Holistic
Pediatric Practice - 14 hours
Acupuncture CEUs approved - both CA and NCCAOM
January 26-27, 2008
Instructor: Randall Neustaedter OMD
- Holistic Principles
- Caring for the whole child’s mental, emotional, and physical health
- Constitutional and acute care principles
- Nutrition (food and supplements)
- Well child visits, developmental pediatrics, learning styles
- Vaccine Choices
This seminar introduces the materials and methods for developing a holistic pediatric practice. We will cover protocols for well-child care from birth through early childhood, and management principles for chronic and acute illness using an integrative holistic model. Holistic principles are applied to nutrition, parenting, anticipatory guidance, and immune system development. This seminar is suitable for physicians, nurses, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and other primary health care providers. Attendees will be exposed to the practical principles for providing holistic pediatric care.
Holistic care as presented in this seminar brings together the concepts of science, evidence-based practice, Chinese medicine, and homeopathic philosophy to the subjects of nutrition, vaccination, management of illness with natural treatment modalities, and children’s emotional and spiritual well-being.
Materials covered in the seminar include:
| o | flowsheets
for patient charts, and topics for each well-child visit | | o | the
use of holistic treatment methods for the management of acute and chronic illness | | o | guidelines
for nutrition in children at the different developmental stages | | o | integration
of holistic pediatrics with conventional pediatrician care | | o | the
use of parent education materials and informed consent for vaccine decisions | | o | discussion
of safety issues around toxic exposure of children to pesticides, home cleaning
products, and environmental toxins in water, toys, and other household products.
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