$2500 USD
42 hours – six days
9:00-5:00 Monday – Saturday
All classes are taught in English
All classes are taught in Portland, Oregon
March 10-15, 2025 – waiting list
June 23-28, 2025
August 11-16, 2025
October 20-25, 2025
CST for Infants Class Description:
The work I do with infants is efficient, powerful and lasting. I have seen amazing results. There are so many infants who would benefit from this therapy and so few people to treat them. I believe that if infants get early treatment they are more likely to realize their life’s potential and less likely to need ongoing care.
Only a few craniosacral therapy training programs offer any infant treatment instruction. They all require students to complete many levels of expensive training before they can learn to treat infants. The training, sadly, tends to be fear-based and pathology-focused.
I teach from the midwifery model of care perspective and from the baby’s point of view. I am passionate about getting these vital skills into the hands of people who can help babies and their parents. I believe that the beginning of life is where the work should begin.
It is easier to learn how to treat babies first and then transfer those skills to treating older children and adults. Learning to treat adults first and then transferring those skills to treating babies is actually much harder.
Prerequisites:
Subtle Hands-On Skills with Carol Gray is the prerequisite for this class.
In addition, students must be licensed, certified or student health professionals (CMT, CNM, CPM, DC, DDS, DO, IBCLC, LAc, LDEM, LM, LMT, MD, ND, NP, OT, PA, PT, RN, SLP, etc.) or otherwise legally entitled to practice touch therapy. Students may also register if they have instructor approval. Ask me.
While not required, students are encouraged to receive at least one craniosacral therapy treatment prior to taking this class.
Overview:
This six-day class includes an infant anatomy review plus lectures, demonstrations and lots of supervised hands-on practice with pre-crawling babies. Each student treats four babies during the class and all student treatments are case reviewed by the group. In order to maximize learning success, class enrollment is limited to eight students.
Graduates of this class are eligible to participate in Free Infant CST Clinics in Portland. Graduates are also eligible to participate in monthly CST for Infants – Virtual Case Reviews.
By the end of this six-day class you should be able to:
- Describe the differences between infant and adult anatomy
- Describe the basics of normal infant development
- Identify physical, energetic and emotional effects of gestational development and the birth process
- Conduct an interview with parents
- Demonstrate sensitive palpation skills
- Use assessment techniques to identify body areas that would benefit from treatment
- Locate and release physical, energetic and emotional restrictions
- List clinical considerations
- Confidently provide basic treatments for healthy newborns
- Know when to refer an infant to a different practitioner
- Make a big difference in the lives of the babies you treat
What’s next? After this class you are eligible for:
- CST for Infants – Virtual Case Reviews
- CST for Infants – Advanced Clinical Skills
- Free Infant CST Community Clinics in Portland
Students who are registered for in-person classes are required to agree to and abide by the Carol Gray Center for CST Studies COVID-19 Safety Protocols.
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