With this knowledge you will offer bespoke parenting consultations for parents of babies 12 months or under and a programme of workshops and courses under the BabyCalm brand (with membership of the community). These include:
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CalmFamily core modules
Module 1: About calmfamily
A relatively quick module that takes you through the history, structure, values, approach and programmes within CalmFamily, including information about our projects in development. Module 2: Childhood and families
In this module you will gain understanding of the social, legal, political, historical and anthropological concepts surrounding child-bearing, childhood and family life. You will also consider the complexity of the concept of family in our modern society and how this impacts practice. Module 3: Neurological development
A brief introduction to developmental neuroscience, the evolutionary process that created the human brain and factors influencing the development of the brain, and how motivation works. Module 4: Psychological development
This module provides the basic theories of developmental and social psychology including attachment, human needs, motivation and resilience. Module 5: Sensory regulation
In this module we look in depth at the science of the senses, looking at the most up-to-date concepts of the 5 external senses, the 3 internal senses and the balance of regulation. Module 6: Human sleep and relaxation
In this module you will study the neurological and physiological processes of sleep, what is normal for humans and the issues society faces in this regard. We will also look at the science of the different states of relaxation according to various schools of thought and research. Module 7: Human nutrition
In this module we examine the basics of nutritional biology, human infant feeding, introducing solid foods, how humans intuitively eat, and the science of taste. Module 8: The CalmFamily approach
This module covers the fundamental principles of the CalmFamily frameworks for:
Module 9: Being a consultant
This module will take you through:
Module 10: Running a business
In this module we will take a brief look at:
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Baby specialist modules
Module 0: Literature review
We call this module zero because you will dip in and out of this as you go along. This amount of reading is not possible for everyone so we do not insist that it is complete for certification. To complete this recommended, but optional module, you will read ten excellent books and answer specific, short answer, questions on them that will hopefully expand your thinking, understanding and learning. If you aren’t able to read any of the books, it is a good idea to ask a colleague or friend to summarise it for you in a quick chat so that when parents ask about it, you have some knowledge and can talk about it. Module 1: Infant development
An in-depth module exploring all aspects of infant development, including the application of what we learnt in the neurology and psychology core modules to babies specifically. You will also explore how our understanding of infant development impacts parenting. Module 2: Understanding babies
This module will provide a good understanding of what it is like to be a baby and how we can understand and continue to understand them, in order to better meet their needs and have the relationships we want to with them. This module covers:
Module 3: Practical baby care
In this module we take a quick look at some important information and options around the remaining basic practical baby care activities, including:
Module 4: Calmer relationships with babies
With the underpinning understanding from previous modules, we will explore how we approach having calmer relationships with our babies, and how we use our frameworks to support parents in an empowering way. Module 5: Introducing nurturing practice
This module introduces you to the principles of CalmFamily's nurturing practice. Nurturing is designed as a practice that meets needs to the extent of nurturing, rather than simply meeting basic needs. This involves stimulating and soothing babies with touch techniques, movement, containment and by creating the right environment. During your training days, you will use the principles you have learned to gain confidence in supporting parents to use these techniques for nurturing babies. Module 6: carrying babies - sling peer support
This module will give you a solid base of understanding around carrying babies in arms, and in slings. This will be followed up during the training days with practical experience of using two specific slings in some detail, and to gain a basic understanding of how to (and how not to) support parents and encourage them to carry their babies in a variety of ways. We cover:
This module is brought to you by CalmFamily in collaboration with the Slingababy training school. It is co-written with Lorette Michallon from Slingababy and forms an essential part of receiving certification as a carrying peer supporter. having this certification will allow you to volunteer in support of sling libraries and offer other carrying services, in addition to your work as a baby specialist. To gain this certification, you must also attend the baby specialist training days. Module 7: Infant nutrition - birth to 12 months
This module was co-written by Emily Wilding, Sarah Oakley IBCLC, and Gill Rapley. (PhD), and on completion with practical elements taught by Emily on the training days, provides you with certification as a CalmFamily infant feeding practitioner. This is equivalent to being a breastfeeding or mother peer supporter with other breastfeeding organisations. For infants of 0-6 months it covers:
For babies of 6-12 months this module provides an in depth understanding of the process of weaning, meaning the whole process by which milk feeding is replaced by solid foods over a period of several years. It covers:
Module 8: Infant sleep
This module takes you through:
Module 9: UNderstanding the baby "experts"
This slightly sadistic module makes you take a look between your fingers at the practices of mainstream baby “experts”. With no judgment at all, because I have followed their advice in the past, this can be challenging for some people. I do apologise, but as a Baby Specialist you need to know their techniques, so that you can properly support parents. Module 10: Being a baby specialist
This final module, alongside your face-to-face training days, will prepare you for being a baby specialist consultant. You will gain a good understanding of the BabyCalm programme, of our principles and approach to facilitating learning for families, and you will have the chance to re-visit material covered in the face to face training. Following completion of the modules (not including the literature review), and your training days, you will receive a certificate of basic training and will be bale to work as a consultant. You then have the choice as to whether you follow our recognition pathway to become fully certified. |
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