assignments catch up

Hi everybody - hoping that you are taking some time out and thinking occasionally about your world of professional relaxation massage practice..

I am looking forward to collecting (virtually at least) the latter assignments for both Fundamentals and Study Skills - most of them are all in and marked and I am hoping that I can load your marks on my return next week.. feedback will follow.

Although I am generally well impressed by the thoughtfulness and quality of your various blogs and written assignments - I find it hard to piece together a profile to fit you to the needs of our practice if I dont have your work - so maybe for those of you still struggling - think about the assignments as opportunities to get a clearer view of how you are doing as a newbie practitioner - dont fight with them or prolong the agony of not getting them in on time..

None of the assignments are pitched at difficult levels - they are more of a checklist - what is interesting to read is the ways you as students intepret the content material in your own ways - and by using other authors references gives me a sense that you are thinking about how you do fit..
Please email me as soon as possible of you are worried.

from August 26th - your work will be marked as late!!
Looking forward to seeing you all... and good wishes for your practicals.. what a way to start the second semester!!

Kind regards
Felicity Molloy

last one fundamentals

Hi group - tonight is our last session for the fundamentals course - its a continuation of Assessment Task 6 notes, which is about historical, cultural and philosophical approaches to massage...
I get to expand on a deep interest and enduring study of somatic practices - and you get the stuff for your assignment. We will do a check in about Study Skills timeslot tomorrow - and still looking forward to your suggestions about next semester timetable...
Link up at 6 pm on Elluminate Fundamentals
or
http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1248662566489

see you there.
Felicity Molloy

tonights elluminate

Hi all from rainy gusty auckland - onwards with our second to last fundamentals elluminate session - see you all at 6pm - we will be discussing the historical background which informs many of the dilemmas of massage as a significant health care practice today..
be prepared to discuss how you are going to help get us recognised as significant... what are the dilemma/ problems / drawbacks etc...

I doont have your emails as a group yet - the groupwise to outlook mission lost my groups... so hoping you are all on the blog... email each other if you are not sure... ..
it is a lot warmer here by the way but not gorgeous weather...

hows Jess??? Hope the headache has settled down now.

click the blue underlined words above or link..
link is http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247789172983

back to Elluminate

Hi group - the assessments are coming in thick and fast...
If you havtn got your assessments in so far - keep working on them - my marking load is a phenomenon and I will be getting to each stack one by one - if you have not yet handed in assessments - then you will need an extension form form Keith...
if you arent in town then you can get all this tidfied up whn you are here for your next Basic Massage days.
Done get too far behind it s really hard to catch up - at least communicate with me !!
Tonights Fundamentals Elluminate is 6 - 8pm again and about Ethics - Assessment Task 4 a Blog post. Be prepared to discuss some deep philosphical ideas about ethical practice...
Kindest FM

some information about tonight and next week.

Hi group

We are set up and ready to go this evening (Monday 29th 6 - 8pm - an Elluminate for Fundamentals of Massage - please can you have the Assignment Task (3) for it by your side - I am hoping that throughout the lecture you will be able to fill in the gaps. It is a Word doc. and I have just attached it to the group email.

After the session you can then just complete and send back to me as an attachment : ).

See you in the session.

FM

Fundamentals for Wednesday 16th June

The link for Fundamentals Elluminate this week is
http://elluminate.tekotago.ac.nz:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1245120597892

Have ready any questions about endangerment sites - cautions and contraindications
and effects of massage - due dates looming
also
open up wikieducator link to client consultation
or cut and paste into a google search
http://www.wikieducator.org/Subjective_assessment_methods_for_massage_therapy/Client_Consultation

See you all there
FM

Wednesday 10th Elluminate 10 - 12pm

Fundamentals Course page:

Open the course page and check in on your assessments:

1. I have attached the Power Point (PP) for Endangerment sites and also Irene Hundleby's PP for Basic Massage (also attached) holds critical clues for your Fundamentals Assessment Task

1 - Hygiene, Contraindications and Endangerment sites. The correct due date for this is June 19th. - see week 25 of your timetable

2. Tomorrow;s Fundamentals Elluminate will be an opportunity to catch up with David and also he will go through the Assessment Task 2 notes - Effects of Massage. Due date for that is June 26th.

Remember you can blog or email if you are getting stuck. I fI cant help you then I will forward your concerns to David - they get resolved!!

See you soon.

Kind regards
Felicity Molloy