Hour 1: Introduction to pediatric exam and adjustment: overview with lecture and discussion. Pediatric reflexes review, normal and abnormal, with lecture and demonstration (on dolls). Including the reflexes that indicate that a child may be heading toward the autistic spectrum. Basic principles of adjusting.
Hour 2: Contraindications and technique modifications, with lecture, discussion and demonstration. With attention to birth trauma and special populations.
Hour 3: Assessing craniosacral normal and abnormal with lecture, discussion and demonstration. Focusing sacral occipital technique (SOT), and motion palpation technique.
Hour 4: Where to start – deciding what techniques to use, with lecture. Dollar sign and crest sign and how it can help you decide when a child is ready for a more manual technique.
Hour 5: Assessing upper cervical, normal and abnormal, with lecture, discussion and demonstration. Focusing on motion-palpation technique, Activator technique, and reverse fencer reflex.
Hour 6: Technique review, case studies, Q&A
                    All adjustments performed on dolls, not live infants