Pediatric Program – Norway 2026

Folkets Hus Drammen Engels

updated 5-5-2025

Panta Rhei Opleidingen offers a comprehensive postgraduate program in pediatric osteopathy, designed for osteopaths aiming to specialize in treating children.

The program emphasizes both osteopathic and classical medical aspects of child treatment, ensuring practitioners can articulate and justify their approaches effectively.

For osteopaths seeking to adeptly treat children in their practice, this program offers essential training, fostering the ability to recognize, treat, think independently, and uphold medical responsibility in pediatric care.

PROGRAM:

Module 1: March 5 – 6 – 7 – 8, 2026
Day 1-2 | René Zweedijk DO: What is the difference between treating a child and an adult? A child is a developing system – what are the different systems, and how do you treat a child? Osteopathy in 2025: where do we stand, and where are we heading? The cranium in 2025: rhombomeres, vagal nerve, spinal treatment in babies.
Day 3-4 | Vegar Strømman DO + Christen Stormyr DO: Approach and examination of the baby, general treatment of the newborn, differential diagnostics clinic.

Module 2: May 21 – 22 – 23 – 24, 2026
Day 1-2 | Liese Peleman DO: Final stage of pregnancy, birth, and postnatal care. Practical demonstration: treatment of a pregnant woman.
Day 3-4: Laurie Kolfoort DO + Cindy de Nooijer DO: Childbirth in practice. The birth process, the influence of the various positions on the child, influence of a traumatic birth on the child. Principles of balanced ligamentous tension (BLT) and treatment of the newborn with BLT.

Module 3: June 25 – 26 – 27 – 28, 2026
Day 1-2 | Christophe Tylleman DO: Treatment of the newborn cranium, plagiocephaly, C0-2, and more..
Day 3 | Krista Post DO: Morphodynamics
Day 4 | Krista Post DO + assistants: Clinical day

Module 4: September 24 – 25 – 26 – 27, 2026
Day 1-2 | Marc van Leeuwen DO: Visceral treatment of newborn and child: reflux and colic.
Day 3 | Cindy de Nooijer DO: Normal and abnormal motor development + Tongue Tie and feeding problems
Day 4 | Cindy de Nooijer DO + assistants: Clinical day

Module 5: November 12 – 13 – 14 – 15, 2026
Day 1-2 | Vegar Strømman DO + Christen Stormyr DO: Viscerocranium and all possible issues and relations.
Day 3 | Laurie Kolfoort DO: Introduction on primary reflexes in osteopathy
Day 4 | Laurie Kolfoort DO + assistants: Clinical day

Module 6: January 21 – 22 – 23 – 24, 2027
Day 1-3 | René Zweedijk DO: Neuro endocrine immune problems in childhood.
Day 4: First Aid by children

Module 7: March 18 – 19 – 20 – 21, 2027
Day 1-2 | Frank Vermeule DO: Orthodontics and central tendon
Day 3-4 | Kim Klumpes DO: Visceral case studies

Module 8: May 27 – 28 – 29 – 30, 2027
Day 1-2 | Laurie Kolfoort DO: Primary reflexes in relation to learning and behavioral disorders
Day 3 | René Zweedijk DO: The central nervous system and the child with developmental disabilities
Day 4 | René Zweedijk DO + assistants: Clinical day

Module 9: September 30 – October 1 – 2 -3, 2027
Day 1-2 | Christophe Tylleman DO: Orthopaedics
Day 3-4 | Marc van Leeuwen DO: Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Ophthalmology

E-learnings:

Throughout the program, several e-learnings will be offered. These e-learning sessions will be scheduled on various evenings and will last approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. They are theoretical in nature and aim to prepare participants for the practical weekends, allowing those weekends to focus fully on hands-on practice. Recordings of the e-learnings will also be shared and can be rewatched for a limited time.

Pregnancy

Birth process

Child development in general

Development of the cranium

The brain, sensory motor development

Development of the viscero cranium

Differential diagnosis in children

Case studies and practical exam

Exams:

After module 6: Online exam
After module 9: Case study
The examination fee is €175.00 per exam.

Timetable:

Thursday’s: 10:00 – 18:00
Friday: 09:00 – 17:00
Saturday: 09:00 – 17:00
Sunday: 09:00 – 13:00/14:00

Pratical information:

Included: Coffee, Thee, Fruit and small snacks
Not included: Lunch (There are many options to get your lunch or go for lunch errands in the immediate vicinity)
Hand-out: Digital in personal account on www.pro-osteo.com

Payment terms:
When you participate in the program you have the possibility to do your payment in 1, 4, 6, 8 terms. Payments can only be done by banktransfer in euro’s. As soon as we have the minimum of registrants you will receive a deposit of €500,00. From that moment you can also inform us if you want to do the payment in terms.

The Venue: Folkets Hus Drammen, established in 1968, is centrally located at Øvre Torggate 9, 3017 Drammen, Norway. This venue offers versatile spaces suitable for meetings, conferences, courses, and various gatherings. The location is easily accessible on foot from the station. A 5-minute walk.

Accessing Folkets Hus Drammen:

• By Car: Drammen is well-connected via major highways, making it easily accessible by car. Upon arrival, you’ll find parking facilities within comfortable walking distance of the venue.

• By Train: The Drammen Train Station is conveniently located near the venue, providing seamless access for those traveling by train. From the station, it’s a short walk to Folkets Hus Drammen. From Oslo it’s around 25 minutes and from the Airport in Oslo it will be approx. 55 minutes.

Note: It is possible that some (small) changes may still be made to the program and lecturers.

How to do your registration? Registration will be open till February 1st, 2026 | For early bird discount of €500,00 please register before October 1st, 2026.

Create your account:

Go to https://pro-osteo.com/en/login/?action=register
Fill in a username and e-mailadres
Click on register
You will receive and e-mail with a link and click on that (This can be in your SPAM e-mail)
Fill in the details in your account.

To sign up for the program:

Login to your account
Go to the course page: https://pro-osteo.com/en/upcoming-educations/
Click on the course and choose enroll now.
Select: Full Course and agree the terms
Click on submit
You will receive a confirmation e-mail (this could be send to your SPAM e-mail).

Laurie Kolfoort-Strengholt DO

Laurie is docent aan de opleiding osteopathie bij kinderen van Panta Rhei . Van jongs af aan was zij geïnteresseerd in het aanleren van motorische vaardigheden bij kinderen en het observeren van de verschillen. Door het geven van judolessen aan kinderen met uiteenlopende beperkingen merkte ze dat deze kinderen niet alleen in hun sport maar ook cognitief en sociaal-emotioneel vaardiger werden. Judo bevat alle basisvormen van bewegen en het oefenen van deze basisvormen gaf dit resultaat.

Na achtereenvolgens fysiotherapie en osteopathie te hebben gestudeerd trok met name de BLT haar aandacht tot dr Masgutova op haar pad kwam.

Na diverse cursussen gevolgd te hebben bij Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integratie (MNRI) heeft Laurie al haar ervaringen geïntegreerd in de osteopathie. Primaire en levenslange reflexen zijn tot nu toe een onderbelicht stuk geweest binnen de osteopathie en juist een osteopaat kan hierin veel betekenen door de oorzaak van het persisteren van de reflex te achterhalen en te behandelen.

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Laurie Kolfoort-Strengholt DO

In 2004 Laurie qualified as an osteopath and in 2006 completed the paediatric program at Panta Rhei, the main postgraduate school in the Netherlands dedicated to teaching traditional osteopathic skills. She started on the Jim Jealous Biodynamic pathway in 2005. As well as working in private practice she has lectured extensively. She has taught on the children’s program at Panta Rhei, as well as presenting paediatric courses in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Spain. After successively studying physical therapy and osteopathy, balanced ligamentous tension and all biodynamic phases with Christian Sullivan, Laurie has more recently studied Dr Masgutova’s Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI) programme and has blended this with her traditional osteopathic knowledge.