Communicating Chiropractic with Confidence: Building Collaborative Relationships in Pediatric Care
Communicating Chiropractic with Confidence: Building Collaborative Relationships in Pediatric Care
A course presented by Dr. Brandi Benson, DC, CACCP, CSSPP for pediatric chiropractors, chiropractors in family practice, and doctors seeking to strengthen interdisciplinary communication, professional confidence, and community integration.
Pediatric chiropractors are increasingly working within interdisciplinary care teams that include occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, lactation consultants, pediatricians, and other healthcare professionals. In these shared-care environments, the ability to communicate chiropractic concepts clearly and confidently is essential for building trust, supporting families, and creating effective collaboration.
This course is designed to help chiropractors confidently articulate their role in pediatric care while fostering strong, professional relationships with other providers. Dr. Brandi guides participants through practical frameworks for translating chiropractic and SOT concepts into functional, developmentally relevant language that aligns with the models used by allied health and medical professionals.
Through real-world case examples, communication scripts, and actionable exercises, participants will learn how to initiate professional conversations, provide clear case updates, support families.
What You’ll Learn
- Reframe Interdisciplinary Care – Understand why collaboration is essential in today’s pediatric landscape
- Understand the Sensory-Motor Loop – Describe sensory input – motor output in terms other disciplines use while explaining chiropractic’s contribution in the shared framework
- Translating Chiropractic (SOT®) into Shared Professional Language – translate chiropractic cranial adjusting, dural tension, and proprioceptive concepts into functional outcomes
- How to Communicate with other Providers – scripts, emails, updates, etc.
- Support Families Navigating Multiple Providers – help parents understanding the varying roles without creating confusion
- Become the Chiropractor Others Want to Work with – establishing your professional identity
Why Take This Course?
- In a time when many of our pediatric patients are facing multiple challenges and parents are looking for answers, help and support this course gives the chiropractor the tools to communicate the importance of what we do as a baseline for increasing function and improving outcomes.
- Working with other practitioners has become the norm and having the tools to keep the communication lines open to allow for the best outcome for the child is paramount in a pediatric chiropractic practice. Success in keeping patients under care to receive the full benefits of chiropractic is the focus of this course.
Course Contents
6 Modules | 6 CTAs
Class 1 – Hypermobility – A Growing Dilemma
Class 2 – Diagnostic Protocols
Class 3 – Evaluation Protocols – The Questions to Ask
Class 4 – Evaluation Protocols – What to Look For
Class 5 – Advice for Clinicians – Comorbidity
Class 6 – Summing it All Up – Resources
Meet the Instructor
Dr. Brandi Benson, DC, CACCP, CSSPP, is a pediatric-focused chiropractor and co-owner of a family-centered practice in the Kansas City area. She has over 12 years of clinical experience working with infants, children, and neurodiverse populations, with particular focus on neurodevelopment, cranial dynamics, feeding challenges, and complex pediatric presentations.
Dr. Brandi has completed extensive postgraduate training in pediatric chiropractic care. She holds her pediatric certification (CACCP) through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association and the Academy of Chiropractic Family Practice, and is a Certified Sacro Occipital Technique – _Pediatric Practitioner (CSSPP) through Peak Potential Institute under the mentorship of Drs. Martin Rosen and Nancy Watson. She has also completed advanced training in functional neurodevelopmental with the Academy of Neurodevelopmental Practices.
Her clinical work emphasizes thoughtful assessment, nervous system regulation, and individualized care rather than protocol-driven treatment plans. She regularly collaborates with lactation consultants, therapists, dentists, and medical providers to support children who fall outside of typical developmental norms.
As a speaker and educator, Dr. Brandi is known for translating complex neurodevelopmental concepts into clear, clinically applicable frameworks. Her teaching prioritizes clinical reasoning, confidence in assessment, and practical integration, helping providers refine their skills while remaining grounded in collaborative, patient-centered care.
Outside of practice, Dr. Brandi is a wife and mother of two sets of twins, enjoys spending time outdoors with her family, hiking, and maintaining their small homestead, and values a family-centered approach both professionally and personally.
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