The International Association of Infant Masage (IAIM) trains and certifies CIMIs who in turn teach parents and caregivers to massage their babies. The CIMI teaches small parent/baby classes, classes in conjunction with agency programs in the community or one-on-one classes.

The process for becoming a CIMI is as follows:

1. Attend a four-day Infant Massage Certification Training that is presented by an IAIM approved Trainer. Our trainers are contracted to present the course as approved by IAIM - US Chapter which is 30.9 contact hours (25 hours 45 minutes) of instruction (not including the take home exam and the practicum).
2. Complete required reading.
1. Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents and Infant Massage Instructor's Manual by Vimala Schneider McClure. Students will receive one copy of each of these books at the training. The cost for the books is included with training fee.
2. The Baby Book by William Sears, MD and Martha Sears, RN. and Touching by Ashley Montagu. These books are not included with training materials.
3. Complete the take home exam (open book).
4. Teach the five sessions of Infant Massage to five parent/baby units. All five parent/babies can be in one class for five sessions or taught as five sessions on a one-on-one class. At the end of the five sessions CIMI¼s obtain written evaluations from each participant.

CIMI Training Course is approved for 30.9 Contact Hours (25 hours 45 minutes of instruction) as follows: (Partial credit is NOT granted.)

Nursing The International Association of Infant Massage - US Chapter is a licensed continuing education provider in the State of California, approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing,

Massage IAIM-U.S. Chapter is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Body Work (NCBTMB) as a continuing education provider under Category A.

The required reading books are available through the Gentle Touch Warehouse, Inc., which is the only catalogue ordering service that is affiliated with IAIM, 1-888-448-9489. Registered class Participants receive a 5% discount.

Thank you for your inquiry into our training schedules. We hope that you will find classes close to your area. However, if there is no class near to you, please feel free to call any of the trainers, they are frequently adding new classes to their schedule.