Introduction to Pediatric Spinal and Cranial Adjusting – the SOT® Model

12 Hours | In-Person

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

  • Pediatric Anatomy & Physiology
  • Understand the unique structural and neurological characteristics of the pediatric spine and cranium
  • Learn how growth and development shape neurological integrity
  • Brain and Nervous System Development
  • Explore the early developmental windows of the brain
  • Discover how neurological and structural imbalances affect have a global effect on future development and potential
  • Evaluation Protocols
  • Learn to perform neurologically based spinal and cranial evaluations specific to pediatric patients
  • Learn an indicator system to identify subluxation patterns and know when, where and how to adjust these aberrant patterns.

Resources Provided

  • 12-hours of In-Person, Hands-On Instruction
  • Includes printed PDF course workbooks

Why Take This Course?

  • Developed one of the foremost experts in pediatric chiropractic and SOT®, Dr. Martin Rosen, with over 40+ years of clinical and teaching experience
  • Taught by certified instructors who have mastered the art of pediatric chiropractic care with years of clinical, teaching and educational experience
  • Ideal for students seeking hands-on, real-world application of pediatric chiropractic principles
  • Prepares you to confidently integrate pediatric care into your future practice
  • Includes step-by-step checklists and protocols you can begin using immediately

Who Is This Course For?

  • Chiropractic students
  • Those interested in family and pediatric chiropractic
  • Anyone looking to deepen their understanding of spinal and cranial development in children

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

Dr. Martin Rosen, DC, CSCP, CSPP & Dr. Nancy Watson, DC, CSP

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

  • Ashley Linton

    My three takeaways:
    1. Dural attachments, dural fascia, and understanding the tensegrity of it is all so important when seeing great results
    2. Between ages 0-7 is when children absorb most information for their entire life. Chronic subluxations also start from 0-7.
    3. Releasing dural tension helps the osseous adjustment become more smooth and regulated.

    This course has broadened my awareness for serving the pediatric and family community in a REAL way, not just an Instagram way.

    Learning SOT and advanced pediatrics will be incredibly useful for me. I also see that utilizing dural related releasing techniques for my patients.

    I am extremely grateful to be learning this information because it can help all ages of people.

  • Emily Smith

    My three takeaways:
    1. Whether the patient needs tonal work or an osseous adjustment, clearing the dural tension is most important.
    2. Clear dural tension first, adjust spine then adjust cranium.
    3. Helping explain to parents what cranial work is and how we do it.

    Learning about releasing dural tension will impact how I adjust patients moving forward. I also utilize MC2 for adjusting and getting this perspective and understanding of dural tension and CSF flow is a game changer

    I think cranial work is going to be the most relevant. I also think that clearing SOR is going to be incredibly important and releasing sacrotuberous ligament.

    I absolutely will recommend this course. This course has been incredible and offers so many different approaches to best serve the patient.

    I have learned some cranial work, and no one has explained it as well as Dr Jacobe has. It is not about moving cranial bones but releasing dural tension.

  • Tiffany Korb

    My three takeaways:
    1. Really helpful way to go about treating patients in a variety of ways
    2. I love cranial so love deepening my understanding
    3. Dr. Jacobe has great clinical advice

    Relevant technique:
    Dural torque of the cervical spine

    Yes, I would recommend this course. The information is crucial to be a practitioner to every patient who walks through my door.

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