QST-1 Parent Trainer Course - Class in Brazil
Course description: Parent trainer for the QST Parent Intervention
Once a year, we offer an online/onsite QST-1 course in Portuguese, in Brazil. Registration is open for the next class September 24-27, 2016, with online participation through December, 2016 .
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Onsite/online Course in Brazil: Parent Trainer for the QST Parent Intervention
Dates: 24, 25 September and 1 October 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and online October- 15th December 2016
Cost: R$ 1480,00 per person (approx. USD$ 425), with payment made through PayPal.
Registration deadline: 1 August, 2016. Enrollment limited.
Course Description
The QST Autism Parent Intervention is a research-based massage intervention for autism which is delivered by parents under the guidance of QST Parent Trainers, and is proven to reduce the severity of autism. This course is offered to autism professionals and para-professionals, and to parents or close family members of children with autism, who wish to be certified to become QST Parent Trainers. QST Parent Trainers teach families the daily parent massage and provide coaching and weekly support for the first 14 weeks of the QST Autism Parent Intervention.
This course is five months in length and is conducted onsite initially in Rio de Janeiro and then online. It consists of 1 month of theoretical and practical training and 2 onsite clinical supervisions, followed by 4 months of online clinical supervision. During the practical section, students train parents in massage procedures, and meet with parent and child weekly during 14 weeks. During the weekly visits, they observe the parent giving the massage, and provide support and coaching as parents adapt the massage to the child’s responses, and as the parents follow through with daily treatment. This is a Parent Training intervention. Graduates of QST1 are not taught the QST Therapist autism massage protocol, or certified to work directly with children as QST Therapists. This requires the QST2 Therapist training.
Prior to the course start date, students must identify a family with a child with autism under age 6 (not immediate family), who agrees to give the child the 15-minute massage every day for 14 weeks, with training and support from the student. The child should meet the following five criteria:
PREREQUISITES
Applicants should:
RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
REGISTRATION
The registration form is available for download in Word and PDF in this folder.
Questions? Please contact Rosimery Bergeron at rosi@rosimerybergeron.com or +1-503-917-1239.
Once a year, we offer an online/onsite QST-1 course in Portuguese, in Brazil. Registration is open for the next class September 24-27, 2016, with online participation through December, 2016 .
Leia esta página em Português
Onsite/online Course in Brazil: Parent Trainer for the QST Parent Intervention
Dates: 24, 25 September and 1 October 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and online October- 15th December 2016
Cost: R$ 1480,00 per person (approx. USD$ 425), with payment made through PayPal.
Registration deadline: 1 August, 2016. Enrollment limited.
Course Description
The QST Autism Parent Intervention is a research-based massage intervention for autism which is delivered by parents under the guidance of QST Parent Trainers, and is proven to reduce the severity of autism. This course is offered to autism professionals and para-professionals, and to parents or close family members of children with autism, who wish to be certified to become QST Parent Trainers. QST Parent Trainers teach families the daily parent massage and provide coaching and weekly support for the first 14 weeks of the QST Autism Parent Intervention.
This course is five months in length and is conducted onsite initially in Rio de Janeiro and then online. It consists of 1 month of theoretical and practical training and 2 onsite clinical supervisions, followed by 4 months of online clinical supervision. During the practical section, students train parents in massage procedures, and meet with parent and child weekly during 14 weeks. During the weekly visits, they observe the parent giving the massage, and provide support and coaching as parents adapt the massage to the child’s responses, and as the parents follow through with daily treatment. This is a Parent Training intervention. Graduates of QST1 are not taught the QST Therapist autism massage protocol, or certified to work directly with children as QST Therapists. This requires the QST2 Therapist training.
Prior to the course start date, students must identify a family with a child with autism under age 6 (not immediate family), who agrees to give the child the 15-minute massage every day for 14 weeks, with training and support from the student. The child should meet the following five criteria:
- Have a diagnosis of autism
- Be under 6 years of age
- Not take psychoactive medication or chelation therapy
- Have no additional neurological disability (e.g. cerebral palsy or uncontrolled seizures)
- No other intensive autism interventions should be planned to begin at the same time as QST
PREREQUISITES
Applicants should:
- Be a parent or close family member of a child with autism –OR– have a minimum of two years of professional or para-professional experience working with children with autism
- Be in good health, taking little or no chronic medication. The reason for this requirement is that Qigong Sensory Training utilizes the energy, intention and sensibility of the QST trainer. According to Chinese medicine, chronic illness and chronic medication decrease a person’s overall energy and sensitivity, and thus the resources they bring to working with QST.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS
- Recruit and obtain the informed consent of a family with a child with autism that meets eligibility criteria to participate in the training
- Collect pre and post-test data from the child/family
- Complete all weekly course assignments on time
- Complete 14 coaching support sessions with the child/family
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
- Successfully complete written quizzes online
- Successfully complete a practical test via Skype
- Complete 14 coaching support sessions with the family
- Demonstrate ability to successfully coach a parent
- Graduates of the training will be listed on the QSTI website
REGISTRATION
The registration form is available for download in Word and PDF in this folder.
Questions? Please contact Rosimery Bergeron at rosi@rosimerybergeron.com or +1-503-917-1239.