Treating Neurodiversity in Kids

A practical approach to treating pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders.

Treating Neurodiversity in Kids will provide concrete osteopathic tools to assess and treat children with ASD, ADHD, DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder), hypotonia, sensory-motor dysfunctions and other neurodevelopmental challenges.

This intensive hybrid course has a strong clinical focus which integrates craniosacral, visceral, myofascial and functional techniques allowing you to confidently assess and treat complex paediatric neurodevelopmental disorders.

Renowned Italian paediatric osteopath Luisa Miraglia will provide up-to-date neurophysiological insights adapted to osteopathic care and explore real cases to give you practical treatment strategies for sensory-motor, autonomic, and craniosacral dysfunctions. She will also outline her collaborative multidisciplinary vision enabling you to work effectively within paediatric care teams.

Combining 4 modules of self-paced, focused online learning, a Q&A follow-up session, clinical case discussions and a day of live hands-on practice, Treating Neurodiversity in Kids gives participants the clinical reasoning, assessment, and treatment skills to address these complex conditions.

Learning Objectives

• Gain an understanding of Neurodevelopmental Disorders such as ASD, ADHD, DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder) and hypotonia from an osteopathic perspective,
• Discover the sensory-motor and autonomic components behind atypical patterns as well as early red flags in motor and postural development,
• Explore CNS development and neuroplasticity, persistent primitive reflexes and motor dysfunction, sensory integration, postural control, and fascial/ANS involvement,
• Learn a cranial, spinal, fascial, and visceral assessment for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including an evaluation of primitive reflexes, postural asymmetries, vestibular dysfunctions and sensory-motor responses,
• Learn an autonomic nervous system assessment (vagal tone, diaphragmatic mobility, cranial base, sacrum mobility) and important myofascial, and visceral involvement in neurodevelopmental delays and release approaches for motor and digestive function,
• Learn how osteopathic mechanisms effect neurodevelopment including cranial and dural impacts on sensory systems, the vagus nerve, parasympathetic balance, and digestion,
• Understand clinical reasoning protocols for treating Paediatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders,
• Learn craniosacral therapy techniques for neuroregulation and sensory processing,
• Explore real case studies with an emphasis on osteopathic strategies and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Course Details

Treating Neurodiversity in Kids is open to osteopaths already familiar with craniosacral and visceral techniques. The course has a strong practical focus and includes appropriate manual therapy techniques that you can immediately use with confidence in your practice.

Includes access to 4 modules of pre-learning videos. On the day the course will run from 9AM to 4:30PM. Places are limited to 20 attendees. It also includes morning and afternoon tea, printed course notes and an e-certificate of attendance for your CPD records. The course can be counted as 9 hours CPD.

About the Presenter

Luisa Miraglia has more than 15 years’ experience practicing as a neonatal and paediatric osteopath. She graduated from Italian College of Osteopathy in Bologna (2009) and completed a Masters in Paediatric Osteopathy at the Osteopathic Centre for Children, Italy (OCC) (2019). Luisa has pursued further training in Europe and the United States, engaging in courses and clinical rotations collaborating with recognised leaders in the paediatric osteopathy field, including Viola Frymann, Jane Carreiro, Hollis King, Stuart Korth, Susan Turner, Nicette Sergueff, among others.

Her teaching experience in extensive, having worked as a teacher and clinical tutor at the OCC, as a paediatric osteopathy instructor at the OSCE school, as educational director and teacher for the Master's degree program in Paediatric Osteopathy at the Fulcro School of Osteopathy (Treviso), and serving as vice president of the Italian Osteopathy Association.