🧠 Pediatric Bootcamp & PIPS™ Certification

The Brain-First Approach to Pediatric Mastery
There is pediatric care.

And then there is understanding the architecture behind it.

Since 2016, this flagship program has trained forward-thinking healthcare providers to see what others miss — the neurological patterns beneath posture, the compensation beneath behaviour, the oral function beneath airway, and the stress beneath adaptation.

This is not just education.

It is a clinical upgrade.

It is a lens shift.

It is the difference between managing symptoms and shaping developmental trajectories.

✨ This Program Is For Providers Who…
Refuse to practice reactively

Want to understand the nervous system beneath pediatric presentation

Know oral function is more than feeding

Recognize posture as a neurological story

Want hands-on mastery with structural precision

Value collaboration over isolation

Are ready to elevate the standard of pediatric care

If you are committed to excellence — you belong here.

The Experience

🔹 Part 1: Building Blocks
Pediatrics, Neuro 101 & ABC of Pediatric Practice

Before technique comes understanding.

This foundational module reorients your clinical thinking around brain development, neuroplasticity, stress physiology, and early adaptation.

You will explore:

How fetal and infant brain development shapes lifelong patterns

Epigenetics and environmental influence

Serve-and-return and attachment neuroscience

The power of touch and somatosensory regulation

The 4 T’s: Traumas, Thoughts, Toxins, Technology

The posture–airway–tongue relationship

Developmental milestones without rushing to label

Creating a pediatric practice environment families trust

This is where clarity begins.

🔹 Part 2: Pediatric Bootcamp
Structural Mastery from Infancy to Adolescence

This immersive intensive trains you to assess and integrate pediatric care at a high clinical level.

You will gain advanced training in:

Complete pediatric history and neurological examination

Tonal and cranial assessment

Primitive reflex evaluation and integration strategies

Pediatric TMJD understanding

Postural compensation patterns

Adolescent neurological development

Case integration and care plan design

This is where knowledge becomes precision.

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👅 PIPS™ Technique Certification

Pediatric Intraoral Palate Specific Technique
Created by Dr. Jenna Davis, DC, the P.I.P.S.™ Technique is a refined, clinically integrated intraoral approach designed to transform how providers assess and care for infants, children, and beyond.

This is not simply a palatal release technique.

It is a lens into oral function, neurological organization, pediatric TMJD, airway strategy, and structural compensation.

You will learn how oral dysfunction influences posture, breathing, primitive reflexes, vagal tone, and neurodevelopment — and how to address it safely, precisely, and within scope.

In This Training, You Will Learn To:
✔ Identify tongue-tie, lip-tie, oral tension, and oral dysfunction — beyond the obvious signs

✔ Recognize subtle compensation patterns linked to tongue posture and oral tone

✔ Assess and address pediatric TMJD and intraoral palate imbalances

✔ Link oral dysfunction to posture, primitive reflexes, breathing mechanics, and vagal tone

✔ Apply specific intraoral and cranial techniques safely across age ranges

✔ Integrate the top home exercises to decrease tension, improve function, and reduce recurrence

✔ Communicate and collaborate effectively with dentists, IBCLCs, SLPs, pediatricians, and other providers

Why PIPS™ Is Different

It is pediatric-specific.

It is neurologically informed.

It integrates structure with function.

It bridges oral findings with whole-body compensation.

It prioritizes safety, clarity, and scope awareness.

It is taught directly by the technique’s creator.

This is not trend-based education.

It is a refined clinical system.

Certification Pathway
Certification is competency-based.

Whether you attend in person or complete the program on-demand:

You will demonstrate clarity in assessment, safety in application, and understanding of integration before certification is granted.

On-demand participants complete a live Zoom review call with Dr. Jenna Davis to ensure proficiency and confidence in implementation.

Excellence is the standard.

What Makes This Different
✔ Brain-first, not symptom-first
✔ Integrates oral function, posture, reflexes, and vagal tone
✔ Balances research with real-world application
✔ Elevates both skill and systems
✔ Nearly a decade of refinement
✔ Designed for collaboration across disciplines

This program does not teach you what to think.

It teaches you how to see.

Investment
Standard Registration
$1,999 USD

Early Bird
$1,499 USD

Student / 1st Year DC
$899 USD Early Bird
$1,099 USD Full Fee

Refresher
$1,099 USD

Professional discounts available for AFC, CNAC, and ICPA members.

(Verification required. Contact for discount code.)

Who Is Eligible
The Pediatric Bootcamp + PIPS™ Certification is open to regulated healthcare providers whose scope permits pediatric manual assessment techniques.

Building Blocks (Part 1) is open to a broader range of regulated providers, including IBCLCs and SLPs.

Closing Positioning

We don’t grow out of dysfunction.
We grow around it.

When you understand how the tongue shapes posture, how posture reflects airway, how stress imprints the nervous system, and how early adaptation becomes lifelong compensation — you stop chasing symptoms.

You start shaping outcomes.

This is pediatric mastery.

• brain-first pediatric care
• developmental and neurological foundations
• posture, airway, tongue, and vagal tone
• pediatric structural mastery
• oral dysfunction and compensation patterns
• interdisciplinary pediatric care

🧠 Primitive Reflex Certification

The Missing Link Between Learning, Behaviour & Nervous System Regulation

What if focus challenges weren’t about attention?
What if speech struggles weren’t just articulation?
What if posture, oral tension, thumb sucking, anxiety, sensory overwhelm, and learning fatigue were all clues?

Primitive reflexes are not just infant responses.

They are foundational neurological programs that shape posture, movement, oral function, regulation, and learning.

When they don’t integrate in sequence — the nervous system works harder than it should.

This certification teaches you how to see that.

This Is Not a “Reflex Drill” Course.

It is a brain-based framework for understanding:

• How primitive reflexes influence learning, reading, and auditory processing
• How they impact speech development and oral function
• How they shape posture, tone, coordination, and movement efficiency
• How they affect regulation, anxiety patterns, and sensory processing
• Why they may reappear after stress, trauma, illness, or concussion
• Most importantly — how to interpret reflexes as signals of nervous system dysregulation.

Not labels.

Not diagnoses.

Clues.

What Makes This Certification Different

Most reflex courses focus on school-aged children.

This one does not.

We emphasize:

✔ Early observation beginning in infancy
✔ The foundational order and sequence of reflex integration
✔ Filling gaps in the neurodevelopmental foundation
✔ Preventing compensation patterns before they entrench
✔ Modifying integration strategies for all ages and abilities
✔ Designing individualized, sustainable, brain-based plans families can actually do at home

From low tone to neurodivergent learners.
From neurotypical children to high-level athletes.
From early development to concussion recovery.

This is about restoring neurological efficiency — not chasing symptoms.

The Experience

🔹 Part 1: Pre-Training (On-Demand)

Before the 2-day immersion, you’ll complete a foundational module so we begin aligned in language, neurology, and clinical thinking.

We cover:

• Brainstem development and reflex sequencing
• Sensory input → motor output → neurological organization
• Vagal tone and adaptability
• Why compensation consumes energy

This ensures the live experience moves beyond basics.

🔹 2-Day Certification Intensive
(Available In-Person or On-Demand)

You will learn how to:

✔ Assess primitive reflex patterns across the lifespan

✔ Recognize how retained reflexes influence learning, speech, oral function, posture, behaviour, and regulation

✔ Understand the neurological “traffic jams” that create fatigue and compensation

✔ Create individualized integration strategies based on age, ability, and neurological readiness

✔ Modify exercises for infants, toddlers, school-aged children, teens, adults, athletes, and those with sensory or regulation challenges

✔ Educate parents and educators in a way that increases understanding and compliance

✔ Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary model

This is whole-person developmental care.

Designed for Healthcare Providers & Educators

Open to:

• Chiropractors
• Dentists
• Pediatricians, MDs, NP
• Osteopaths
• Physiotherapists
• Naturopathic Doctors
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Myofunctional Therapists
• IBCLCs
• Occupational Therapists
• Educators
• Therapists
• Other regulated professionals

Whether you assess directly or use this knowledge to support and educate families — this certification expands your lens and strengthens your impact.

Certification Pathway

Competency-based.

In-Person:
Hands-on assessment and integration practice with direct feedback.

On-Demand:
Full intensive + live Zoom competency review with Dr. Jenna Davis to ensure clarity and safe application before certification is granted.

This is not passive learning.

It is clinical transformation.

Investment

Standard Registration: $1,999 USD
Early Bird: $1,499 USD

Student / 1st Year DC:
$899 USD Early Bird
$1,099 USD Full Fee

Refresher: $1,099 USD

Professional discounts available for AFC, CNAC, and ICPA members.

Closing

When reflexes remain active, the nervous system compensates.

When the nervous system compensates, development works harder.

Primitive Reflex Certification teaches you how to restore sequence, support regulation, and strengthen the neurological foundation — early, intentionally, and sustainably.

This is not about fixing behaviour.

It is about organizing the brain.

• Complete History &Examination Infant to Teenager
• Pediatric TMJD
• Oral Function, Tongue Tie Assessment, Clinical Impact, Care including Adjustments and Home Exercises
• Connection of Tongue Position, TMJ Alignment, Posture and Vagal Tone
• P.I.P.S. Technique Training Certification
• (pediatric intraoral palate specific technique)
• *Intraoral and Hands- On Technique Instruction
• Chiropractic adjusting Pediatrics and modifications for all ages and abilities
• Tonal Assessment
• Teenage Patient (Understanding Neurology, Development, Caring for them in practice)
• Primitive Reflex Assessment and how to work with Retained Primitive Reflexes (clinical implications, causes, assessment and exercises for integration)
• Modifications for Assessment, Care, Exercises and Care Plans for all ages and abilities
• Marketing to the Cultural Authorities
• Communication to enhance your reach with your practice members, improve referrals, retention, cultivate your referral network/team in your community and to grow your reach and level of service

  Master the Art of Pediatric Adjusting Through Neurodevelopment, Clinical Reasoning, and Hands-On Precision 

The first two years of life are unlike any other stage of development. During this remarkable period, the brain is forming millions of new neural connections, movement patterns are emerging, primitive reflexes are integrating, and the nervous system is laying the foundation for future learning, regulation, posture, coordination, and overall health.

The Pediatric Adjusting Certification is a comprehensive two-day hands-on program designed for manual practitioners who want to elevate the way they assess, understand, and care for newborns, infants, and toddlers.

Rather than simply teaching adjusting techniques, this certification provides a deeper understanding of the developing nervous system and the clinical reasoning behind every assessment and adjustment. You'll learn how to recognize developmental patterns, identify early signs of neurological stress and compensation, and adapt your care based on each child's stage of development and individual presentation.

By combining the latest research with practical clinical application, this course will help you build greater confidence in your pediatric assessments, refine your adjusting skills, and strengthen your ability to support healthy neurological development during the most critical years of life.

Whether you are beginning your pediatric journey or have years of clinical experience, you will leave with practical skills, greater certainty in your decision-making, and a deeper appreciation for how gentle, specific care can influence lifelong health and development.

• Age-appropriate neurological, tonal, and functional assessment from birth through two years of age 

• Understanding normal developmental milestones and how they guide clinical decision-making

• Recognizing early compensation patterns, asymmetries, postural preferences, and indicators of neurological stress

• Safe, gentle, and specific pediatric adjusting techniques for newborns, infants, and toddlers

• Clinical positioning, stabilization, contacts, vectors, and adapting techniques for different ages and presentations

• Assessment and clinical management of common infant presentations, including feeding challenges, plagiocephaly, torticollis, postural asymmetries, digestive concerns, and developmental delays

• Understanding the role of primitive reflexes, tone, posture, and movement in early neurological development

• Practical communication strategies that improve parent confidence, strengthen collaborative care, and support better clinical outcomes

Who This Is For

This certification is designed for chiropractors and chiropractic students who want to develop greater confidence and clinical excellence when caring for newborns, infants, and toddlers.

Whether you are new to pediatrics or looking to refine your adjusting skills, this course provides a practical, evidence-informed framework that can immediately enhance the care you provide to your youngest practice members.

The Outcome

You will leave with greater confidence in assessing and adjusting infants and toddlers, a stronger understanding of pediatric neurodevelopment, and a clear clinical framework for determining when, why, and how to provide care.

More importantly, you'll gain the ability to recognize what the developing nervous system is communicating, adapt your care to the individual child, and support healthier developmental outcomes during one of the most influential periods of life.

This certification is about far more than learning how to adjust an infant.

It is about developing the clinical reasoning, confidence, and hands-on skills to care for children during the earliest stages of life, helping build a stronger foundation for lifelong health and neurological development.