Course chapters start releasing on Monday April 6th, 2020

Access to Workbook and Introduction chapter immediate upon enrollment

Interested in this course but are not a classically trained Cranial Osteopath?  Scroll down to read about our pre-requisites and  your options to concurrently enroll in our Cranial Osteopathy online course.


In this ten week online course, you can learn to treat some of the most common osteopathic dysfunctions in newborn babies including Cranial, Digestive, Feeding and Orthopedic dysfunctions .

Did you know that there is a worldwide shortage of Osteopaths who are trained to treat Pediatric Osteopathic Dysfunctions?

Build your patient list and fulfill your CEU/ CPD requirements by focusing your practice on the fascinating, satisfying, and emerging new field of PEDIATRIC OSTEOPATHY


How the course works:

The course runs for ten weeks with a new chapter being released each week starting on Monday April 6th, 2020. 

 Desktop (read-only) version of Workbook is included.   Homework is due at the latest by the end of December or  one month after the release of the last chapter.  Students who complete the course are eligible for a Certificate of Completion worth 30 hours (PCDs/ CEUs).     Complete access to the course and videos for twelve  months from course start to review the training videos.  Access to our Facebook Question & Answer Forum. 

This course is one of our more advanced online courses and is designed for fully trained and experienced Osteopaths.  

The Workbook: 

Online students have access to a desktop version (read-only) of the Workbook that accompanies the live course immediately upon enrolling in this course.

Pre-requisite:  Cranial Osteopathy

In order to be eligible to enroll immediately in this course, you must be an Osteopath DO or Osteopathic Practitioner DOMP with a minimum of 30 hours of classroom training in Classical Cranial Osteopathy (Sutherland) as is often included in many DO and DOMP programs.  Elective courses in Uppledges CranioSacral Therapy or Biodynamic Cranial Therapy (or similar approaches) do not qualify.  Also, if you are an Allied Healthcare Practitioner such as a Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Athletic Therapist, ect, you must also have training in classical Cranial Ostoepathy. 

Option for non -qualified Practitioners to take our Cranial Osteopathy online course concurrently 

Our ten module course in Cranial Osteopathy, Introduction to the Fundamentals of Cranial Osteopathy & Cranio Sacral Therapy, which our Educational Director Maureen Hannah Maher developed and has been teaching live for the past ten years
 is currently being converted to an online course which will launch in Spring 2020.  

Practitioners who wish to enroll in this Pediatric Osteopathy online course and do not meet the pre-requisite requirements in Cranial Osteopathy can concurrently enroll in this upcoming online course.  We will be releasing the downloadable and printable Workbook for this course immediately upon enrollment in this course, with chapters being release this Spring as they are ready.


Students who must chose this option must successfully complete the Cranial Osteopathy online course before being awarded the Pediatric Osteopathy Certification.

If you this option is for you, please scroll down to the bottom of this page where you can also enroll in the Intro to Cranial Osteopathy course.  Students who enroll in the Pediatric Osteopathy online course alone will be contacted and asked to provide proof of prior classical Pediatric Osteopathy training.

Why study online with us?

Your Instructor and Author of this course is a female Osteopath who, over the last fifteen years,  has had the privilege of assisting hundreds of pregnant women and their children to overcome many of the dysfunctions that you will find in an Osteopathic Clinic.  She has taught this course many times live to Osteopaths and is known for having a engaging, yet knowledgeable teaching style.  Her fondness for mentoring Osteopaths become adept and sensitive to the needs of Pregnant Moms and their Children is communicated throughout the entire course.  

We introduce the fundamental concepts of the mechanics of Pediatric Osteopathy, and teach you Osteopath how to successfully treat some of the most common dysfunctions  found  in Newborns in an Osteopathic  clinical  setting : 

1) Cranial Distortions 

2) Digestive  Disturbances

 3) Latching & Feeding difficulties 

4)  Orthopedic  Birth Trauma Injuries 

A detailed curriculum of the course can be read below.


How the Course Works:

First you must determine whether you are eligible to directly enroll in this course or must also take our Cranial Osteopathy course.

Next, the course runs over ten weeks with one chapter released weekly.

An additional four weeks are allowed at the end of the course to submit all of your homework assignments and be awarded your Certificate of Completion.  

You WILL have access to the course in order to be able to review the material or watch the demonstration videos over and over, for a total of one year, or twelve months.  

Your learning experience  includes over thirty demonstration videos of individual techniques, as well as demonstrations of complete Treatment Protocols.  You can go back and watch the demonstration videos as many times as you want for the duration of the course.

 Advanced concepts and treatment protocols are discussed in audio format along with images and text for each condition.  Interesting and relevant case studies are also reviewed and are part of your homework.

There is approx 15 hours on-line learning with teaching in audio and video format accompanying each page, technique, and treatment protocol, and an additional 15 hours of homework assignments in the form of clinical practice related to each chapter, making this course a total of CPD 30 hours.

Homework Practice Sheets, Assessment Forms, and Step-by-Step Treatment Protocols for you to practice each week at your clinic are provided to you to download at the end of each chapter.   

Requirements to achieve an ICEO Certificate of Completion in Pediatric Osteopathy:

You must be a fully qualified graduate of an Osteopathy training program to be eligible to participate in this post graduate continuing education online course.  If you are an allied healthcare professional and wish to take this course, please forward your resume and copy of credentials to our Educational Director at [email protected] for consideration.

All Students must complete the course chapter homework practice assignments and submit them in a timely manner according to the course schedule.  Homework submissions are then reviewed by the instructor for this course and feedback is given.  All homework assignments must be successfully completed in order to be eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion.  

Please note that due to the medically important and sensitive nature of Pediatric Osteopathy, we at the ICEO, in keeping with international norms of Pediatric Osteopathy training,  hold a higher standard for awarding Certificates for this course than for some of our other entry level post-graduate level courses.  

For further information prior to enrolling in this course please email our Educational Director at [email protected].


What you will need:

You will need to purchase a soft, pliable doll (like the one in the video shown above) to practice the individual techniques on, well as hopefully recruit some volunteer Birthmothers and their Newborns for in-clinic practice.  A schedule of exact dates each chapter and subject will be released is included in the Introduction, so you can pre-arrange for appropriate volunteers to practice on.  

You will also need access to a printer.


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Course Curriculum

  • 1

    INTRO Welcome from author

    • Welcome from author

    • The Goal - What we hope you will take away from this online course

    • What to do if you are NOT a highly trained or experience Biomechanical Cranial Osteopath

    • Principles of Pediatric Cranial Osteopathy

    • Where does Cranial Osteopathy fit into this approach?

    • downloadable desktop version of Workbook

    • IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR HOMEWORK AND CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION
  • 2

    ch. 1 The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Why review the Cranial Mechanism?

    • VIDEO: Review of the Cranial Mechanism

    • The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Anatomical Development of the Cranium in Newborns

    • Common Causes of Cranial Injury in Newborns

    • What Cranial Mechanisms can be negatively affected ?

    • Cranial-Abnormalities-At-Birth

    • Damage Caused by Compressive Forces

    • Pulmonary Respiration at Birth & the Primary Cranial Mechanism

    • How permanent are birth injuries?

    • Mechanical Integrity of the Birthmother’s Pelvis

    • Table of Developmental Milestone in Newborns 1

    • Table of Developmental Milestone in Newborns 2

    • HOMEWORK INSTRUCTIONS Chapter 1. The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • DOWNLOAD: Major Stages of the Birthing Process

    • HOMEWORK DOWNLOADS - Table of Developmental Milestones

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 3

    ch 2. Overview of Common Pediatric Cranial Dysfunctions

    • Plagiocephaly or Compression of the Occiput

    • Etiology of Plagiocephaly

    • Antero – posterior compression

    • Etiology of Antero – posterior compression

    • Lateral Strains

    • Etiology of Lateral Strains

    • Transverse compression

    • Intro to video Cranial Abnormalities at Birth

    • video - Cranial Abnormalities at Birth

    • Intro to video - General Cranial Assessment of a Newborn

    • video - General Cranial Assessment of a Newborn

    • Cranial Nerves Associated with Newborn Cranial Trauma

    • Table of Observations of Cranial Newborn Dysfunctions p. 1

    • Table of Observations of Cranial Newborn Dysfunctions p. 2

    • HOMEWORK FOR THIS CHAPTER

    • DOWNLOAD - Table of Cranial Nerves Associated with Newborn Birth Trauma

    • DOWNLOAD - Table of Observations in Cranial NewBorns' Dysfunctions

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 4

    ch 3. Approaches to Palpation & Assessment

    • Goals of Pediatric versus Adult Osteopathic Treatment

    • Cranial Nerves to Remember during Pediatric Assessment

    • Why Use Such a Gentle Touch?

    • "Listening" with your Hands during a Cranio-Sacral Assessment

    • "Listening with your Hands" during Visceral Assessment

    • Overview of a Short General Assessment

    • video - Overview of a Pediatric Assessment

    • Standard Initial Assessment & Treatment Protocol

    • video - Standard Initial Assessment

    • Using the Pediatric Evaluation Worksheet

    • DOWNLOADS

    • Basic treatment steps following an Assessment

    • HOMEWORK -

    • Practicing on Adults when Newborns are not available

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 5

    ch 4. Congenital Torticolis & Associated Conditions

    • Overview of Congenital Torticolis

    • Etiology of Congenital Torticolis

    • Plagiocephaly & Congenital Torticollis

    • Cranial Patterns related to Congenital Torticolis

    • Why so much emphasis on cranial corrections when treating torticolis?

    • How to Assess for Various Forms of Congenital Torticolis

    • Four Step Treatment Protocol for Torticolis

    • Protocol-For-Congenital-Torticolis

    • DOWNLOADS - Basic Protocol for Treating Congenital Torticolis & Worksheet

    • HOMEWORK -

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 6

    ch. 5 Learning Cranial Moulding Protocols

    • How Cranial Moulding is Viewed within the Medical Field

    • Cranial Moulding Helmets and Osteopathic Treatment

    • Why Parents Seek Alternatives to Helmets to Achieve Cranial Moulding

    • Why Parents Seek Alternatives to Helmets to Achieve Cranial Moulding

    • Introduction to the Video

    • video - General Cranial Assessment of a Newborn

    • Designing a Treatment Plan

    • Key Points to remember during a Pediatric Cranial Moulding Treatment

    • Cranial Moulding Osteopathic Treatment Protocol

    • Cranial Moulding Occipital Correction Technique

    • Cranial Moulding Frontal Correction Technique

    • Cranial Moulding Vault Molding Technique

    • Cranial Moulding Treatment Protocol

    • Subsequent Cranial Moulding Treatments

    • DOWNLOADS - Cranial Moulding Protocol & Worksheet

    • HOMEWORK

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 7

    ch 6. Pediatric Digestive Disturbances

    • Digestive Disturbances – Colic, Reflux Etiology

    • How to Assess for Colic & Reflux in Newborns

    • The Various Functions of the Vagus Nerve

    • Follow the Pathway of the Vague Nerve Throughout the Body

    • The Goal of Osteopathic Treatment for Digestive Dysfunctions

    • Treatment Protocol for Digestive Disturbances Techniques 1 - 4

    • Protocol for Digestive Disturbances Techniques 5 - 8

    • Digest Disturb Bilateral Occipital Condylar Decomp #1

    • Digest Disturb Occipital Base Expansion #2

    • Digest Disturb Normalization Sacrum To Diaphragm #3

    • Digest Disturb Normalization Of Sigmoid Colon #4

    • Digest Disturb Pelvis Lower GI-Sigmoid Colon #5

    • Digest Disturb Gastro-Esophageal #6

    • Digest Disturb Alt Position For Gastro-Esophageal #7

    • Digest Disturb Finish Treat Balancing Cranio-Sacral Mech #8

    • Digestive-Disturbances-Protocol

    • HOMEWORK

    • DOWNLOADS : Treatment Protocol for Digestive Disturbances & Worksheet

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 8

    ch 7. Latching & Feeding Difficulties

    • The Importance of Effective Breastfeeding "Failure to Thrive"

    • Risks Associated with Poor Breastfeeding

    • How poor attachment affects a Mother's production of breastmilk

    • Understanding the Etiology of Latching & Feeding Difficulties

    • Cranial “Moulding” & its Relation to Crying and Suckling at Birth

    • The Role of the Osteopath in Latching & Feeding Difficulties

    • Osteopathic Approach to Assessing Latching & Feeding Difficulties

    • Overview Assessing Latching And Feeding Diffculties

    • Individual Techniques for Latching and Feeding Difficulties

    • LatchFeed Occipito Temporal Suture Decompaction #1

    • LatchFeed Mid Cervical Phrenic Nerve Area #2

    • LatchFeed Normalization Of Diaphragm #3

    • LatchFeed Balance Stomach And Diaphragm #4

    • COMPILATION VIDEO - Latching And Feeding Difficulties Treatment Protocol

    • DOWNLOAD: Treatment Protocol for Latching and Feeding Difficulties

    • HOMEWORK

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 9

    ch 8. Pediatric Orthopedic Dysfunctions of Upper Limbs

    • Overview of Shoulder Distocia

    • Understanding the Etiology of Upper Limb Abnormalities

    • gleno-humeral dysfunctions & adult scapula-thoracic problems

    • How to Identify shoulder dysplasia/distocia

    • Discussion of Individual Techniques for Shoulder Distocia

    • Shoulder Gleno-Humeral Joint #1

    • Shoulder Occipito-Scapular Fascia Stretch #2

    • Shoulder Sterno-Vertebral #3

    • VIDEO Treatment Protocol for Shoulder Distocia

    • DOWNLOADS: Treatment Protocol for Shoulder Distocia/Displagia & Worksheet

    • HOMEWORK

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 10

    ch. 9 Pediatric Orthopedic Dysfunctions - Lower Limb

    • Overview of Common Lower Limb Abnormalities

    • Medical Prognosis of Lower Limb Pediatric Orthopedic Dysfunctions

    • Case Study of Lower Limb Abnormality

    • Increased Femoral Anteversion

    • FEMORAL RETROVERSION

    • Tibial Torsions

    • Differentiating between Femoral Anteversion and Tibial Internal Rotation

    • Genu Varum versus Genu Valgum

    • congenital foot deformity METATARSUS ADDUCTUS

    • History Taking & Goal of Osteopathic Treatment

    • General Principles of Assessment & Treatment

    • Assessment Protocol for Lower Limbs in Infants

    • VIDEO - Demonstration of Lower Limb Assessment

    • General Treatment Protocol for Lower Limb

    • Lower Limb Treatment #1 - LumboSacral, Hips & Fascia Techniques 1, 2, 3

    • Lower Limb Treatment #2 - Femur, Tibia & Fibula Membrane Techniques 4, 5 6

    • Lower Limb Treatment #3 - Foot Techniques 7, 8, 9 & Balancing

    • DOWNLOADS

    • HOMEWORK

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 11

    Case Studies

    • How to Use the Cranial Mapping Chart

    • Homework: Practicing a Case Study of Unresolved Plagiocephaly

    • Homework: Practicing a Case Study of Torticollis

    • Homework: Practicing a Case Study of Colic

    • Mapping Brain Function

    • HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
  • 12

    About your Instructor

    • Maureen Norah Maher, BA, DO(Qc), DOMP Osteopath Practitioner and Educator

    • How to Contact us

Enrollment, Awarding of Certificates, and Non-Refund Policy:

Enrollment in all ICEO courses are non- refundable. If unforseeable valid personal or medical reasons are provided (with written proof), a student may apply to enroll in the same course the next time it is offered.  An administration fee of $100 CDN applies to all re-enrollments in addition to any outstanding applicable enrollment fees.

Any student who falls behind in the online course without submitting any or an adequate number of  homework submissions must apply to be enrolled in a future dated course, according to the discretion of our Educational Director and the Instructor for this course, Maureen N. Maher.  Extensions are not granted to students who have forfeited a majority of the course or have not submitted homework assignments.  Extensions to submit homework assignments are granted only for brief delays and will exceed no more than one month past the final due date for all homework assignments.

The awarding of Certificates of Completion depends upon the successful submission of homework assignments according to due dates, and must clearly demonstrate the understanding and ability to apply knowledge gained in this course and is according to the discretion of the Instructor.  Professional ethical conduct is expected of all students who enroll in ICEO courses.

  ICEO reserves the right to refuse to enroll a Practitioner who is not sufficiently qualified to complete this graduate level Osteopathy course or is not a fully trained Osteopath or Manual Osteopathic Practitioner.  If you are a Therapist who is not trained in Osteopathy, please contact the Educational Director at [email protected] with copies of your credentials explaining why you wish to enroll in this course.  Conditional exceptions are sometimes granted.


About the instructor

Educational Director & Instructor

Maureen Hannah Maher

Since Maureen began teaching, she found that not only does she have a natural gift for it (her parents were both teachers, so let hear it for genetics!), she found that she also holds a great desire to give back to the community and a profession that has been so fulfilling to her, and share over twenty years of acquired experience and knowledge.   Maureen brings extensive knowledge in Osteopathy  to her educational seminars.  Throughout her career which began in Montreal in 2003, Maureen has been an accredited member in good standing in several provinces across Canada, including the CPMDQ (Quebec), OsteopathyBC (British Columbia), OFOP (Ontario) and SCMMAC (Quebec). Like many classically trained Manual Osteopaths in Canada, Maureen wrote a thesis as part of her Osteopathy training. Hers was within the field of Cranial Osteopathy, on the Prevalence of Muscle and Myofascial Chain Link Dysfunctions and the Temporal Bone. Maureen was also an Associate Overseas member of the Australian Osteopathic Association (AOA) from 2008 to 2011.  After undergoing accreditation evaluation for foreign trained Osteopaths in Perth, Western Australia, Maureen was offered a position in one of Singapore's leading Osteopathic Clinics, giving her the distinction of having been the first Canadian trained Osteopath to be approved to practice  in South East Asia.   Right before the worldwide economic collapse in 2010, Maureen was offered a position in Shanghai China, which required accreditation with the GOSC, UK, which she began, but as prevailing economic conditions worsened, the position was put on hold, and Maureen decided instead to settled in Toronto, Canada, where after reluctantly accepting a poorly paid teaching contract, her students began asking her to design courses in more specialized subjects within Osteopathy, including Women's Health and Pediatrics.  It was not long after that Maureen founded the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy & Manual Therapy where she continued to innovate every day! Today, Maureen still teaches continuing education courses in specialized fields of Osteopathic Manual Therapy. Her students say that Maureen's teaching style is animated, engaging, but most importantly, informative.  Her gift lies in communicating complex theories in simple terms and analogies.  Her students come away with a clear grasp of Osteopathic concepts for treatment, and practical knowledge of how to apply them.  In more recent years, Maureen has created online versions of some of her most popular courses, and it is thanks to this new era of online learning that Osteopaths throughout Canada and throughout the world have been able to use Maureen's teachings and treatment protocols to help women, infants, and the general public find relief from the bodily dysfunctions that are so amenable to osteopathic manual treatments. Practitioners who enroll in any of our continuing education courses can contact Maureen at any time by email or pre-arranged phone call with clinical questions.  As a result, many Osteopaths worldwide still consult with her today regarding challenging Osteopathy cases.  

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WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE


 "I want to thank you for the course information. I definitely became more confident in treating newborns and toddlers since taking this course and I appreciate that."

Jack M., Manual Osteopathic Practitioner, Ontario, Canada