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IAAMB Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1, January 2007 1 International Association of Animal Massage & Bodywork Newsletter area. Please make the most of a wonderful opportunity to meet and learn from the four great conference presenters teach and for students to know what to study listed on page 5. To make attending more convenient and affordable for members, and how much emphasis to give to each component. We are inviting you to in 2007, we will begin to hold smaller, 2- participate in the study. See page 10. day regional conferences, with sponsors and vendors. We want to provide opportunities for new talent to get Job Description information will move us toward being able to defend ourselves more experience as speakers. If you would like successfully in the state and local legislative to host a regional conference or be a presenter, please contact me. arenas. It will give our clients and profession- al colleagues an understanding and Our member benefits have grown to appreciation of our unique skill sets and include the opportunity for low cost potential services. It will give them a business liability insurance, listings on standard for evaluating and choosing among the www.iaamb.org website for various modalities. networking and business solicitation, President’s Message This year, after attending the national NOCA opportunities for mentoring, access to The beginning of each new year draws (National Organization for Competency experts, calendars of classes, an online our attention to what we accomplished Assurance) conference in Orlando, we chat room, quarterly newsletters, and in the preceding 12 months and decided that we will have to build more discounts on workshops, products, motivates us to consider what we slowly toward the goal of testing for services and association annual intend to do in the next year. Ahh, competency assurance. Rushing into such conferences. Our most recent benefit is resolutions! I recently heard that the an ambitious goal may not be in our best from Enterprise Rent-a-Car, which will best way to make God laugh is to plan interests. It is our current understanding that offer members a 10% discount. ahead. As with every dynamic a separate non-profit corporation, distinct organization, our plans evolve as our The IAAMB continues to actively monitor from the IAAMB would be the best agency knowledge and awareness of our legislation throughout the US that affects for test development, testing, scoring, professional environment grows. I am members’ ability to practice their skills. certifying and recertifying, records pleased to share our plans with you. We encourage dialogue among the maintenance and disciplinary protocols. The You will note that some goals might various fields of animal wellness so that IAAMB role will be to promote the have changed as we continued to grow we can all work together for the best professional qualities and testing for quality and learn. The rest are all in the interests of all animals. assurance. process of becoming. You will see on page 3 that we have 38 The IAAMB was originally created to be a The IAAMB was created to promote new members. This is excellent growth. forum to bring together the many schools the professional activities, acceptance Welcome new members. We know that teaching their unique variations of animal and standing of people trained and you will discover that our association is massage. Maintaining a spirit of respect, providing animal massage and a valuable asset. Thank you again, re- collegiality and support, it has transcended bodywork. In 2006, we initiated a study memberers, for your continuing the limiting notion of competition and is that will help us to be more effective in confidence and support. successfully doing this. our promotion, marketing and The IAAMB is the premier professional legislative support. We are in the Continuing with the theme of education and process of creating a “Job Description.” association for animal massage and professional development, the IAAMB hosts bodyworkers. Thank you for the This will define what the necessary Annual Educational Conferences to provide opportunity to have supported you in baselines of knowledge and skills are access and networking opportunities with the to insure a competent practice. As 2006. most respected and acknowledged authorities soon as we have a consensus of what in their fields of expertise. 2007 will be better than we can ever we do, we can establish standards and imagine. codes and scopes of practice. And Our June, 2006 conference in Boulder, CO although I am not a personal fan of was a great success. If you attended, you standardization and homogenization, know how valuable the experience was. If you this information will be useful for missed it, there is another opportunity at this schools to know what information to year’s conference, June 15-16, in the Boston Your president, Jonathan Rudinger 3347 McGregor Lane Toledo, OH 43623 USA www.iaamb.org 1-800-903-9350 1-419-464-8922 IAAMB Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1, January 2007 2 Spotlight on…. Spotlight on… I massaged some puppies, one of which was so excited he kept coming You can be featured in our next Karen Lachapelle out of his harness. I also massaged Newsletter! mature dogs that really enjoyed, We’d be delighted to support your Wellness Fair relaxed and wanted to just hang out growth and development in with me. I massaged a dog who was a Spotlight on… Last year, while studying at Bancroft Katrina rescue and a Chihuahua who Please send us your information School of Small Animal Massage needed relaxation because his person for our next issue by March15th Therapy I was looking for a place to was fostering another dog at the time. 2006. gain some experience as well as internship hours. With great luck I The people who brought their dogs to came upon DogTalk & Therapet, the Wellness Fair were nice caring Let the IAAMB Help You Market LLC and New England Pet Partners, people who treat their dog as a part of Your Schools and Skills Inc in Pelham NH and inquired about the family (they are of course)! Just If you have produced any instructional internship opportunities. I walked like us our furry family members need videos, DVD’s or books; we’d like to let into the place and thought” Wow”! to be massaged too! (I get one every your fellow members know about This was the coolest, calmest place I month). them. Please send us a list of your had ever set foot into and it was all published materials, prices, ordering about dogs!! Maureen Ross and her I enjoy participating in this Wellness instructions, etc. Fair because there are lots of people husband Gary run this sanctuary and Consider offering a discount to I was smitten. Maureen told me that who do not know how beneficial members on your classes and they didn’t have any employees per massage is for their pets. I like it when materials. Even a 5% discount would say but if I wanted to participate in the dogs come in somewhat excited be an incentive for members to the Wellness Fair coming in Nov., I and unsure of what I am going to do to purchase your products and learn your was more than welcome to. Let me them – is she going to give me a shot? techniques! tell you, I had such a great time that Cut my nails? Once they realize that I year and received lots of “pawsitive” am just there for their comfort they lay feedback that I was convinced that down or sometimes lean against their being a small animal massage person and enjoy the ride. That for me practitioner was what I wanted to be. is so worth it. MEMBERS CHAT ROOM I graduated in April of this year and was thrilled when Maureen invited Karen Lachapelle – Rub My Belly HUGE thanks to Maryjean me to come back! Small Animal Massage Therapy Ballner and Maggie Bielenberg Certified Massage & Reiki Practitioner for setting up this chat room to This year I would split the time with connect us. Please go to the fellow alum from Bancroft by the following link: name of Tracey Zysk so that my dog http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/ Sparky and I could partake in the group/IAAMB/ other services that were being You can then join the group and offered at the Wellness Fair such as bark, purr and whinny! T-Touch, Reiki, Grooming, Nutrition, Aromatherapy, the READ program, ARNNE and Libby’s pets. The $500 raised at the Fair went to ARNNE ® and Libby’s Pets. Maureen set me Remember-ship up as she did last year in her office To you who have renewed so that I could close the door to your membership: massage the dogs in peace. Thank you for your continued interest and support. Their people would sit in the office With your help, in the New Year while I inquired about any physical we will see the IAAMB ailments and if there were none, membership and mission which was the majority this year, I develop and grow. would simply give the dogs a simple head to tail massage. 3347 McGregor Lane Toledo, OH 43623 USA www.iaamb.org 1-800-903-9350 419-464-8922 IAAMB Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1, January 2007 3 Welcome New Members Aimee Accinno Babette Joleh Foshati Cindy Pechaitis Seekonk, MA Beverly Hills, CA Avon, OH [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Randall J. Aument Eric B. Grover Lisa A. Pepe Marietta, PA Lodi, OH Boynton Beach, FL [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Susan Ball Lana Hall Linda Pilus Vero Beach, FL Basalt, CO Amenia, NY [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.lifeforces4u.com Kelly Bradish Ricko Rask Northville, MI Elizabeth Kaiser Lihue, HI [email protected] Keene, NH [email protected] [email protected] Sherri T.