All of our classes are held at the Bayshore Corporate Center
1710 South Amphlett Blvd. Suite 126, San Mateo, CA 94402
Infant/Child CPR & First Aid
Upcoming Class Dates (Class goes from 10am-2:30pm)
Our Infant/Child CPR & First Aid class certifies you in CPR and First Aid for two years by the American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI). The class is taught by Quijuan Maloof, a highly awarded paramedic from San Francisco. He is a wonderfully caring and considerate instructor who makes the class extremely interactive and interesting and perfect for all ages. Great for new parents, grandparents, caregivers, baby sitters, and those looking to be re-certified.
Parents and/or caregivers will learn the basic hands-on skills needed to perform CPR (including rescue breathing), use an AED (automated external defibrillator) device, and the entire range of Basic First Aid (including choking and poisons) so you will feel safe and prepared with your infant/child. This class will also briefly review CPR & choking for adults and pregnant women.
Class Highlights
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Our Certified Instructor is a very entertaining & experienced paramedic
•ALL NEW state of the art equipment
•All interactive with NO boring lectures
•Specially designed curriculum so you can bring your Baby!
•Breastfeed when you need to
About our Instructor
‘Q’ (Quijian Maloof) has been an EMT Paramedic and an EMT Field Training Officer saving the lives of children and adults for years. He has been teaching CPR, First Aid and Basic Life Support for seven years for UCSF and the San Francisco Paramedics Association. He is also a Communicable Disease Control Investigator for the San Francisco Department of Health in charge of investigating and confirming cases of communicable diseases, determining sources of infection, and controls outbreaks by devising & executing plans of action and by providing education information & prevention methods.
We are an American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) Certified Training Center.
We are an American Heart Association (AHA) Certified Training Site.
$80 for one person
$75 for each additional person
Baby is Free!
Infant Massage
Upcoming Class Dates (Class times vary)
- January 28, 2012 from 1pm-3pm
- March 24, 2012 from 1:30pm-3:30pm
- June 9, 2012 from 1:30pm-3:30pm
Taught by Sheridan Ross, IBCLC, RLC, CLE, CIMI. This class is a delightful way for parents to bond with their little ones through the loving gift of massage.
About our Instructor:
Sheridan has completed her certification as an Infant Massage Instructor (IAIM), Lactation Educator (UCSD), and is currently working as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
Sheridan has practiced massage for the past 9 years with a focus on prenatal massage and infant massage. She also works as a labor doula.
One of the first things you’ll notice about Sheridan is that she loves what she does. She teaches with a passion and confidence that shines. “I want to instruct parents, caregivers, friends, relatives, siblings how to give safe, nurturing, loving touch to their babies. I want to help them develop a strong physical and emotional bond with their little ones and create a space of well being for the entire family.”
This workshop is designed to be a hands-on class where the basic nurturing skills of infant massage and therapeutic touch will be taught, demonstrated and practiced. This workshop will give parents the skills to help in their understanding of their baby's unique rhythms, infant cues, and different states of awareness.
The Benefits of Infant Massage
Benefits for Baby
Touch is a primal need and the first important mode of communication between a mother and her new baby. Nurturing touch communicates love, the main ingredient for physical and emotional growth and well-being. The one-on-one interaction of Infant Massage promotes health on all levels – psychologically, emotionally, developmentally, and physiologically. Massage improves circulation, strengthens immunity, enhances neurological development, and stimulates digestion, providing relief of gas and colic. Massage can also raise a child’s sense of self and worth, which is tied to developing self-esteem.
When babies are upset, a soothing massage can lessen their tension and irritability and help them to feel more secure. In our culture, babies are born into a fast-paced, technologically advanced world with many unknown situations. This environment can create stress for a newborn. Without relief, this stress can accumulate and may cause a baby to shut down or block sensory intake and learning. Massage is a great buffer against stress. When we give our babies massage, we teach them how to relax. When relaxation is learned this early in life, they can have a lifetime tool for dealing with stress.
The benefits of infant massage are continually unfolding in scientific research. The University of Miami conducts research on the benefits of nurturing touch. They have published studies that suggest that touch deprivation negatively affects the immune system and massage can stimulate immunity. In studies on touch deprivation among preschool children who were separated from their mother, they noted more frequent illnesses, particularly upper respiratory infections, diarrhea and constipation. A suppressed immune response has also been noted in several studies that monitored the separation of monkeys from their mothers. In a study on human infants (10 weeks old) the opposite effects were noted when the mothers provided extra tactile stimulation. The infants whose backs were massaged by their mothers experienced fewer colds and fewer occurrences of diarrhea.
Other studies involved preterm infants who, upon receiving daily massages, averaged 47% more weight gain than infants in the control group. The studies suggest that the tactile deprivation that many preterm infants experience in intensive care may delay their recovery. Massage therapy helps preterm neonates grow more quickly and leave the hospital sooner.
The benefits of massage are carried into adulthood. Recent findings indicate that the secure attachments with primary caregivers formed in infancy produce adults more capable of healthy, happy, and trusting relationships. When the attachment bonds are not formed, children grow up being less sympathetic to others and relationships lack trust and intimacy. Love, trust, compassion, warmth, openness, and respect are conveyed through massage. The attachment bond of being held and touched helps make children more compassionate, loving, relaxed, and natural. Studies have demonstrated that in societies where people breastfed, massaged, carried and were held as babies, the adults are less aggressive and violent and more cooperative and compassionate.
Benefits for Parents
Massage is a pleasurable way to develop trust and intimacy with your baby and strengthen the bond between the two of you. It can promote a strong sense of confidence in parenting, since you can receive a great deal of feedback about your baby. Through massage you can become more aware of how your baby communicates. You can also discover her threshold for stimulation by watching her body language and noticing how she looks and feels when she is tense or relaxed. Parents can also find relaxation, peace, and calming for themselves through infant massage. Fathers can be wonderful at infant massage. Giving massage can give them positive interaction and a special bond with their baby at a time when a father can easily feel left out.
$40 per person
Baby is Free!
Baby Sign Language
Upcoming Class Dates (Class times vary)
- January 28, 2012 from 3:00pm-4:30pm
- March 24, 2012 from 12:00pm-1:30pm
- June 9, 2012 from 3:30pm-4:00pm
During this 1.5 hour workshop, you’ll be introduced to 45+ basic signs. Fun exercises and games will show you how easy it can be to integrate these signs into your everyday routine and jump-start your child’s verbal communication.
Instructor Bill White has a Bachelors Degree in Psychobiology from UCSC and is the proud father of a two children who started signing at early ages and are now extremely verbal. Enthused by the success of signing with his boys, Bill now teaches others to sign with their children.
Signing with your baby gives you the opportunity to communicate with your child long before they can verbalize their wants and needs... and signing with your baby is easy – easier than not signing with your baby!
$40 per person
Baby is Free!
