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Pediatrics - Chiropractic Doctor


Pediatrics 120
Clinical Considerations for Younger Patients

1.0

$20.00 USD

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  • Compare the effectiveness of chiropractic spinal manipulation versus sham manipulation in children aged 7-14 with recurrent headaches.
  • Outline current evidence on the functional changes associated with neck pain in adolescents.
  • Investigate the role of chronic physical illness, mental health disorders and psychological conditions as potential triggers or risk factors for low back pain in children, adolescents, and young adults.
  • Estimate whether carrying a heavier schoolbag (> 10% of bodyweight) is associated with a higher prevalence of low back pain in children between the ages 9 and 16.
  • Examine the changes that are occurring in young athlete’s development and implications on movement, performance, and injury.

Shawn Thistle, DC

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Pediatrics 119
Infants to School Aged Children: Staying in the Game as a Health Care Provider

3.0

$60.00 USD

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Hour 1 

  • Describe recommended health guidance for infants.
  • Analyze evidence-based research with regards to the efficacy of spinal mobilization and soft tissue treatment in the infant.
  • Develop a treatment plan in how to teach parents how to anticipate safety needs and promote healthy musculoskeletal practices for their babies.

 Hour 2

  • Discuss important developmental changes that mark the transition from infancy to early childhood.
  • Describe recommended health guidance for toddlers.
  • Analyze the data surrounding chiropractic care for the toddler child, with a focus on spinal manipulation.
  • Identify safety precautions that can be implemented in and outside of the office for toddlers.

Hour 3

  • Discuss the developmental changes that mark the transition from the toddler to school-aged child.
  • Describe recommended health guidance for preschoolers.
  • Analyze the data surrounding chiropractic care for the school aged child, with a focus on spinal manipulation.
  • Discuss the motor, verbal and neurological findings of developmental milestones in children.

Jennifer Illes, DC

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Pediatrics 118
Evidence-Based Chiropractic Care for Infants

4.0

$80.00 USD

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Hour 1

  • Explain the necessity of evidence for infant healthcare
  • Describe what mothers want from healthcare for their newborn?
  • Outline the need for and development of the United Kingdom Infant Questionnaire
  • Cite the outcomes of infant care in chiropractic practice and the adaptability of a parent-reported outcome measure to the infant population
Hour 2
  • Define the term inconsolable, infant irritability syndrome
  • Describe the evidence supporting chiropractic treatment for inconsolable, infant irritability
  • List the negative long-term sequelae in older children who suffered from infant colic as a baby
  • Summarize the subgroup classifications for inconsolable, irritable infants
Hour 3
  • Summarize the evidence on the advantages of breast feeding
  • Describe common musculoskeletal problems of newborns struggling to breastfee
  • Explain standard chiropractic protocols for the sub-optimal feeding infant and the potential risks of treatment
  • List the most common reasons an infant will present to a chiropractic office
Hour 4
  • Summarize the evidence for the use of manual therapy in infants
  • Describe the theoretical mechanisms for the effect of manual therapy in infants
  • Outline the safety of chiropractic treatment for infants
  • Identify the major safety concerns in the treatment of infants

Joyce Miller, BSc, DC, DABCO, PhD

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Pediatrics 117
An Introduction to the Pediatric Examination: Clinical Pearls and Tips Explored

3.0

$60.00 USD

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Hour 1:

  • Learn age-appropriate general health screening and health education for babies.
  • Analyze through evidence the use of chiropractic manipulation for pregnant women.
  • Identify normal growth, development and behavior and their assessment, as well as approaches to abnormalities for neonatals.
  • Describe a typical pediatric examination on a neonatal.

Hour 2:

  • Learn age-appropriate general health screening and health education for toddlers.
  • Analyze through evidence the use of chiropractic manipulation for toddlers through young children.
  • Identify normal growth, development and behavior and their assessment, as well as approaches to abnormalities from infancy through toddlers.
  • Describe a typical pediatric examination on an infant 1-5 years old.

Hour 3:

  • Learn age-appropriate general health screening and health education for adolescents.
  • Identify the signs and symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury (through accident and sport) in children.
  • Discuss and describe typical examination forms and outcome assessment tools used for the pediatric population.
  • Evaluate through clinical cases and it’s management.

Jennifer Illes, DC

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Pediatrics 116 - 119
12.0

$240.00 USD

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  • This contains all courses with the educational objectives listed from Pediatrics 116 through Pediatrics 119

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Pediatrics 116

Evaluating and Correcting Retained Primitive Reflexes


2.0

$40.00 USD

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Hour 1

  • Discover what primitive reflexes are and why we have them
  • Understand the various possible causes of retained primitive reflexes in a child
  • Outline common questions that would suggest retention of primitive reflexes
  • Identify and assess eight primitive reflexes that can be easily evaluated by a doctor of chiropractic, specifically the Moro, Grasp, Spinal Galant, Rooting, Asymmetrical Tonic Neck, Symmetrical Tonic Neck, Tonic Labyrinthine, and the Landau reflexes.

Hour 2

  • Further identify and assess the remaining of the eight primitive reflexes not covered in the first hour
  • Detect the presence or absence of specific primitive reflexes
  • Recognize the need for intervention when a retained primitive reflex is demonstrated by a patient
  • Prescribe a specific course of treatment for each of the eight primitive reflexes if they are determined to be retained

Karen Gardner, DC

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Pediatrics 115
Varying Viewpoints on Vaccinations with Alternative Schedule and Homeopathic Remedies

2.0

$40.00 USD

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  • Examine the allopathic approach to vaccinations, including recommended schedules from the medical community (This course does not address the COVID vaccine)
  • Assess potential side-effects seen in patients, both pediatric and adult
  • Discover the pharmaceutical industry’s interest in creating more vaccinations
  • Review historical political maneuvers behind many vaccination mandates
  • Explore varying philosophical viewpoints on vaccinations, including Religious beliefs, Ethical viewpoints, Schools’ needs.
  • Consider utilization of alternative and holistic healthier lifestyle approaches
  • Educate your patient on their choices for vaccination
  • Refer your patient to alternative options while maintaining your scope of practice
  • Identify and treat the common side effects of vaccinated children
  • Identify useful Homeopathic Nosodes and Remedies proven to be effective alternatives to vaccinations

Robin Mayfield, DC

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Pediatrics 114

Low Back Pain in Children and Adolescents


1.0

$20.00 USD

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  • Determine the epidemiology of low back pain in children and adolescents
  • Assess the risk factors associated with back pain in school children
  • Outline the effect of an intervention to improve sitting habits in schoolchildren
  • Assess the effects of reading a book or using a computer on neck and upper back muscle activity in children

Dean Smith, DC, PhD

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Pediatrics 108

Pediatric Research VIII


1.0

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  • Describe and utilize an effective but non-invasive treatment for warts
  • Understand the risk versus benefit of diagnostic imaging radiation in children
  • Recognize patterns of pain in children that might actually indicate malignancies
  • Develop an understanding of pediatric atlantooccipital dislocation
  • Be able to perform 5 minute infant physical examination to detect congenital anomalies of the musculoskeletal system

Brett Kinsler, DC

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