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The Heart Touch™ Volunteer Training consists of three days of training in "Compassionate and Healing Touch™ designed to teach bodywork practitioners to work with our clients.
The Heart Touch™ Volunteer Training is mandatory to those interested in becoming a Heart Touch™ Volunteer. There is a registration fee. The training is also available to the public or for other organizations for a donation of $350 or more.
VOLUNTEERS WILL LEARN:
- Universal precautions and assessment models for providing hands on care
- Stages of a disease - HIV, cancer, Alzheimers, and other major illnesses
- Contraindications of touch
- Working with persons with dementia and other serious symptoms of disease
- A bodywork modification model for disease progression
- Interpersonal issues in working with our clients
- Special considerations for working with children.
- Compassionate and healing touch techniques designed specifically in working with our clients
- Tools for coping with the psychological impact of death, dying or loss
THE TRAINING WILL INCLUDE:
- Lectures, slides, question and answer periods, discussions
- A sensitive touch practicum
- Practical exercises and written educational material
- Certificate of Completion
The training is conducted by the Heart Touch™ Director and other professional group facilitators. Trainees are selected from the database of interested Massage Therapists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physicians, RNs, Chiropractors, and Acupuncturists. The Heart Touch™ Project regularly notifies all potential volunteer organizations via flyers, class presentations and phone contacts to increase community awareness and solicit future interest.
The Heart Touch™ Training Program educates bodywork practitioners in the Compassionate and Healing Touch required to work with seriously ill individuals. The curriculum covers all the basic physical requirements such as universal precautions, hygiene, equipment, technique and appointment protocol. It also trains practitioners to 1) understand the necessity of creating an atmosphere with the client while, 2) defining boundaries and establishing the limits of the relationship and 3) processing their own feelings resulting from the impact of this work.
Providing Compassionate and Healing Touch to those in need and developing relationships with those near death is an emotionally powerful experience. Preparation for both the technical and psychological demands of this work is essential to the success of our volunteers.
The training program is free to certified bodywork practitioners and licensed healthcare professionals, provided they commit to volunteer service and to the principals of Heart Touch™.
All volunteers are required to sign the Volunteer Agreement, which commits them to 48 hours of service in one year following completion of training. They must also attend periodic in-service training's for continuing education and report monthly on their volunteer activities. Volunteers are given detailed guidelines on their Rights and Responsibilities and Volunteer/Client Boundaries. Each volunteer is required to sign an Ethical Contract and a Commitment to Confidentiality of Information to ensure proper, caring, yet private service.
REGISTRATION:
Please review the Volunteer FAQ section before registering. Everyone must attend one orientation before registering into our next volunteer training. For a current list of our upcoming events, please go to the News/Upcoming Events section of our website.
For further information please contact The Heart Touch™ Project office.
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