http://www.liddlekidz.com http://www.liddlekidz.org<br />http://www.MassageNerd.com<br />With over a decade of service to children and families, Tina Allen, founder of leading children's health and nurturing touch organization Liddle Kidz™ Foundation (LKF), has become an internationally respected educator, author and expert in the field of infant and pediatric massage therapy.<br /><br />She is a Pediatric Massage Master Teacher, Developmental Baby Massage Teacher, a Licensed Massage Therapist with specialized training in providing massage therapy for infants and children with special healthcare needs and has been a senior trainer with the International Association of Infant Massage. Ms. Allen understands the varied physical and emotional needs of hospitalized and medically complex infants, children and their families. Because of her dedication to the well-being of the entire family, she has studied and become certified in pregnancy massage and is a Trainer of Peaceful Touch®, which implements a healthy touch approach for children in school based environments.<br /><br />Infant and Pediatric Massage Master Teacher and Founder of the Liddle Kidz Foundation, Tina Allen, LMT, CPMMT, CPMT, CIMT, with orphaned children on a volunteer outreach in ThailandMs. Allen managed the nation's first comprehensive pediatric massage program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), where she trained volunteer massage therapists and medical professionals to work with hospitalized Rehabilitation patients, medically complex infants in the Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care (CNICC), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Children with Retinoblastoma, Spina Bifida and Cerebral Palsy. She developed pediatric massage programs at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, as well as developed a program focusing on introducing gentle compassionate touch to women and children who have survived domestic abuse.<br /><br />Infant and Pediatric Massage Master Teacher and Founder of the Liddle Kidz Foundation, Tina Allen, LMT, CPMMT, CPMT, CIMT, with an orphaned baby on a volunteer outreach in ThailandHer innovative approach to children's health has allowed her the unique opportunity to educate families and professionals throughout the world in the many benefits of nurturing touch. At personal request, Ms. Allen has taught in England, France, Sweden, Canada and Thailand.<br /><br />At the close of 2006, Ms. Allen led a group of volunteer massage therapists to Thailand where they provided care to infants and children affected by HIV/AIDS and living in orphanages. These children, often considered untouchable, received much needed touch therapy and compassionate care. Their caregivers were taught by Ms. Allen to provide healing touch for these children, so they would continue to receive much needed "TLC" long after the volunteer group returned to the United States.<br /><br />Tina Allen in Thailand on an International Volunteer Outreach in Chiang MaiMost recently, Ms. Allen returned to Thailand to provide specialized training in infant and pediatric massage at the Bann Fuang Farr Orphanage just outside of Bangkok, Thailand's only government orphanage for children with special healthcare needs and disabilities. After providing the course, Ms. Allen stayed on and volunteered providing pediatric massage for the children in the various wards at the orphanage. The children at Bann Fuang Farr have special healthcare needs ranging from severe hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy to blindness. She has plans to travel with her international volunteer group to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India, Ghana, Haiti and Philippines to provide similar care.<br /><br />tina-allen-liddle-kidzA widely known expert in her field, Ms. Allen has appeared on NBC and The Learning Channel's "Bringing Home Baby", KCET and PBS' "A Place of Our Own". Her work has also been featured in many international publications including Massage Magazine, Massage and Bodywork Magazine and Massage Therapy Journal.<br /><br />She is featured as the Pediatric Massage, Infant Massage and Children's Massage Expert on Canadian Parents and Parent Guide Canada. Ms. Allen has also received recognition as First 5 California's Champion for Children and was honored with the Richard Ryder Award for her dedicated and passionate service and is a 2009 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Inductee.
