Guiding Light Instruction Format
Guiding Light’s 715 hour certification course includes 600 supervised classroom instruction hours and 115 independently scheduled instructor supervised clinical application hours.
Classroom Instruction (Academic)
1. Lecture
- Instructors follow a basic textbook guideline for each course.
- Required reading and workbook assignments will follow the textbook
format.
- Lecture aides will include DVD and video visual aides and
supplemental information.
- Charts and models will also be used in presentation as lecture aide material.
2. Lab Projects
- Students will re-create the anatomy of the body with art creations.
- Unique study aides will be made to help assimilate the academic information.
3. Demonstration
- Instructors will use hands on visual aides to demonstrate course instruction.
- DVDs and video aides will also be used for demonstration purposes.
4. Role-playing
- Students will practice the client/therapist relationship and professional
relationship with other health care practitioners.
5. Presentation
- Students will work independently on their community service projects.
- The instructor will offer time outside of regular class time to assist the student
in the planning stage of the project.
- Once the project has been completed, the student will give the instructor,
classmates and other massage therapists a presentation.
- This exercise will allow the student to gain experience giving educational
and informative presentations to community group organizations or to health
care facility personnel.
6. Hands-on-Learning
- Students will learn by utilizing their hands in these different areas:
- Techniques and basic routines
- Palpation
- Assessing range of motion and restriction
- Feeling the tissues
- Interacting with “Chi”
7. Independent project (Business Plan)
- Student will learn how to construct a business plan.
- Student will learn to set goals and organize his or her thoughts into practical
action.
8. Resource Materials
- Guiding Light has a library with a variety of books, magazines, educational
videos, DVDs, CDs and computer software available on-site for the
students to use.
9. Heartsaver CPR & First Aid
- Heartsaver CPR and First Aid class is through the Jefferson County Hospital and supervised by instructor Christine Estle-Tedrow in cooperation with
Guiding Light.
10. Practicum: Clinical Application
- Clinical Hours will begin once the student has successfully performed basic relaxation swedish routine.
- Student Clinical Massages will be schedules at Healthy Inspirations Massage Therapy and Spa location to offer training in a work environment. ($30 for 1.5hr massage)
- A supervisor, LMT, will review each intake and advise. Student will conduct the Massage Treatment in a massage room without supervision in the room. LMT will be on site to offer assistance during clinical sessions if needed.
- Following each clinical, the client will evaluate the students skill, professionalism and people skills.
- At the end of the training, the student will demonstrate the ability to perform a Therapeutic Massage using various techniques he or she has learned.
