The SOT® Pediatric Certificate Program
Demonstrate your commitment to your profession and patients, enhance your skills, and place yourself on the road to mastery in the art of chiropractic adjustment.
About the Program
Welcome to the SOT® Pediatric Certificate Program and the home of Chiropractic Cranial Adjusting TM methods. We are proud to offer one of the most comprehensive pediatric certification programs in the chiropractic profession. With over 80 years of combined clinical practice and teaching experience, our commitment to education and chiropractic excellence is second to none.
We are seeking individuals who are committed to elevating the delivery of the chiropractic adjustment as the forefront of their practice. If you share our passion for advancing patient care through precise and effective adjusting techniques, we invite you to join our community and embark on a journey towards professional excellence with us.
Our Pediatric Certificate Program provides three avenues for certification: a 10-month online program, a 48-hour hybrid program (16 hours online, 32 hours in-person), and a 64-hour intensive program (40 hours online, 24 hours in-person). Upon completing any of these programs, participants will be listed in our exclusive Pediatric Referral Directory and invited to join our membership program. Our members, who have found their professional home with us, aspire to master our techniques, and may eventually choose to join the Peak Potential Institute as part of our training staff.
Welcome aboard, and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have.
Certification Process
Follow these steps to receive your SOT® Pediatric Certification and membership to our referral directory.
Online SOT® Pediatric Certificate Program
10 Months | 40 Modules
Hybrid Pediatric Certification Program
32 In-Person Hours | 16 Online Hours
Intensive Pediatric Certification Program
24 In-Person Hours | 40 Online Hours
Meet the Instructors
As early as first quarter in chiropractic school they were attracted to each other’s commitment to chiropractic and the pursuit of excellence. Their combined 80 years of personal and clinical and teaching experience, in delivering the chiropractic adjustment is unparalleled in the chiropractic profession. Their international outreach through teaching, writing and lecturing has been a driving force in their personal and professional careers since their first seminar taught together as students, in 1979.
Their years of experience have taught them what works and what does not work to create a successful practice and lifestyle. The more competent and comprehensive your expertise you will find that more patients will seek your services and your practice will grow exponentially.
Feedback from Our Students
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Samantha Dolan, DC
“For other chiropractors, I would share, how crucial the sphenoid bone is, I felt like in other courses and programs this keystone piece is not discussed as much – the relationship between the cranial bones and retained primitive reflexes – the cranial rhythm impulse technique, this is probably my favorite adjustment I learned from this class it has been so beneficial for so many of the littles I work with. For parents: – the importance of the first two years having adjustments with the growth of the nervous system – the palate shape and its influence on other aspects of nervous system development – the vagus nerve – I’m excited to dive into this more deeply.
Personally – I feel like this program has provided answers to questions I was having regarding corrections to hyper functioning toddlers. Professionally – I’m having more success with babies experiencing tongue and lip goes with subsequent latching issues.
It took three hours to push my son out during labor; he had a terrible cone head and was not breathing optimally. I used the cranial rhythm impulse technique because his CSF didn’t feel like it was flowing properly and his oxidation improved and the hematoma on his head reduced rapidly. The next day he still wasn’t latching and I checked his sphenoid and it showed signs of torsion. He latched right after. I should have done more maybe for determining patterns like you discuss but at the moment it felt like the right decision.
I love how the information is formatted in bite sized pieces. 15-30 minutes is a great amount of time. It’s sectioned out so you can easily refer back to information
I’m excited to continue learning with you.”
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DR. Jeremy Cerha
You will walk away with tools that will allow you to be confident in helping with more complex cases. I’ve taken away the subtlety of knowing when to keep going and when to stop. I’ve gained a deeper skill set and awareness in how I can go about analyzing a person, and what different things I can try when I’m not seeing changes.
The program makes me feel like I’ve elevated my knowledge base which in turn helps my confidence levels in both personal and professional scenarios. I think personally it has helped me also further solidify in my mind the importance of the pediatric chiropractic practice and the lifelong implications it has on a child’s nervous system.
I used the occipital fibers to find a Line 2 tender nodule which pointed me to a rotated thoracic vertebrae which felt like it moved like butter after adjusting it.
Absolutely yes, I would recommend this program. It gives you tools and an awareness that allows you to go deeper with your patients.
I really appreciate how many instructors there are in the teaching sessions. It allows me to stay engaged throughout the whole seminar (time flew by) and also hear from different perspectives as we learned through hands-on training. I also appreciate how some of the material was presented via video learning and given in a slower-dripped way of one video per week. Made it very digestible and manageable to complete.
See Our Full Catalog of Online Courses
Reach new levels of mastery from the comfort of your home or on-the-go with our online programs.
Can a Chiropractic Adjustment Be Both Gentle and Highly Specific? Chiropractic low-intensity spinal adjusting uses precise positioning, specific contacts and neurologically informed reflex responses to support gentle correction without forcing motion. Through precise positioning and the facilitation of the body’s proprioceptive and nociceptive reflexes, it helps restore structural balance by encouraging the body to return to its optimal state of ease.
In this online program, Dr. Martin Rosen teaches chiropractors how to evaluate and address cervical, thoracic, lumbar and pelvic dysfunction/subluxation using low-intensity procedures. Participants learn neurological indicators, contact points, positioning principles, adjusting sequences and re-evaluation procedures they can use with specificity and confidence, especially when high-velocity adjusting may not be appropriate or preferred.
What Can Oral Movement Tell Us About the Person?
The way a person breathes, rests the tongue, moves the jaw, chews and swallows can reveal important relationships among cranial function, airway development, posture and oral function.
Oral movement does not occur in isolation. It develops within an integrated system involving the cranium, nervous system, airway, palate, temporomandibular joints, cervical spine and the body’s ability to adapt to gravity and movement.
In this six-week online program, Dr. Erin Rosen takes you from the foundations of the living, adaptable cranium through cranial motion, airway and sinus development, palatal form, sucking, chewing, tongue function and swallowing.
Taught by Dr. Ken Cooper, Lead Instructor – Peak Potential InstituteFor chiropractors and healthcare professionals seeking clarity in the understanding of cranial bone motion and dynamics.
This foundational course offers a clear, clinical framework for understanding the biomechanics behind cranial adjusting.
You’ll learn:
- The four primary motion patterns of the cranium
- We’ll explore how respiratory motion, dural tension, cerebrospinal mechanics and structural relationships (sutures and fontanelles) guide cranial motion, especially in infants where early patterns set the stage for development.
- How these patterns influence individual cranial bones
- Tools to assess proper cranial movement and function
- The impact of subtle restrictions on growth, development, and neurological integrity
The SOT® Pediatric Certificate Program
Demonstrate your commitment to your profession and patients, enhance your skills, and place yourself on the road to mastery in the art of chiropractic adjustment.
