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This 2 hour online evening course will provide the foundational neuroscience of sleep in infancy, specifically adapted for manual therapists.

It builds upon existing knowledge by exploring the fundamental differences between adult and infant sleep quality and needs.

The course will reveal the multidirectional relationship between resting and feeding within the mother-infant dyad and family dynamics.

This workshop also proposes a framework and practical solutions to support this critical need across various contexts.

Learning objectives/outcomes:

·       Distinguish the neurobiological differences between infant and adult sleep, including developmental sleep architecture and regulation.

·       Explain the bidirectional relationship between sleep and feeding in the mother-infant dyad, considering physiological and behavioural factors.

·       Identify critical factors impacting infant sleep quality and family dynamics, with an emphasis on environmental and psychosocial influences.

·       Apply evidence-based frameworks to assess and support sleep health in infants within diverse clinical and family contexts.

Integrate practical strategies for manual therapists to collaborate with families in optimizing infant sleep and parent well-being

Summary of Osteopathic Practice Standards and other CPD elements covered

A Communication and Patient Partnership- A1, A3, A5 and A7

B Knowledge, Skills and Performance- B2, B3 and B4

C Safety and Quality in Practice- C1 and C6

D Professionalism- D3, D6, D7 and D10

About the course leader:

Erwann Fabre

PG Dip Sleep Medicine Oxford 2023

PG Dip Pluri-disciplinary approach to Pain UCT 2018

Registered Dc of Osteopathy Cape Town South Africa

Registered osteopath in France

Osteopath D.O C.O.S Paris France

Physiotherapist 1998 IFMK Marseille France

Coming from a French flying doctor Dad and a consciously enquiring Mom, Erwann has been exposed to various concepts of health wellbeing and trans-cultural imprints from a very early age.

Trained and practiced as a physiotherapist in France he then moved to Osteopathy and was drawn to explore the movement world not only through the scope of bodywork, but also in its psychological and social contexts.

His 25 years of experience are backed up by an executive coaching training and a full time postgraduate Diploma on the neurophysiological and multidisciplinary approach to pain both acquired at the University of Cape Town South Africa.

Erwann has extended his training in the field of genomics and has completed PG, Dip in sleep medicine and circadian rhythms in the Nuffield department of clinical neuroscience at Oxford University.

He is lecturing and working both in Europe and South Africa with the precision medicine tools applied to chronobiology, sleep, movement, breathing and pain management that he is fortunate to propose for world athletes and leaders.Erwann Fabre

PG Dip Sleep Medicine Oxford 2023

PG Dip Pluri-disciplinary approach to Pain UCT 2018

Registered Dc of Osteopathy Cape Town South Africa

Registered osteopath in France

Osteopath D.O C.O.S Paris France

Physiotherapist 1998 IFMK Marseille France

Coming from a French flying doctor Dad and a consciously enquiring Mom, Erwann has been exposed to various concepts of health wellbeing and trans-cultural imprints from a very early age.

Trained and practiced as a physiotherapist in France he then moved to Osteopathy and was drawn to explore the movement world not only through the scope of bodywork, but also in its psychological and social contexts.

His 25 years of experience are backed up by an executive coaching training and a full time postgraduate Diploma on the neurophysiological and multidisciplinary approach to pain both acquired at the University of Cape Town South Africa.

Erwann has extended his training in the field of genomics and has completed PG, Dip in sleep medicine and circadian rhythms in the Nuffield department of clinical neuroscience at Oxford University.

He is lecturing and working both in Europe and South Africa with the precision medicine tools applied to chronobiology, sleep, movement, breathing and pain management that he is fortunate to propose for world athletes and leaders.