Introduction to Pediatric Spinal and Cranial Adjusting – the SOT® Model
Start Your Journey into Pediatric Chiropractic the Right Way
The Peak Potential Institute is excited to announce its newest program for chiropractic students – “Introduction to Pediatric Spinal and Cranial Adjusting.”
Are you a chiropractic student ready to develop the skills, confidence, and clinical understanding to care for the pediatric population? Join us for a powerful, 12-hour hands-on course that introduces you to the fundamentals of pediatric spinal and cranial adjusting using the Sacro Occipital Technique® (SOT®) model.
This 12-hour hands-on seminar series will focus on the first 18 months of a child’s life. This course is designed specifically for students and provides a practical, foundational approach to pediatric care—from anatomy and physiology to hands-on evaluation and adjusting protocols.
If you are interested in bringing this seminar to your school or a location near you, please fill out our form or contact us directly at [email protected].
What You’ll Learn
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Course Contents
5 Modules | 5 CTAs
Class 1 – Types of Scoliosis and Management
Class 2 – Scoliosis Evaluation and Adjustments
Class 3 – Scoliosis Management: Demonstrations
Class 4 – Scoliosis Blocking Procedures
Class 5 – Home Care Protocols
Meet the Course Developers
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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Hannah Ridout Elkins
My three takeaways:
1. The beauty of less is more. You can have non HVLA approaches to chiropractic that can make big changes.
2. You can influence someone dramatically when touching their head/suture work.
3. Everyone benefits from this technique: young, old, men, women, pregnant etc. It’s an amazing tool to add into the tool belt.I know this course had opened my eyes to not just jumping to the adjustment right away and look more into a well-rounded care plan for them.
I can’t wait to use dural tension reducing approaches with some of my patients that are harder to adjust. I am also excited to finally learn cranial adjusting and work.
Absolutely would recommend this course. This course covers so much and gives an amazing foundation to so many techniques.
This was incredible. I hope a more advanced course comes into town.
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Eric Burke
Top Takeaways:
• Primary Subluxation
• Meningeal awareness
• Condensing Marketing
• Having an exam flow/structure
• The compression into cervical segment looking to adjustFuture Impact
Less is more & trusting the power of the body to heal. Knowing the pediatric CSF flow intimately.Relevant Techniques
Pediatric cranials & SORRecommend?
Yes, because there is true experience behind these techniques & approach to practice.Things are still changing. What new chiropractors are facing now is different every day.
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Mason Finnell
My three takeaways for this program:
1. Understanding the dural/meningeal system in its relation to subluxation and the adjustment.
2. I need to dive deeper into this work for the benefit of the people I get to serve in the future.
3. Ascending vs. descending subluxation patternsThis program has certainly impacted how I view chiropractic, the adjustment, and subluxation. I know in the future I will go into this work deeper with the advanced certification and I know how important this work is for the world.
Yes, I would, this course should be fundamental for all chiropractors and especially those interested in serving the pediatric population.
Dr. Jake was a phenomenal teacher, broke everything down very simply, and was a great down-to-earth person.
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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
This course provides chiropractors with an in-depth understanding of the SOT® (Sacral Occipital Technique) Three Category System. Participants will learn to identify, evaluate, and correct Category I, II, and III subluxation patterns using SOT® adjusting protocols.
