Maternal and Infant Care CERTIFICATE or Diploma options
ENROLMENTS OPEN NOW FOR THE BRISTOL MOTHER AND BABY CERTIFICATE OF OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE, WITH ONLINE / HYBRID LEARNING FROM HOME / CLINICS ON FRIDAYS (6 ACROSS THE YEAR) IN BRISTOL, with two technique / assessment routine weekends
DISCOUNT ENDS 3 JULY 2022– payment buttons are on main course page – click here – VISIT THE MAIN PAGE FOM THE MENU – THE BRISTOL MATERNAL AND INFANT CARE CERTIFICATE.
COURSE STARTS 1 August (pre reading) and clinics start September 2022 – you can continue to join until July, but the discount ends 3 July 2022.
THERE IS ALL THE ONLINE STUFF DISCUSSED BELOW, 6 TEACHING CLINIC DAYS, 2 PRACTICAL WEEKENDS, AND MONTHLY ZOOM SUPPPORT MEETINGS. PLEASE SEE THE INFO ON THE BRISTOAL MATERNAL AND INFANT PAGE, FROM THE MAIN MENU.
This programme has an extensive library of content, and is supported by tutorials delivered live / in person on zoom, and also has practical days associated with it, which are accompanied / preceded by videos. You can join the meetings, watch the recordings, undertake the assignment if you wish (or not!), and gain an in depth understanding of neuroscience, polyvagal, autonomic, endocrine immune, bonding, self and coregulation issues, anatomy, biomechanics, and all sorts of things to do with the way mums and the their babies move through in intrauterine period, through birth and beyond, and try to establish their bonds, their rhythms and their feeding and settling relationships.
This course embeds the Obstetrics CPD series, some of the Paeds CPD series, and the Life Sucks! lactation and infant feeding CPD series and the Rhythms talks, that are found on osteobitesize.com, but then adds to both of them significantly. These materials also form the basis for the Bristol women’s health qualifications and the Bristol paediatrics certificate. The CNMO versions had significantly to the content found on osteobitesize.com / the CPD versions.
These rhythms, arousal, tone, motor-sensory integration, balance and developmental issues, plus primitive reflexes and issues of regulation are all deeply explored from a perspective that relates to osteopathic practice and is woven into a consideration of how to apply all this science and experience into something that supports mother and child. Its highly clinically oriented and will allow you do synthesize your own approach and determine how you can begin or further your journey in supporting mums and their infants. This course is not tied to any paradigm such as the involuntary mechanism, and accordingly can explore many more relevant aspects of science and related evidence, and links many conditions of infancy such as unsettledness, poor bonding, birth stress, maternal distress, infant moulding and movement issues and dynamics of fatigue, stress and nutrition in both.
The basics of the course are contained in a general lecture and resources package, which is laid out in 24 units – see below, and then adds material each month.
Each month / module of the certificate requires you to read a number of these units, so you gradually cover them all over the course of the programme. On the main course page you will see a list of module content, and we use all these units and more to support the theme of each of those monthly modules.
The programme will guide you through all this material and the regular monthly meetings will support you in your journey, allow you to ask questions and to explore various cases. The Certificate programme specifically challenges osteopaths to think how they can integrate with midwives and lactation consultants and how interdisciplinary communication and interaction can be improved.
This is a huge resource for all things mum and bub, and looks at a whole range of osteopathic approaches and concepts for the care of mum through pregnancy, pain, movement and posture, general pregnancy ailments and problems, preparation for labour and delivery, post partum care, recovery from tissue injury and returning to function, breastfeeding and settling into the new family role and dynamics.. For both it covers the materno-foetal interaction and which is so important – showing how their journey together through pregnancy, birth and beyond sets the scene for some many ‘presentations’. For the babies it covers infant birth trauma, infant pain, unsettledness, autonomics, arousal, moulding, intraosseous strain, movement dynamics, neurosensory integration, feeding, ears, breathing, digestion, development, motor coordination, growth, red flags, risk assessment, examination and treatment considerations and loads more. Long term access to online resources.
FORMAT – 3 SEMESTERS OF 3 MONTHS – each month covers a range of this material below, in ‘chronological order’ and then brings clinical context, examination and assessment routines / videos, case discussions and troubleshooting, and more. You can do fully online, or the Certificate – which is assessed and requires 6 Friday attendances (various dates available, and two weekends for an obstetrics and paediatrics assessment overview and technique intensive.
CERTIFICATE IN THE CARE OF MOTHER AND INFANT.
CONTENTS of the UNIT resources and lectures part IN DETAIL:
GENERALLY, SEMESTER ONE (MODULES 1,2 AND 3) COVER UNITS 1-10.
SEMESTER 2 (MODULES 3, 4 AND 5) COVER A MIX OF UNITS 11-21, AND MOST OF UNITS A – Z.
SEMESTER 3 (MODULES 6, 7 AND 8) COVER UNITS 21 – 28, AND UNITS K, L, M, O.
This basic resources and lectures from the obstetrics and general paediatrics components contains a series of 24 units . The content of each module is outlined below, and the infant feeding / breastfeeding dynamics are covered in an addition 33 units, outlined below that:
Unit 1: Physiology of pregnancy
This module consists of a 1 hour 31 min lecture.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes only ) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 1 link to article for further reading
Unit 2: General tissue and fluid changes relating to pregnancy and manual therapy
This module contains a 15 min video.
Unit 3: Issues of risk, stages of pregnancy, contra-indications, roles and boundaries, imaging and screening factors
This module contains two videos to watch with a total viewing time of 28 min.
plus:
- 1 link to an article for further reading
Unit 4: Biomechanics in pregnancy
This module contains a 3-part lecture: Part 1: 28 min, Part 2: 1 hour 29 min, Part 3: 40 min
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 30 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 1 link to article for further reading
Unit 5: Orthopaedic and tissue strain issues in pregnancy
This module contains 2 lectures; Lecture 1: 1 hour 19 min and Lecture 2 : 43 min. Plus four supplementary videos with a total viewing time of 23 min.
plus:
- downloadable handouts of the lectures ( notes plus 10 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lectures
- 6 links to further articles/resources
Unit 6: Maternal-foetal interactions and optimal foetal positioning
This module consists of a 2 hour 2 min lecture plus a 4 min supplementary video.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 30+ links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 2 links to articles/resources for further reading
Unit 7: Breech, cephalic, and other positions and implications for change
This module consists of a 1 hour lecture plus three supplementary videos with a total viewing time of 60 min.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 12 links to articles/resources for further reading)and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 2 links to articles/resources for further reading
Unit 8: Physiological ‘complications’ of pregnancy – can osteopathy help?
This module consists of 1 lecture
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- 2 links to further resources
Unit 9: Pelvic floor and coccyx in pregnancy
This module consists of a 1 hour 4 min lecture plus two short helpful videos for patients.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 4 links to articles/resources for further reading plus 17 anatomy hyperlinks )and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 4 links to articles/resources for further reading
Unit 10 : Preparation for labour and delivery – and the normal dynamics of delivery
This module consists of a 3-part lecture: Part 1: 13 min, Part 2: 48 min, Part 3: 17 min. Plus two supplementary videos with a total viewing time of 4 min.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 17 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 2 links to articles for further reading
Unit 11: Labour and delivery related trauma and tissue damage, and initial recovery, maternal mental health and bonding. This module consists of two lectures: lecture 1: 1 hour 27 min, lecture 2: 1 hour 6 min. Plus three short supplementary videos of approximately 5 min.
plus:
- downloadable handouts of the lectures ( notes plus 13 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lectures
- 2 links to further resources
Unit 12: Breastfeeding and other infant feeding issues
This module consists of a 2 hour 28 min lecture.
plus:
- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 24 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
Unit 13: The post partum body and restoration of cavitiesThis module contains two lectures: lecture 1 : 1 Hour 43 min, lecture 2: 28 min
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 7 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
Unit 14: Paeds SectionThis module consists of 7 links to articles /further resources for participants to pursue.
UNIT 14A: Intra-uterine dynamicsThis module consists of a lecture of 1 hour 27 min
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 28 links to articles/resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- audio track of lecture
- 2 links to further resources
Unit 16: Birth dynamics, initial primitive reflexesThis module consists of a 2 hour 28 min lecture. Plus a 5 min supplementary video.
plus:
- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 22 links to articles/resources for further reading and viewing) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 7 links to further resources
Unit 17: The dynamic cranium and issues for assessment of the head and body
This module consists of a lecture of 1 hour 49 min, plus 2 supplementary videos of approximately 5 min. Plus 3 technique videos with a total viewing time of approximately 5 min .
plus:
- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 15 links to articles/resources for further reading and viewing) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 3 links to further resources
Unit 18: Maturity, autonomics, physiology, homeostasis
This module consists of a 2 hour 34 min lecture, plus a 10 min talk through video by Caroline on meconium. Plus 5 supplementary videos of approximately 25 min total viewing time.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 32 links to articles/resources for further reading and viewing) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 11 links to further resources and recommended further reading
Unit 19: Arousal, sleep, communication and bonding, implications for motor toneThis module consists of a 2 hour 22 min lecture
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 47 links to articles/resources for further reading and viewing) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 3 links to further resources and recommended further reading
Unit 20: Infant pain and unsettledness
This module consists of a 1 hour 30 min lecture plus 1 hour 15 min supplementary video.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 37 links to articles/resources for further reading ) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture
- 7 links to further resources and recommended further reading
Unit 21: Infant suck and latch, breastfeeding issues and tongue tie
This module consists of a 2 hour 43 min lecture plus 3 short supplementary videos.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 35 links to articles/resources for further reading ) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture links to further resources and recommended further reading
- 5 links to articles and further resources
Unit 22: Infant ‘colic’, visceral dynamics in babies and toddlers, EENT and immunityThis module consists of a 3-part lecture: Part 1: 4 hours 8 min, Part 2: 1 hour 27 min, Part 3: 2 hours 11 min plus 3 supplementary videos with a total viewing time of 14 min plus 2 technique videos.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 30+ links to articles/resources for further reading ) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lectures links to further resources and recommended further reading
- 7 links to articles and further resources
Unit 23: Head shapes, moulded babies, torticolis and hipsThis module consists of a 3 hour 6 min lecture plus 3 supplementary videos with a total viewing time of 10 min plus 2 technique videos of approximately 5 min.
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- downloadable handouts of the lecture ( notes plus 30 links to articles/resources for further reading ) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lectures links to further resources and recommended further reading
- 3 links to articles and further resources
Unit 24: Development of structure, motor-sensory integration, general assessment of MSS
This module consists of a 2 -part lecture : Part 1: 2 hour 55 min, Part 2: 2 hour 12 min plus 3 supplementary videos of approximately 17 min total viewing time.
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- 8 links to articles/resources for further reading
INFANT FEEDING / BREASTFEEDING COMPONENTS AND LECTURES:
CONTENTS IN DETAIL:
The course contains a series of 33 modules, and the content outline for each of these is:
Unit A : Overview of latch, suck and swallow
This module contains a 33 minute lecture on latch, suck and swallow – an overview. It also contains a 2 minute youtube video on tongue movements, a 33 minute youtube video on Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy and LATCH Assessment.
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- downloadable handouts (notes only) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
Unit B: Movement and anatomy integration – smooth and rhythmic suck and swallowing
A module containing a series of resources, videos, articles, and links on the movement and anatomy integration of smooth and rhythmic suck and swallowing. Specifically: 20 sec video on normal swallowing in infants: 3 min video on fluoroscopic Swallowing Study; 30 sec video on Breastfeeding Ultrasound real time; 40 sec infant feeding video; 30 min video on a guide to Breastfeeding;
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- a downloadable article
Unit C: Nutritive and non-nutritive sucking, suck-bursts and rhythms
This module contains no lecture but is for supplementary orientation: contains one short 2 min video on the different types of suck patterns and poses questions that will be explored in later modules.
Unit D: Nutrition, metabolism, appetite – how the infant guides the feeding dynamic, plus other approaches to feeding
This module looks at maternal, infant and early childhood nutritional needs and the nutritional components of breastmilk as well as other alternative feeding methods. There is no lecture in this module but a series of videos that include: 1 hour video on Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Nutrition; 1 hour 20 min video on the chemistry of infant feeding; 3 min video on Syringe feeding; 40 sec video on cup feeding.
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- a downloadable article
Unit E: Airflow and airway protection
This module contains a video link and discussion on how repositioning the chin-nose-breast relationship allows more airflow.
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- 2 downloadable articles
Unit F: Tensor veni palatini and the airway dilators
This module covers a lot of the relevant anatomy, and gives orientation to palpatory experiences during assessment and treatment. Video resources include: 25 min video on Anatomy of the soft palate
Unit G: Upper cervical spine dynamics, and the dural tube – combining spinal column and dural dynamics, with visceral tube and sliding surfaces in the throat / ventral fascias
This module contains no lecture but is for supplementary orientation
Unit H: Future changes to suck and swallow – the implications for speech and communication
This module includes 3 downloadable articles
Unit I: Overview of breast feeding
A module containing a 50 min lecture on Breastfeeding and Infant feeding -support for Osteopaths-Mother and Infant dynamics. Extra videos include a 40 sec video Ultrasound sucking baby, a 1hr, 4min video by Dr Jack Newman on infant feeding, latch, milk flow, biological nursing and the breast crawl.
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- downloadable handouts ( lectures notes & 10 links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- 2 links to extra resources
Unit J: Where do I go next? – birth dynamicsThis module contains a 1 hour 10 min lecture from the breastfeeding series: Birth Dynamicsplus:
- downloadable handouts (lecture notes & 9 links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- link to supplementary article
Unit K: The dynamic cranium, birth trauma
This module contains a 1 hour 12 min lecture from the breastfeeding series: dynamic cranium.
plus:
- downloadable handouts (lecture notes & 6+ links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- a slideshow on vacuum delivery
- downloadable article
Unit L: The moulded baby syndrome – osseous and sensory motor implications
This module contains a 2 hour lecture from the breastfeeding series: the moulded baby.
plus:
- downloadable handouts (powerpoint notes & +6 links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- 4 links to articles for further reading
Unit M: Head shapes and other moulding and movement dynamics
There is no separate lecture in this module .
There are 2 links to resources support the module content
Unit N: Motor sensory development, the somatic and physiological bodies, primitive reflexes, patterns and rhythms, the self, and infant feeding
There are 2 lectures in this module: Motor Sensory Development for Feeding Success part 1 (1 hour 45 min)and part 2 (1 hour 30 min)
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- downloadable handouts ( lectures (part 1 & 2) notes & 30+ links for further reading ) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of both lectures
- links to 3 articles for further reading.
Unit O: Bonding, communication, social engagement, development and poly-vagal perspectives, oxytocin, neurohumoral and microbiome issuesThis module consists of a 50 min lecture on bonding and other issues for feeding success. In addition, there is a short clip on Infant separation from mother after birth.plus:
- downloadable handouts (notes to lecture & 30+ links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of both lectures
- 7 articles for downloading
Unit P:Understanding suck and swallow – Breastfeeding physiology and barriers to effecting integrationThis module contains a 2 hour 35 min lecture: Maturity, transition, suck swallow breathe, biological oscillators-implications for feeding success. In addition there is 1 min 30 sec video on uncoordinated suck swallow breathe.plus:
- downloadable handouts (powerpoint notes & 16 links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- 8 articles to download
Unit Q:Suckling is a vestibular friend! And other aspects of vestibular integration of suck-swallow-breathe
In this module there is no separate lecture – just some additional resources:
- 3 links to articles
Unit R: Eyes
In this module there is no separate lecture – just some additional resources:
- 3 links for further reading
Unit S: Other rhythms – sleep and circadian dynamics
This module contains a 7 min video.
Unit T: Pain, sensitisation, destabilisation, shock, stress, fear
This module contains 1 lecture of 1 hour 8 min . In addition there is a 1 hour 15 min video to watch.
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- downloadable handouts (lecture notes & 50+ links for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- 3 downloadable articles
Unit U:Developmental anatomy, and implications for function and evaluation – the anatomy of suck
This module contains a combined lecture of 2 parts: Part 1 – (2 hours)The Anatomy of suck; Part 2-The other end of swallowing breathe (1 hour 8 min).
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- downloadable handouts (notes forepart 1 & 2 of lecture + links to11 resources for further reading) and an online viewable slideshow of all the powerpoint slides of the lecture.
- links to 6 articles plus 1 slideshow
Unit V: What about the rest of the gastro-intestinal tract and swallowing / breathing?
This module contains 1 downloadable article
Unit W:Tongue tie
This module contains 1 lecture of 1 hour 21 min in addition to a 4 min 30 sec video & a 5 min video on the embryology of the mouth and throat and tongue, plus a 2min video on aftercare post-frenotomy.
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- 4 links to articles for further reading
Unit Y: Suck training and other rehabilitations
This module contains a 4 min 30 sec video
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- 1 downloadable article
Unit Z:Maternal dynamics – being on the other side of the mouth
This module contains 1 lecture of 2 hours 45 min.
Unit Z1: Milk letdown and milk ejection, breasts, nipples and mum
There is no separate lecture in this module
Unit Z2: Nipples, teats, shields, nipple pain, and the view from mum’s side of the tongue….
There is no separate lecture in this module.
Additional resources include:
- 3 downloadable articles
- link to slideshow
Unit Z3:Osteopathic supportThis module contains 1 lecture.plus:
- 2 downloadable articles
Unit Z4: Assessing, and treating upright
There is no separate lecture for this module.
Unit Z5: Accessing the cranial nerves
This module contains 2 videos of 12 min and 10 min.
Unit Z6 :Where ANATOMY TRAINS and TENSEGRITY models (including the dural reciprocal tension model) don’t go far enough.
This module contains 1 lecture
Unit Z7:Co-regulation – the role of the therapist (all therapists)?
This module contains 3 videos: 3 min 30 sec; 4min 40 sec; & 2 hours.
Unit Z8: Assessment tools
There is 1 lecture in this module
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- 2 downloadable articles.
Certificate / Diploma / Collegiate
CURRENTLY THE BRITSOL CERTIFICATE IS THE ONLY MATERNAL AND INFANT PROGRAMME AVAILABLE TO ENROL.
These are a new and exciting set of programmes where mums and babies are considered together, and are not ‘separated out’ into either just women’s health issues or paediatrics. It is impossible to care for new mums or their babies without considering them together, as one, and this unique course offers an extensive programme about maternal and infant care.
The Collegiate programmes are for experience practitioners who want to delve deeper and contribute more fully to their patients and to the profession. This can be joined any time as it is a mentored programme. Please enquire for details.