* Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Bakersfield, Antelope Valley campus
* Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP)
* State Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist
* Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC), American Speech Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)
* Certified Registered Dance Therapist (ADTR) American Dance Therapy Association
* Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI)  and Certified Instructor of Infant Massage (CIIM)
* Credentialed as Special Education Community College Instructor
* Credentialed Speech and Language Therapist

DR. SCHNEIDER is a widely sought-after lecturer and author. She has developed a Speech-Language Movement Therapy technique and other infant parent relationship strategies that have been presented to international, national and state conferences of therapists, educators and parents. She has presented for UNESCO, Head Start, Early Head Start, State of California’s Early Start Governor’s Conference, Southern California Education Association for Young Children, International Association of Infant Massage, American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and others. She is the co-author of Pictures Please and author of Expressions from the Heart and The Power of Touch. Dr. Schneider has written for Massage Magazine, and her poem, A Joyous Welcome was the recognized poem for the International Association of Infant Massage.  Her forthcoming book entitled Massaging Your Baby: The Power of Touch Communication. will be out in February 2005.

Dr. Schneider is the longest sitting governor appointee to the State Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Intervention for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. She is an adjunct faculty member in the psychology and special education departments for California State University at Bakersfield, Antelope Valley campus.  She has been nominated to numerous Who's Who publications, and has received Distinguished Service awards from state, county and professional organizations. Dr. Schneider is a Fellow of the California Speech- Language Hearing Association (CSHA) and is a board member for the Infant Development Association of California, and the Family Focus Resource Center.

Dr. Schneider is the founder and executive director of Community Therapies/Baby Steps, since 1981, serving over two hundred infants, toddlers, children and their families annually in the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley, Ca.  Dr. Schneider has served as a consultant to the State Dept. of Education and as a member of the Infant Mental Health Initiative.  She has received grants promoting infant-parent relationships through nurturing touch communication.  Baby Steps is one of the Centers of Excellence for L.A.County’s Infant Mental Health Project and Community Therapies is a training site for universities around the country for students in the fields of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and early intervention.

Dr. Elaine’s TouchTime Natural Products were developed to meet the need of families today seeking natural and pure products to be used with their precious babies and themselves. Her slogan reads, “soft as a bunny, velvety too, feel the miracle created just for you!”  The nurturing gels, oils, soaps and shampoos absorb into the skin naturally, without any residue, leaving a fresh essence with a velvety smoothness.  Dr. Elaine is committed to creating miracles, building family traditions within safe and secure relationships while promoting healing and well being.

You can visit her websites: www.commtherapies.com and www.DrElainesTouchTime.com or e mail her at: drelainefschneider@hotmail.com