Links & Resources
Websites
Infant Massage USA: Infant Massage USA promotes nurturing touch through the training and certification of Parent Educators, and classes and one-to-one instruction for parents and full-time caregivers.
International Loving Touch Foundation: The foundation provides specialized instructional training, continued education, humanitarian opportunities, and marketing support for instructors of infant massage.
Baby’s First Massage: Baby’s First Massage provides high-quality programs and support materials for people who want to teach newborn massage to new families.
Infant Mental Health Association of Michigan: MI-AIMH believes that each infant needs to be nurtured and protected by one or more consistent and stimulating caregivers who enjoy a permanent and special relationship with the infant. This relationship is not just a luxury over and above the basic physical necessities of life, but is the essential and necessary context within which every human infant learns basic emotional, cognitive and social attitudes that will influence development.
University of Connecticut School of Family Studies: This program focuses on the well-being and healthy development of individuals and families over the lifespan, including dynamic relations within the family as well as the family’s interactions with broader social institutions.
Touch Institute: Established in 1992, the TRI was the first center in the world devoted solely to the study of touch and its application in science and medicine.
Books
Birthing From Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, by Pam England & Rob Horowitz
Our Birthing From Within Keepsake Journal, by Pam England
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth, by Ina May Gaskin
Mind Over Labor, by Carl Jones
The Birth Partner, by Penny Simkin
Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents, by Vimala Schneider McClure
Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin, by Ashley Montagu
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent, by Meredith F. Small