What to expect

For Families

Two Family Conferences will take place in California in January 2010:

Conference 1 - Will take place January 8th - 16th at the Radisson Suites in Buena Park, California - www.radisson.com/buenaparkca . Conference 1 registrants should plan on arriving on January 7th. There will be a meet and greet on the evening of the 7th in the hotel. Conference staff will be available to help you with your family needs.

Conference 2 - Will take place January 19th – 27th, also at the Radisson Suites in Buena Park, California. Conference 2 registrants should plan on arriving January 18th. There will be a meet and greet scheduled on the evening of January 18th.

Accommodation:
Rooms have been set aside in the hotel for your comfort and convenience. We have arranged a discounted rate of $85 per night (excludes tax) and 2 buffet breakfasts per room. The rooms are suites with 2 double beds or one king bed depending on your preference. Please phone the Radisson at 714-521-960 and request the special room rate for the Masgutova Family Conference. Separate individual rooms will be provided for your child’s daily educational therapies. These rooms are small conference sized rooms with a massage table set up in each room.

Families are responsible for their own hotel fees which are not included in the conference fee. Lunch is included in the conference fee and will be provided by the hotel in the dining area.

If you have specific questions or requests, you can ask for the Manager, Daisy Prestwood, who will be happy to address your concerns. The hotel is wheelchair accessible with elevators to all floors. It has a restaurant, fitness center, pool, laundry facilities as well as a refrigerator and microwave in each room.

Each child will receive the following MNRI™processes each day: neurostructural, tactile, facial, archetypal, audio-visual, and reflex re-patterning. During the course of the conference play therapy, art therapy and balance board routines may be included in your child’s schedule. Art therapy will be set up outdoors when the weather permits.

The Radisson is happy to arrange shuttles for local excursions to Knott’s Berry Farm and Disneyland Resort. Typical January weather in Buena Park ranges from 70 degrees during the day to 50 degrees in the evening. If your child has a restricted diet, we recommend that you bring your own snacks. The hotel manager has agreed to arrange scheduled shuttles to two local grocery stores if you need to make specific food purchases for your child.

Many families who have gone to previous conferences have experienced them as life changing. The conference is a place where deep bonding develops not only between child and therapist, but between various families who can share their journeys together, between therapists who work long days both with the children and behind the scenes, between different children and between the group as a whole.

The occasional parent, who also works professionally with children with challenges, may decide to juggle both parent and therapist training. In this case, both parents need to attend the conference so that the other parent is present with the child. Fees apply for both conference and pre-conference training with a discount on the pre-conference training. Children who are very active may wish to swim during the lunch hour to release some of their energy while other children may wish to nap during this time. Children typically start to sleep very deeply after the third day of the conference so allow plenty of time in the morning to get them to their therapy rooms on time. Your child will be involved in the MNRI™ processes for six hours each day, some of this time may be on massage tables, so remember to bring lots of things with which to entertain them such as special blankets, stuffed animals, dangling toys, books to read to them, music to listen to etc. There will be a day off on Day 6 when families can get out and about to enjoy the local area. However, with the demands of the day, you might want to save big excursions for before or after the conference.

For parents and therapists, days are long, demanding and filled with information. Some children require therapy after they are asleep. Parents, associates and Core Specialists are also requested to attend informational talks and lectures presented by Dr. Masgutova and her staff, on alternate evenings. These lectures will provide parents information essential to the Masgutova Method™ program.

Please take the time to show your child the conference website and to familiarize them with the coming conference. Show them pictures of the hotel site and rooms, discuss the daily schedule and pictures of previous conferences so they can start to feel comfortable and familiar with the coming vacation. The last day of the conference will finish at around 5pm. Families may wish to fly out later that day or to fly out the next day unless they are planning on some vacation time in the area.

For specialists

Please check the information on the Conference and Registration pages.