CMC at Home project

·        The pilot programme initiated by Monika Mokrzyszczak & Eva Scherer “CMC at Home” is making progress. Once a week  before going to work a group of parents  involved with the project is visiting  kindergarten to receive a massage from their own child.  These parents will be involved in  “CMC at Home” from next year.

More Research

·        Another great news item is the master degree thesis proving the value of CMC programme for preschoolers (for more details go to http://childconnection.org.nz/research/ )

Whats new with CMC in Warsaw

·        25^th October – a meeting in Poland with teachers from  kindergartens using regularly  CMC . We weren’t sure how many people would attend and anticipated about twenty. We were delighted when 56 teachers turned up!  All were very interested in the course and we received very uplifting and constructive feedback. Because of a shortage of time I was only able to visit a few kindergartens practicing CMC (for an update see our website – Users)

CMC in Pakuranga Health Camp

·        24 September - we introduced Children Massaging Children massage at a school programme at the Pakuranga Health Camp. Participating teachers and Social workers enjoyed our presentation. We donated a large package of Tui Massage Waxes donated by our generous sponsor Tui Balms of Wainui Bay, Takaka, New Zealand (www.tuibalms.co.nz)

SSPA Conference

·        20^th September - participation in the SSPA Conference in Wellington, New Zealand. Eva’s presentation “Attachment skills for ELC and Parents” attracted full and interested attendance by the conference participants. You can find the full programme at http://sspa.org.nz/images/stories/sspa2012.pdf
Glimpses from the lecture soon in our You-tube channel .

AGM, De Paul House, Anti Violence

Well,  it's been a long time since we have been blogging.

Not that nothing has been happening, in fact quite the opposite.

A.G.M.

Firstly, we would like to share a glimpse of our A.G.M.

The 12th. Child Connection A.G.M. was held in the same place as the last two, namely the Copthorne Hotel on the Auckland City waterfront.

This time we enjoyed as a special guests, Jill Morgan and Gina Howell .    Jill, a researcher, has continued her study on Children Massaging Children - massage in schools programme.

A.G.M. Copthorne Hotel

De Paul House presentation.

De Paul House offers support to solo mothers with children who have gone through difficulties in life.  Eva presented a session to show mothers the importance of bonding through secure attachment, and followed up with a practical demonstration to show how  touch by using  massage is a way of achieving this.   For some of the mothers and children, it was a new experience, and will require them to practice in order to benefit from these new skills.

De Paul House. Eva demonstrating

Family Violence Prevention, North Shore

Child Connection Trust has been involved with the  Family Violence Prevention North Shore  project for  a number of years.

Eva gave the Group background and details of the programmes delivered by the Child Connection Trust.   Child Connection promotes touch and sensory stimulation systems into education settings. They have developed age-specific programmes for early childhood, primary and college settings

The group then had an in-depth discussion about the role schools are having to increasingly play in fostering students emotional and social well-being; how the community sector could play a supportive role, and current concerns for schools around professional boundaries.

 

Farewell to Fenja

We are very sorry to see Fenja  come to the end of her stay in New Zealand, and for us, the loss of beautiful person who has given so richly to Child Connection Trust.   It was Fenja who developed our Social Media presence on the Web, and gave us a blueprint for our PR work.   So farewell for now Fenja and enjoy your well deserved holiday.   We are waiting to hear how you are getting on, and reading your correspondence on  your work with children in Chile and Germany.