Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy & Manual Therapy

How the course works:

This Program has been set up for mature Practitioners who are comfortable and ready to enrol in a six to twelve month program that is self paced, meaning that you can progress through each module at your own accelerated pace.  If you learn one module per week, you can complete the Program in as little as six months.  If you take up to two weeks to learn each module, you can take up to one year.  Certification is awarded to students who complete the Program and submit all of their homework assignments successfully within one year at the most.  

Homework to complete the program and achieve Certification  include:

-eight written submissions based on your hands-on practice time

-  three theoretical case studies

- one short video demonstrating your hands-on practice

   - one live coaching and feedback session with the Instructor via Zoom

The Workbook: 

The Workbook has undergone a complete revision in 2021, and is now over one hundred pages.  You will have access to portions of the Workbook provided to you in each corresponding module that you can download and print for future reference in years to come.  You will also be able to download and keep the entire Workbook at the end of the course.

Pre-requisites: 

This Program is one of our more advanced online courses and is designed for fully trained and experienced Osteopaths.  Enrollment in this program requires competency in the classical (Sutherland) biomechanical model of Cranial Osteopathy.  If you 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 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 Osteopathy.   Enrolled students will be asked to provide proof of completed training for this important pre-requisite.

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

Practitioners who wish to enroll in this Pediatric Osteopathy Certification Program  and do not meet the pre-requisite requirements in Cranial Osteopathy can concurrently enroll in our course Fundamentals of Cranial Osteopathy. You will find course option below.  Students who must chose this option must successfully complete the Cranial Osteopathy online course before being awarded the Pediatric Osteopathy Certification.

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.  

What you need to do to complete this Program successfully: 

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

You must submit all of your homework assignments, have them reviewed and accepted as complete by the Instructor before being awarded your Certificate of Completion.  

You will have online access and 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 fifty 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 Program.

 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.

Full length webinars are previously recorded and give you a broader perspective on how to manage  pediatric patients in your clinic across a variety of conditions.

The eight Webinars are all at least 90 minutes in length  with the Instructor, Maureen Hannah Maher, Educational Director, that helps to enrich and round out your learning of each course module.

There is approx 35 hours on-line learning with teaching in audio and video format accompanying each page, technique, and treatment protocol, twenty hours of webinars to watch, and an additional 25 hours of homework assignments in the form of clinical practice related to each chapter, making this Program a total of CPD 60 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 a 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  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.  

If you are ready to start the Program, send an email to [email protected] confirming your training and requesting to enroll.
 

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.

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