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Comment by Mike Hinkle on December 15, 2010 at 1:06pm

Coverage by Massage Magazine.

http://www.massagemag.com/News/massage-news.php?id=10117&catid=...

Comment by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on December 13, 2010 at 8:35pm

Here are some songs for therapists, especially those anatomy and physiology nerds among us...

The Twelve Cranial Nerves of Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9VM0I4NPHY

The Muscles of the Hand Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd9lLaXnhzM

The Cranial Nerves Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncs1EKJa648

The Muscles of the Leg Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38qjXTltvTc

The Gram Positive Bacteria Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_1Qi8_28S8

Enjoy!

Ariana Vincent, Ariana Institute

Inspiring Massage Education and Wellness for the Body, Mind and Spirit

 

Comment by Eeris Kallil CMT on December 12, 2010 at 6:21pm

Check out a new group: massage therapy podcasts

http://www.massageprofessionals.com/group/massagetherapypodcasts

The goal of this group is to share existing podcasts related to our Massage field. Come and share with the rest

Comment by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on December 12, 2010 at 10:52am

Tap into Social Networking...

By Laura Allen
Published in Massage and Bodywork Magazine
Page 25-27 in the online digital edition: http://massagebodywork.idigitaledition.com/issues/7/

 

Comment by Rick Rosen on December 6, 2010 at 10:56am

ALLIANCE TO LEAD DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION STANDARDS

The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education announces the beginning of a comprehensive effort to strengthen and improve the quality of massage therapy education by developing competency standards for teachers across the continuum of entry-level, continuing education and advanced training programs. This shall be known as the National Teacher Education Standards Project, and its goal is to create a culture of teaching excellence.

While educational and testing requirements are commonplace for the licensure of massage therapists, there are few jurisdictions that currently require instructors of massage therapy to have specific training in the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) of teaching. As a result, the majority of teachers in this field have not been trained to teach. Knowing how to give a massage is a different skill set from teaching massage and related subjects.

As an organization comprised of passionate and committed educators, the Alliance has chosen to address this need in a proactive manner – and will provide the leadership and experience necessary to create and implement these standards over the coming years. In this way, the role of the Alliance is consistent with similar projects that independent education organizations have achieved in other professions.

A national survey conducted in November by the Alliance indicated strong support within the educational community for this initiative. 80.4% of respondents agreed that competency-based national teacher training standards are needed, while 6.8% disagreed. (A complete survey report is available from this link, or from the News section of the Alliance website.) This data is consistent with feedback from educators and industry leaders who attended the Alliance's inaugural conference this past June, where the lack of teacher education standards and resources was a prime topic of discussion.

The National Teacher Education Standards Project (TESP) will be carried out through a series of five phases: The Alliance's Professional Standards Committee is already working on identification of the core competencies of effective and successful teaching. Once the KSAs are defined, a baseline teacher training curriculum will be created. That will lead to the next phase, which is the identification and development of training resources. To ensure that teachers have achieved the competencies, a certification program will be established. The final step will involve working with national accrediting commissions and state regulatory agencies to incorporate these teacher education standards. Overall, it's estimated this project will take 5-10 years.

The Alliance has prepared a white paper that gives the background, scope and rationale for this project. It also contains a description of each of the five phases with projected timelines. The document is available from this link, or from the News section of the Alliance website. As this project progresses, there will be opportunities to review and make comment on proposed standards before they are formally adopted.

According to Alliance President Pete Whitridge, LMT, "It is an act of self-determination and empowerment for the teachers, administrators, school owners and continuing education providers that comprise this community to join together to work for the greater good. This project will require diligent work, respectful dialogue and a willingness to address the shortcomings of massage education without blame or judgment. Improving the quality of teaching in the massage therapy field will improve the success of students in massage programs and continuing education seminars. This process, by its very nature, will improve the quality of massage therapy delivered to the public. That's the payoff for this bold endeavor."

In support of this project, the Alliance will focus on the theme of "Bringing Teaching to the Next Level" for it's 2011 Annual Conference. This event will be held August 18-20 in Charleston, South Carolina, and will feature workshops and discussion forums about the process of creating and implementing teacher standards. The Alliance looks forward to the input of all who attend this conference, as these voices and perspectives shape the future.

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The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education is the independent voice, advocate and resource for the community of massage therapy schools and educators. It serves the entire education sector – from entry-level training programs through post-graduate studies. The National Headquarters of the Alliance is located at 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, Virginia 22102. The phone number is 703-506-2888, the general office email address is admin@afmte.org, and the website is http://www.afmte.org.

Comment by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on December 2, 2010 at 5:24pm

5 interactive tools to help with classroom management

There are many online services and mobile applications that can assist teachers with classroom management tasks, such as grading, lesson planning and parent communication, according to this article. The writer lists five such tools, including the digital grade book SchoolCircuit, which can be accessed by parents and students. The program Backboard lets teachers and students offer feedback on shared documents and the site ClassMarker is an easy way to create online tests. PlanbookEdu helps educators organize lessons and the Attendance for iPhone application assists in tracking attendance.

Brought to you by SmartBrief on EdTech
https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#inbox/12ca900f48f796ae

Comment by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on November 21, 2010 at 8:19am

Massage therapists: High quality, online continuing education courses for massage therapists are available through Ariana Institute. For those interested in becoming a massage therapy instructor in Texas, an online "Teaching Adult Learners" course is available. Visit http://www.arianainstitute.com/online.htm to register. The courses are accepted nationally.

Comment by Rick Rosen on November 20, 2010 at 3:14pm

ALLIANCE REPORTS RESULTS FROM EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS SURVEY

The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education recently conducted a national survey to gather information from the educational community on the attitudes or perceptions regarding: 1) formation of standards for teacher education, massage school curricula, and continuing education; and 2) the Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge.

This survey was developed by the Alliance's Professional Standards Committee, which made the survey available to massage school directors and administrators, teachers and continuing education providers through a variety of media channels. There were a total of 312 respondents from these constituent groups, and there were clear trends that emerged in response to a number of the survey questions:

--> 82.0% agreed that national standards need to be established for massage/bodywork curriculua in entry-level programs, versus 7.1% who disagreed.
--> 80.4% agreed that competency-based national teacher education standards are needed, versus 6.8% who disagreed.
--> 75.3% agreed that there needs to be national standards defined for advanced-level training programs and certification in specialized areas of practice, versus 11.2% who disagreed.
--> 53.5% indicated their agreement with the need for a single centralized approval program for continuing education providers and courses, versus 25.6% who did not agree that such a program was needed.
--> 53.2% agreed that the Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge needs modification before being adopted as an "official" document to be used by state agencies and national accrediting commissions, versus only 5.2% who disagreed.

This data affirms the strategic direction established by the Alliance, and is congruent with one of the organization's key goals: to develop standards that guide and inform the effective teaching of massage therapy.

The complete results of this survey are available from the News section on the Alliance's website, or by clicking this direct link: SURVEY REPORT

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About the Alliance:
The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education is the independent voice, advocate and resource for the community of massage therapy schools and educators. It serves the entire education sector – from entry-level training programs through post-graduate studies. The National Headquarters of the Alliance is located at 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, Virginia 22102. The phone number is 703-506-2888, the general office email address is admin@afmte.org, and the website is http://www.afmte.org.

Comment by Kristin Coverly on November 19, 2010 at 10:27am

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Comment by Boris Prilutsky on November 4, 2010 at 4:24pm

Dear Stan.
Thank you very much for taking time to reply to my request. My understanding is that entry level training is just term with no definition .It more like an a need of a vocational schools to adjust training hours that will satisfy license required. I believe that Noel brought up very important points that just to extend on it I would ask additionally/will rephrase: I'm assuming that 1000 hours training cost is around $20,000+. How long it will take for our graduates to reimburse investment of this money and time investment? Will graduates from massage program will be able to sustain financially themselves and families?
Personally I do not believe in entry level training in vocational massage therapy program. I believe that any massage therapy program must prepare graduate to career whatever protocols one will be trained in. For example if one was trained to perform full body medical stress management massage then he coming out of school and achieving objective and subjective results in managing stress related disorders . According to many surveys including from Harvard Medical School, 90% of Drs. visits are stress related anxieties , tension headaches ,TMJ dysfunction , essential hypertension est. Scientifically and clinically proven that massage therapy is most powerful methodology for stress management .I believe that there is no need for more than 200hrs. in order to prepare one in so in need modality.I also know that doctors are happy to refer patients who is suffering from stress-related diseases because according to many medical publications , antianxieties, antidepressant and other medication do not really working .
Performing in average 5 stress management treatments one can sustain herself/ himself financially.
One who will know how to perform stress management medical massage will not have to go to work for companies that charging $40 and less for one hour massage and paying whatever to massage therapist.
Now I would like to address 1000 hours training program .what this 1000hours program curriculum containing ? Probably each school offering different curriculum just to satisfy license hrs requirement. Is it proven that 1000 hours program graduates making better career and sustaining themselves financially? I would say possible but depend on what training and to what level they will receive. If this program is about to satisfy the license requirement hrs . then in my opinion this is fraud .The other question is: maybe massage therapy schools lobbyists pushed to raise license requirement to 1000 hours? If yes then what I know in end of the road it created situation that we have too many schools that went into massage training business because of money opportunity and really oriented more on business aspects then prepare guys to lifetime beautiful financially successful career in our fields. Therefore we have today army of massage therapists that on paper having 1000hours training but cannot sustain themselves financially.in my opinion success in career depend if one can deliver results , and doesn't matter in what method one was trained being this stress management massage , orthopedic massage sports massage,est.
Best wishes.
Boris

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