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Permalink Reply by lauren on January 25, 2012 at 9:20pm

Hi Elizabeth,

I'm studying at the OCC at the moment and find the textbook of pediatric osteopathy the most useful book. Its easy to read and manages to mix the medical and osteopathic views together well. Its also well referenced throughout so you can get even more info if you dig a little deeper.

I also have Carreiro's second book (Pediatric manual medicine) but use it less as it has mostly based around treatment techniques. Her first one from my memory is better at giving more background info.

There are other books such as Illingworth's 'The normal child' which is an old book but sets down  the basics well. If your looking for a more medical book then the illistrated textbook of osteopathy by lissauer and clayden is quite good. Sergueef's Cranial osteopathy for children and babies is also useful.

Hope thats a help for you!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy on January 30, 2012 at 3:06pm

There is no one book I'd recommend and the two mentioned above are good.  Cranial Osteopathy for Infants, Children and Adolescents by Nicette Sergueef is also a useful book.  From it's title, you can deduce that it relates to the treatment of children using cranial techniques (there are other techniques which are also useful) but the book is well researched and the theory relating to structure-function-dysfunction is good. 

There is a Classical Osteopathy year book (I can't remember which year but other memebers might remember) which is almost entirely about the treatment of children. 

There are also some interesting older texts written by some of the origional "paediatric" specialists.  I can give you more details on these, depending on what you are interested in.

Nancy

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Permalink Reply by Theodore Jordan on February 15, 2012 at 10:15pm

A MUST READ for pediatric osteopathy would be "Selected Writings of Beryl E. Arbuckle." Dr. Arbuckle was an american osteopath, board certified pediatrician, pioneer in the cranial field. She broke with the Sutherland group early on and continued her own studies throughout her long life. She participated in more than 200 infant and child autopsies and there are stories of her spending hours and hours doing dissections and studying anatomy at the Philadelphia college. She has never received the respect that she deserves (probably since she was not part of the very closed Sutherland cranial devotees). 

The book is not a textbook, but a collection of writings with many many valuable clinical insights. It does not replace the more modern books (of which Surgueef is probably the most concise and user friendly IMHO), but it remains a must-read for anyone pursuing osteopathy in the pediatric field.

The book may only be available through the American Academy of Osteopathy:

http://www.academyofosteopathy.org/        => AAO Store

If you want to get more anatomically esoteric - you may want to study Charlotte Weaver's writings in "Charlotte Weaver: Pioneer in Cranial Osteopathy" Dr. Weaver was a contemporary of Wm Sutherland (and IMHO had much more original insight and contributed much better quality knowledge about cranial anatomy than Sutherland), but history totally overshadowed her. (Weaver & Arbuckle - why is it always women's contributions that are ignored and forgotten?) Weaver wrote a fair amount on embryology, and her writings were amazingly recovered and then published by Margaret Sorrel. Weaver's writings represent an amazing contribution toward cranial thought. However, they are tough to read and even more difficult to understand! Dr. Weaver was brilliant, and a big thanks to Dr. Sorrel to have rescued these writings from oblivion. The book is available through the cranial academy

http://www.cranialacademy.com/              => books

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Permalink Reply by Small Fry on February 16, 2012 at 2:08pm

There is a small volume aimed at parents that gave me a far clearer understanding of the developing immune system than all those lectures in college, and that is Trevor Gunn's 'Comparing Natural Immunity with Vaccination'.  Despite the title, the emphasis is not 'anti-vax'.  What Trevor does very well is explain what it is that makes the immune system function well naturally.  And he explains why artificial immunity is not only second best to good natural immunity, but irrelevant to the task of getting good natural immunity.  Trevor has that marvellous combination of a very good knowledge of the subject with the ability to explain it clearly and in a very friendly way.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Kingston on March 2, 2012 at 3:46am

There will be those that scream "Heresy" here but if you want to keep an open mind also have a look at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0443062536/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_hist_1   Chiropractic Paediatrics.

It may not be your thing but there is plenty of good diagnostic stuff in there.

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