infant massage, is not only a powerful but also an essential tool for caring adults to support, communicate, love and understand the babies they care for.

Touch stimulates growth and enhances neurological development. Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant, food is necessary for the infant as minerals, vitamins and proteins.

This course helps participants to gain a better understanding on how nurturing touch can help the total well-being of infants and to deepen the infant-adult relationship.

Who Should Attend?

Snr Infant Educarers, Infant Educarers,

and all practitioners involved in Infant Care Programme

Training Content

• What is Nurturing Touch used in Infant Massage?
• Benefits of Nurturing Touch
• Relaxation and Position
• Roles & Responsibilities of Adult
• Appropriate Oils
• Demonstration of Strokes
• Demonstration of Gentle Movement
• Recognizing baby's daily cycle
• Establish Massage Routine & Time

Workshop Facilitator

Mrs Nancy Lee-Wong has been in the field of Early Care & Education since 1979. She is an accredited trainer in Early Childhood Care & Education, specializes in Infant-Toddler Educare. She is also a qualified Infant Massage Instructor.

Nancy believes that the result of nurturing and responsive infant educaring depends on the love relationship between the educarer and the child. She feels that when a child feels loved and respected, he or she is much easier to care for. She encourages the use of infant massage for children’s deepest emotional needs. The gentle and tactile stimulation

of infant massage is a powerful tool to communicate love and security!