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BECOME A CERTIFIED INFANT MASSAGE INSTRUCTOR

Support Healthy Development Through Nurturing Touch

The IAIM Program helps create the secure, loving environment every baby needs for healthy growth and development. As a Certified Infant Massage Instructor, you’ll empower parents and caregivers to build stronger bonds and promote family well-being through nurturing touch.

Our globally recognised training equips you with everything needed to begin this meaningful and rewarding journey.

 

Internationally Recognised Curriculum

The training follows the 15-point core curriculum developed by Vimala McClure, author of Infant Massage: A Handbook for Loving Parents. This comprehensive program provides the skills, knowledge, and confidence required to effectively teach infant massage.

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You’ll gain hands-on experience through:

  • A three-session parent-baby class during training

  • A practicum in your local agency or community, teaching five families

 

Steps to Becoming a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (C.I.M.I.)

Join over 100,000 instructors worldwide who have completed IAIM’s respected certification process and are making a difference in their communities.

 

To become certified, you must:

  1. Attend live, interactive Zoom training — 3 evenings per week over 3 weeks — led by two IAIM International Trainers

  2. Complete an open-book assignment and required reading

  3. Deliver a practicum by teaching five families infant massage techniques

 

All instructors must adhere to IAIM’s global policies to maintain certification and IAIM Chapter membership.

 

Upcoming Training – November 2025

Live Online via Zoom

 

Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays | 6:00pm – 9:00pm (Sydney AEST)

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  • Week 1: November 3, 5, 6

  • Week 2: November 10, 12, 13

  • Week 3: November 17, 19, 20

 

 

Course Fee: $1,250

 

What’s Included:

✔ Enrolment

✔ Course Materials

✔ Demonstration Doll

✔ Instructor Marketing Kit

✔ Live teaching experience with real parents and babies

✔ Member of the IAIM for one year.

International Certification

Live online training

Start date

Monday 3rd November 2025

Online by Zoom with our two international trainers, Margo and Gail.

Price

AU$1250

Fees include enrolment, course materials, demonstration doll and marketing kit.​

Duration

3 weeks online by Zoom

3 x evenings per week from 6pm to 9pm (aest)

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings

Knowledge based: 

IAIM Instructor training’s 15-point core curriculum focuses on parent-baby class facilitation, adaptation to child development (birth to 1 year) to promote infant secure attachment experiences. Adaptations for babies with additional needs, babies born prematurely and the growing child are also part of the curriculum.

Experience: 

You will practice “live” with parents: teaching part of a class during your training under Trainer supervision.

Confidence: 

Through a Certification process post-training, you will develop your 5-session infant massage classes with parents in your community or agency and complete an open-book exam to get qualified as Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI)* supported at all time by your trainer.

Marketing Kit: 

As part of your training, you will need to teach five families. The IAIM Marketing Instructor Kit allows you to provide the parents with educational materials for them to take home.

After training, what will you be able to do?

  • You will become an IAIM member to receive your chapter’s support.

  • As trained instructor (educator) you will work first at your certification.

  • You will be able to teach parents and families in private, group, hospital and agency settings with full IAIM recognition of your professionalism once certified.

  • In addition to teaching parents, you will be qualified to present information about infant massage in your community, conduct in-service programs, present at professional conferences and participate in research studies.

Our Trainers: 

Our Trainers have been Certified Infant Massage Instructors for many years and have undertaken an extensive
2-year training process and completed the requirements as established by the International IAIM Education Committee to become a fully qualified Trainer. Click here for more information about our trainers.

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