“I took the course to further my understanding and ability to treat pediatric patients; knowing the SOT® model of addressing the entire body when doing cranial work, I hoped to gain a set of tools to help complement my pediatric cranial practice. My three takeaways:
1. The pediatric certification program is extremely thorough, even for those of us already doing SOT®;
2. The course teaches a holistic approach, not a technique;
3. This course is not anyone looking to take a weekend seminar to pick up a few new tools, it’s a deep dive into understanding and delivering pediatric care.

Within 1-2 months I was able to help my patients more than before the course, and it has helped me understand how much treatment I was leaving on the table – and that other pediatric specialty chiro’s I’ve been co-treating with aren’t taught about much of this either!

I recently adjusted a 4 year old to address chronic hearing issues (all tests normal) and fluid in the ears. Later that night his ears ‘popped’ while hiccuping and he asked if they had turned the TV up and why was everyone talking so loudly.

Not all pediatric courses are equal – which I’m unfortunately learning as parents come to me from highly regarded ped offices near me and yet I’m seeing foundational things left unresolved or even unaddressed.
In chiropractic school it seems we get enough pediatric training to not be dangerous, but we have no idea how unprepared we really are. I would highly recommend the course for anyone wanting to thoroughly understand why and how pediatric care needs to be different from treating adults. I recommend this course specifically because the cranial adjusting being taught here is in its truest, safest, and most effective and complete form. It’s a huge commitment, but there’s also huge support and guidance.

Ten months is a long time for a course, however I’d almost say the amount & depth of the material might be better over 12 months. As my clinic Dr. at Palmer said, ‘SOT® is a technique for people who really REALLY like to think.’ I’d like to thank you both for continuing to grow this institute. I give presentations every year about what I do (which now feels like a sliver of what you guys do), and the physicians I’m educating are always surprised and disappointed there isn’t an SOT® chiro near them, especially peds.”

It is an in-depth approach, it has a structural flow and can be tailored to each individual patient seen.

It has given me a greater perspective on ways to approach treatment for the betterment of my patients

I have incorporated the techniques in conjunction with how I currently treat as a whole. I have seen a difference in how quickly the patients respond by focusing more on the cranial subluxations particularly in the little ones as the primary subluxation pattern.

Yes, I would recommend the course. It will give the practitioner more tools to better be able to serve their patients and community.

Thank you for the great insights into SOT and your dedication to bettering the profession worldwide.

My three takeaways:
1. Less is more. One of the greatest lessons I learned is that the body doesn’t need us to do more—it needs us to do what is necessary with precision and intention. A gentle, deliberate adjustment, delivered at the right time and in the right place, is often far more powerful than trying to achieve too much.
2. Rapport and engagement are everything. With children, you may only have a split second to build trust. How you connect with them in that moment can determine the entire encounter. Meet them where they are, respect their experience, and use those precious moments wisely. Connection always precedes correction.
3. Present-time consciousness is essential. The more present you are, the more you see. Children are constantly communicating through their behaviour, movement, and nervous system. Being fully present allows you to observe, adapt, and respond to what is in front of you rather than what you expected to see. Presence is one of the most valuable clinical skills we can develop. A quote that perfectly summarises my experience of this program is: “Everyone wants better results. Skill precedes results. Practice precedes skill. Attitude precedes practice. It’s the willingness to try—and keep trying—that ultimately leads to ability.” This course reminded me that mastery is not achieved through perfection, but through curiosity, humility, repetition, and the courage to keep showing up. Every child, every adjustment, and every experience becomes another opportunity to learn and grow.

I found this course both challenging and immensely rewarding. Much of the challenge came not from the material itself, but from my own process of learning. Integrating a completely new set of skills and ways of thinking into an already busy clinical practice required patience, persistence, and a willingness to embrace being a beginner again. Working with many children who have complex needs added another layer of challenge. They often require efficient, gentle care that works within their time frame and capacity to engage. Learning new techniques while still providing the highest standard of care meant I had to trust the process, even when I didn’t yet feel fluent. Perhaps the greatest lesson was learning to be kind and patient with myself. I came to appreciate that true mastery cannot be rushed. Time, repetition, and clinical experience were not slowing my progress, they were embedding these vital skills into my neurology and allowing them to become intuitive. Looking back, I can see that what initially felt slow was actually creating a much deeper level of understanding, confidence, and clinical certainty. Learning this intricate and vital work is a lifetime process, and I am willing to commit to this learning.

One case that has had a profound impact on my learning involved a young boy who presented as irritable, constantly unwell, and unable to sleep. He cried almost incessantly and was deeply distrustful of anyone coming near him, which I believed was a reflection of the discomfort he was experiencing. As a result, both assessing and adjusting him were incredibly challenging. The greatest lesson for me was learning where to begin. Rather than trying to address everything at once, I trusted the principles I had been taught and focused first on reducing vertebral subluxation in his upper cervical spine. This became the “window in” to his nervous system. Over time, everything began to change. He became calmer, happier, more engaged with those around him, and the constant crying stopped. As his trust grew, I was able to work more extensively on other areas of his spine and nervous system.

I would wholeheartedly recommend this course to any chiropractor who wants to make a lasting difference in the lives of children. It provides the knowledge, confidence, and clinical skills to assess and adjust vertebral subluxation with certainty, helping each child express their full potential. There is no greater privilege than supporting a child’s nervous system so they have every opportunity to grow, develop, and live an extraordinary life.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Rosen and Dr. Watson. Thank you for stretching me, incubating me, and now helping to finesse my skills throughout this journey. Your wisdom, generosity, and unwavering commitment to teaching have been truly inspiring, and I am so grateful that you have shared your knowledge with us. I hope that one day I can demonstrate even a fraction of the skill, compassion, and mastery that you both bring to chiropractic and the care of children. The impact you have had on my professional growth, and on the lives of the families I will care for because of what you have taught me, is immeasurable. Thank you for believing in us, challenging us, and inspiring us to become better chiropractors. It has been an absolute privilege to learn from you.

After completing last year’s class, which included the in-person weekends. This time around I was able to dive a little bit deeper into the smaller details of the techniques for adjusting, as well as the examination details. I was making a lot more connections every week between clinical presentations in the office and what we were learning each week.

Personally, I have noticed that I pay a lot more attention to changes after adjusting, doing more pre-post checks, than I have been doing in the past. I am able to talk more clinically to patients and create an understanding and clearly explain what I am doing and the importance of why I am doing it. We have seen a huge increase in not only pediatric patients over the last 2 years, but in whole family care as well.

I had a mother who has utilized chiropractic care only during pregnancy, typically stopping after she gives birth. She was new to my office, after recently moving to the area, when she was 26 weeks. I had posters up explaining pediatric chiropractic care and chiropractic care for the newborn, and she asked about it. So we spend the next 12 weeks talking about why it’s so important to get newborns, infants and young children into the office, before creating patterns that can affect them well into their adult life. She is now bringing in her newborn, and her 2 other children as well! The newborn was born with a shoulder presentation and there were many indicators after the initial exam, which I used a new exam sheet that I had made at the beginning of the class, and we slowly have been working through some cranial and cervical adjusting techniques, and we are seeing huge improvements in her newborn’s development. She commented on how this was her “happiest baby”.

I have already been recommending this course to others, I have done some of the ICPA courses and random pediatric courses in the past, but this class is the exact detail and information that I need to put all the pieces together and I am seeing changes in my practice already!

This is an amazing class; I am so glad that I found your flier for the in-person class here in Detroit. I am hoping to study and take the test for the pediatric spinal exam and continue practicing my skills. I will be diving into some other courses as well.

My three takeaways:
1. Assessment of the ascending and descending pathways to determine where to start first
2. Clear spinal subluxations/sacral or assess them first before proceeding into cranial work
3. Clearer insight into cranial work and how to better implement this work and record what i am doing

Personally, I found it so helpful in practice but also because my own son has had a major cranial fault since birth even though he has been adjusted by many chiropractors. This course has brought to my attention why his breathing difficulties with exertion and asthmatic tendencies could be a result of the cranial vault. And when I can get him to stay still I have been working on this… he is seven so I will do what I can now that he maybe has many compensations to the his temporal/frontal imbalances

I have had many great outcomes with helping with latching and feeding. More settled babies. I see so many newborns, and this has really taken my practice to the next level

Yes, I have recommended this program. I like the overall design and feel that I finish the course with a good knowledge of how to adjust. I have taken many paeds courses and I feel this gives a great structured approach on checking and adjusting.

Much gratitude for the course. I am so grateful.