Discover *Paediatric* Scoliosis | Yukon 2026

Attention all paediatric healthcare professionals of the Yukon!
Physiotherapists, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Kinesiologists, & Occupational Therapists...

We’re excited to be coming to Whitehorse to share knowledge about scoliosis.

This custom-designed workshop will focus on PAEDIATRIC scoliosis.

This full-day workshop will be taught by Physiotherapists Andrea Mendoza and Madison Williams, both of whom are certified in The Schroth Method and Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis (S.E.A.S.) with years of experience treating many kiddos from ages 0-18.

This particularly unique workshop combines aspects of The ScoliClinic's signature Discover Scoliosis Series focusing on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, then dives into the unique challenges of other paediatric curvatures of the congenital, neuromuscular, and syndromic types.

Hosted by our friends at Whitehorse's Child Development Centre we'll focus on exploring scoliosis theory, empowering you with effective screening skills, deepening your understanding of gold-standard treatments - AND, unique to this full-day event, providing education & exercises to bring straight to your patients.

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Agenda for the 8-hour session:

🔵 Part 1: Understanding Early-Onset Scoliosis
Pathomechanism & Spine Biomechanics
Start with the essential foundations of scoliosis development in adolescent, juvenile, and infantile cases, as well as syndromic presentations. We’ll break down key mechanisms and spine biomechanics to support accurate clinical reasoning.

Objectives:
🔹Understand scoliosis pathomechanism and early pediatric biomechanics
🔹Recognize how curvature patterns develop in young children

🔵 Part 2: Screening & Assessment
Learn how to confidently screen infants and young children, including those with special needs, using postural observation and multiple assessment tools

Objectives:
🔹Perform postural and clinical assessments in all 3D planes
🔹Use and interpret scoliometer findings
🔹Identify key considerations for complex needs populations

🔵 Part 3: Evidence-Based Treatment Pathways
We’ll outline when to recommend gold-standard options such as bracing or surgical consultation, and how to support families with ongoing monitoring.

Highlights:
🔹Apply evidence-based decision-making for treatment recommendations
🔹Understand bracing and surgical referral indicators
🔹Teach parents how to monitor their child effectively

🔵 Part 4: A Schroth-Informed Treatment Framework
While we aren't able to teach the full Schroth Method, we’ll clarify how it differs from typical therapy and highlight principles you can safely integrate into positioning, play, and manual techniques.

Highlights:
🔹Learn high-level Schroth concepts that enhance pediatric care
🔹Integrate principles into play-based and hands-on treatment
🔹Modify approaches for children with special needs

🔵 Part 5: Practical Treatment Skills
Integrate the learnings through hands-on practice of postural education, elongation work, and breathing strategies, first with peers, then with patient models.

Highlights:
🔹Implement child-friendly postural cueing and elongation exercises
🔹Practice scoliosis-specific breathing techniques
🔹Apply skills directly with patient models

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Space is LIMITED so register now to discover valuable in-person learning and further impact the lives of your patients with spinal conditions. We look forward to having you join us!

📧 Have questions? Reach out to The ScoliClinic's Director of Education, Physio Madison Williams, at madison@scoliclinic.ca

⏱️Need a record of this course for Continuing Education hours? We are happy to provide a certificate of completion for your regulatory body.

"I have been working as a physiotherapist for nearly a decade and have encountered many patients with scoliosis over the years...I wish I had been able to take this course years ago to have better equipped myself to manage those patients in a more effective way. Serendipitously, my very first new assessment the day after the second part of the course was a patient with symptomatic scoliosis. I felt extremely satisfied knowing that I was able to treat her with more confidence than I ever had prior with this type of patient, and I'm sure my patient appreciated knowing that I had very recently improved my knowledge of her condition."

- Benjamin MacDonald, Physiotherapist (Canada)