MST 1071 - Special Populations

Clock Hours: 30

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
Demonstrate the ability to interview a pregnant client, understand their health issues, and perform pregnancy massage. Demonstrate the knowledge of how to teach, understand how things might go with infants in a massage setting, and the ability to teach infant massage to a parent.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Demonstrate the ability to interview a pregnant client, understand their health issues, and perform pregnancy massage. (CSLO 19)

Demonstrate the ability to tell the difference between a normal and high-risk pregnancy.

Identify the issues of the client and implement a desired comfort level while on the table.

Properly examine a pregnant client to be able to choose appropriate positioning.

Demonstrate the ability to give a healthy pregnant client an appropriate massage.

Demonstrate the ability to make a treatment plan for pregnancy massage.

Demonstrate different draping for side-lying massage and semi-reclining massage.

Understand and demonstrate specific interview questions relevant to the prenatal massage.

Complete a SOAP note at the end of the treatment.

Demonstrate the knowledge of how to teach, understand how things might go with infants in a massage setting, and the ability to teach infant massage to a parent. (CSLO 20)

List benefits of infant massage.

List cues from the infant that indicate readiness for massage and tolerance for massage.

Demonstrate the ability to give an infant a massage to include:
- Feet and legs
- Stomach
- Arms and shoulders
- Back
- Head/Face (if the infant is cooperative)
Demonstrate the ability to teach a mother how to massage her infant.

Understand what lubricants are appropriate for use during infant massage.