Paid Paediatric Clinical Experience

For those wanting a deep dive into paediatric osteopathy providing unparalleled learning alongside expert practitioners, we also offer paid paediatric clinical experience.

You will have the opportunity to attend tutorials with experienced paediatric osteopaths, providing valuable insights into diagnosis and treatment planning. You will also receive a recognised CPD Certificate for your professional portfolio (7 hours for a full day, 3.5 hours for half a day).

Cost:
Full day: £120
Half day: £60

Hours:
Full day: 8:45 AM – 5:30 PM
Half day: 8.45am -1pm (morning) or 2pm – 5pm (afternoon)

Taj is very passionate about immunology and paediatric osteopathy. She has been in general osteopathic practice since 1983. She has an MSc in Immunology and extensive experience treating babies and children. Taj’s OCC connexion started during her undergraduate degree; she was later part of the clinical team for over 10 years. She is an international lecturer, author of the patient-oriented book ‘Healing through Cranial Osteopathy’ and co-author of ‘Fundamental Osteopathic Techniques’. Taj supports an approach with philosophy and principles of osteopathy underpinning clinical practice.

Tim Marris has been solely using the cranial approach in his osteopathic practice for 46 years. He gained his osteopathic training directly under the hands of Rollin Becker, Alan Becker, Anne Wales, Robert (Bob) Fulford and Herb Miller- all direct students of William Sutherland.

Tim has been involved in teaching cranial osteopathy at postgraduate level for 42 years and was a founding member of The Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy (SCCO). He teaches cranial osteopathy in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, as well as in the U.K. (he was also teaching in Russia, till the Ukraine event happened)!

He is the sole author of The Inner Approach to Cranial Osteopathy (Handspring Publishers)- a textbook for those who already use the cranial approach, and a co-author of Textbook of Paediatric Osteopathy (Elsevier Publishers).

Luca Bregant discovered and fell in love with osteopathy during his first trip to Africa as a health volunteer in 2006. At the time, he was just beginning his medical studies when a chance encounter with osteopaths at a hospital completely changed his life. The idea that he could access and influence people’s health through the use of his hands was a profound revelation, and he immediately decided to change his course of study. Since then, his deep love for osteopathy has taken him around the world, from the Americas to Oceania, where he has met and collaborated with some of the most influential osteopaths globally.

Moreover, his strong curiosity and openness to ancestral and animist healing traditions and medicines, encountered during his travels in Africa and the Americas, helped him realize the importance not only of the body and human physiology but also of the spiritual component within us and our patients. In 2009, he founded Unity Osteopati Pediatrici Onlus, a charity that has consistently sent volunteer osteopaths to Tanzania, where they support an orphanage for children with various disabilities and to the paediatric hospital of St. Kizito. From Unity (www.unityop.org), three paediatric clinics were established in Florence, Pisa, and Lucca. At these clinics, volunteer osteopaths from across Italy gather every month to treat underprivileged families and children with chronic conditions free of charge. To support osteopaths with less experience, a course in paediatric osteopathy was created, complementing the volunteer work with educational opportunities.

Through countless stays in Africa and weekends spent at clinics in Italy, Luca came to understand that many of the challenges faced by osteopaths—whether new to the profession or seasoned veterans—are not related to personal skill. Instead, these challenges are often tied to the ability of practitioners to care for themselves during and after treatments. Many colleagues reported feeling like they “didn’t sense anything” or were “exhausted” at the end of the day.