The Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation is proud to congratulate one of own for winning the AMTA’s Jerome Perlinski Teacher of the Year Award: Regina Cobb, director of the massage therapy program at Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI). Regina has been the program director at CCRI since 2001, having earned the program COMTA-accreditation in...
Commissioner Election 2016: COMTA is seeking Commissioner Candidates Nominations Accepted through March 1st Are you committed to quality education in massage, bodywork and esthetics/skin care? We need your help finding great people to serve as Commissioners for COMTA! The 2016 election cycle includes these four categories: Educator – Esthetics Practitioner – Esthetics Regulator – massage or...
On January 22, 2016, the Commission received official notification that the Institute for Therapeutic Massage, Inc (Haskell, NJ) will close its auxiliary classroom located in Tom’s River, NJ, effective January 31, 2016. The few remaining students will transfer to Tinton Falls, 30 miles away, and graduate as scheduled. Institute for Therapeutic Massage continues to operate its...
The Coalition of National Massage Therapy Organizations Meets to Discuss Issues Facing the Profession Click here to view the following information in pdf form: Coalition December 2015 Update December 16, 2015 – The Coalition of National Massage Therapy Organizations met December 4, 2015 in Chicago, IL to continue dialog on a variety of issues facing...
2015 Historic Educational Congress a Success! Click the following link to view the information in a pdf: ED Congress 2015 Press Release The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education and the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA) are pleased to announce that the 2015 Educational Congress was a great success! This biennial event brought together about...
The Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA) wishes to announce the resignation of Commissioner Ed Bolden and thank him for his dutiful service. Mr. Bolden has served in the Regulator position since January 2015. Though he was with the Commission only a short time, his contributions were valuable and much appreciated. He was instrumental in the development of...
The Commission and COMTA staff would like to congratulate Julie Mezzy on being awarded 2015 Educator of the Year, sponsored by AFMTE, Biofreeze & BonVital. Ms. Mezzy is a teacher at the Cayce/Reilly School in Virginia Beach, VA which has been COMTA-accredited since 1996. This honor reflects the standards of excellence which COMTA-accredited schools and programs...
The AFMTE is now accepting applications for its 2015 Educators of the Year Awards. In 2013, the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education published its Core Competencies for Massage Therapy Teachers. This document includes ten standards, each of which describe the knowledge, skills and attitudes that form the basis for effective and successful teaching. As part of this, it...
With Kate Zualski, Sponsored by ACCHAC Webinar Series on Research Literacy and Evidence-Informed Practice The Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC) and COMTA invite you to join us for a collaborative webinar series focused on research literacy and evidence informed practice in the massage therapy community. The series provides background information suitable...
Research finds accreditation makes a difference Choose Wisely: The Quality of Massage Education in the United Statesby Martha Menard, PhD, LMTInternational Journal for Therapeutic Massage and Bodyworkvol 7 no 3 (2104) To download the article in its entirety, please click here or visit the IJTMB website directly at http://www.ijtmb.org. The Commission would like to announce the...
