In collaboration with Doula Canada and the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy 

 If you are an established Doula or Midwife, or are in training, and you would like to understand what goes on during a Full Body Assessment of a Newborn .. this online course is for you!

When an Infant is in distress he will be referred to a Pediatric Osteopath who is trained in performing a Full Body Assessment, where cranial, digestive and orthopedic systems will be examined and assessed.  

 Learning what these assessment procedures look like , from a Biomechanical as well as Physiological perspective, is the key to offering well informed Post Partum Doula Services.  

Why is this course valuable to PostPartum Doulas & Midwives?

By learning about the anatomical and physiological changes that take place within the body of pregnant client, you can better accompany her throughout each trimester of her pregnancy and even advise her in when to consult with a Manual therapist to help minimize uncomfortable symptoms and help her progress into an easier, safer delivery.  

Learning to work with your future Birthmother throughout her pregnancy, instead of waiting until after the Delivery to try to help her "fix" her symptoms is key to promoting and ensuring a healthier and safer natural delivery!  

How the course works:

This is the first course in our new Doula & Midwife Series. 

This course includes 10 hours of on-line learning with teaching in audio format, demonstration videos of manual therapy used during every trimester of pregnancy, downloads to use in your Doula or Midwife practice in the future, and a quiz at the end of each chapter.  

There are  six chapters in total which discuss important considerations for every trimester of pregnancy, including post-partum.  A new chapter is released every week starting on Monday February 10th 2020 until the  last chapter is released on March 9th, 2020. Although a chapter us released each week, there us no deadline to complete this course and you can log in from anywhere at any time to learn!

Certificates of Completion:

Upon completion of the course, students receive a Certificate of Completion for 10 CPD/CEU hours.  

Have a question?  Email the Instructor or Registration Coordinator at

[email protected]


             That's me, Maureen Hannah Maher, BA, DO               I am an Osteopath with over fifteen years of clinical experience and I am the Educational Director for the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy .  I have been priviledged to treat so many pregnant women throughout my career, as well as teach young emerging Osteopaths my unique treatment protocols for how to treat pregnant women throughout every trimester of pregnancy.

I created this series so that I might share my knowledge from a Biomechanical Perspective with Doulas & Midwives as well, since we are all working together to help our clients not just survive, but also thrive throughout this wondrous time  ... Pregnancy!


Course Curriculum

  • 1

    INTRO Welcome from author

    • Welcome from author

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

  • 2

    Approaches to Palpation & Assessment

    • Why Use Such a Gentle Touch?

    • Overview of a Short General Assessment

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

    • "Listening with your Hands" during Visceral Assessment

    • video - Overview of a Pediatric Assessment

    • Standard Initial Assessment & Treatment Protocol

    • video - Standard Initial Assessment

    • DOWNLOADS

    • Basic treatment steps following an Assessment

  • 3

    About your Instructor

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

    • How to Contact us

Are you ready to start Part I of this four part course?

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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.  

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.  Any student who falls behind in the online course with homework submissions must apply  for an extension or will be enrolled in a future dated course, according to the discretion of our Educational Director and the Instructor for this course, Maureen N. Maher

DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION ABOUT THIS COURSE?  EMAIL US AT [email protected]