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The Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+ equips chiropractors with essential tools to support healthier generations and build a thriving milestone practice through advanced neurodevelopmental care.

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Without the Right Tools, Building a Neuro-Focused Practice Can Feel Overwhelming

Whether you're a seasoned chiropractor or just beginning your journey into neurodevelopmental care, you’ve likely encountered challenges along the way. You’re passionate about helping families and children thrive, but when it comes to applying neurodevelopmental principles in practice, you still have unanswered questions. Which leaves you feeling…

Confused

about what you are seeing on social sites when it comes to caring for kiddos, milestones they should be hitting and what those milestones are during neurodevelopment?

Unsure

how to successfully manage a child who is not developing “normally” and the potential long-term consequences?

Frustrated

that you care for the parents during their pregnancy, but they don’t bring the baby in for care and what to do about that?

Worried

that the complex pediatric cases that you are managing are not getting the results the parents were expecting?

Stressed

because you are having a hard time building your prenatal and pediatric practice when you think that you are doing everything correct?

Lacking

when and what to say to get parents to understand why their child needs ongoing chiropractic care?

What Would It Feel Like to Be the Go-To Practitioner for Neurodevelopment?

  • A steady flow of referrals from families and professionals who trust your expertise
  • Confidence in assessing and supporting neurodevelopmental and sensory-motor challenges
  • A thriving practice built on science-backed strategies that transform lives

But we know what you're thinking...

"Where do I start?"

Well, what if we could guarantee that with some focused work...

Your Path to a Neuro-Focused, Referral-Generating Practice is Within Reach


The only thing missing?
THE RIGHT TOOLS.

Your Complete Solution: The Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+ Program


This comprehensive and practical program, designed by Dr. Monika Buerger, provides a structured, step-by-step approach to mastering neurodevelopmental care. It’s your all-in-one roadmap to confidently assess, apply, and integrate neuro-focused strategies in practice.

What’s Inside the 6 Pillars of Learning?

Master the essential foundations of neurodevelopment with our 6 Pillars of Learning, providing tools and strategies to build a milestone-based practice, address sensory and reflex challenges, and enhance outcomes through gut-brain connection insights, polyvagal principles, and comprehensive pediatric care.

Building a Milestone Practice

Take the frustration out of building a successful prenatal and ped practice and build your confidence in neuro-focused pediatric chiropractic care. The information in Pillar 1 teaches you how to transition taking care of parents during pregnancy to the next step- bringing their child for regular chiropractic care. This means you need to understand PROPER PROGRESSIVE phases of neuro-movement patterns and how they set the stage for brain development.

Master developmental milestones from ages 0-3 mos, 4-6 mos, 7-9 mos, and 10-12 mos, learn how to naturally integrate primitive reflexes in the first year of life, and learn the chiropractic connection to educate parents!

Prenatal, Postnatal, & Polyvagal

Learn how to help children who have difficulty regulating their nervous systems (100% of the kiddos walking through your door) by implementing key parts of the Polyvagal Principles into a pediatric-focused chiropractic practice to support the developing nervous system!

Pillar 2 breaks down the Polyvagal Theory from a prenatal and postnatal chiropractic lens and gives you hands-on tools to educate parents and caregivers on how to lay down solid development of the autonomic nervous system.

Learn the three critical things every parent needs to know!

Sensory ProcessingDysregulation

One in six children are said to have at least one developmental delay and struggle with learning, attention, and behavioral challenges. These children are not connected to their environment and can be difficult to care for in practice if you don’t have the skills to properly understand their behaviors and help manage their needs.

Pillar 3 dives into sensory-motor dysregulation and the chiropractic connection. You will learn to master a “keen eye” sensory-motor exam and the fine art of dealing with unmanageable children. Also, learn how to help parents understand their children’s struggles so they can better connect with them.

Primitive and Postural Reflexes in the Older Child

Vertebral subluxations can lead to postural instability. Postural instability is the number one predictor for a child to have a neurodevelopmental disorder.

Pillar 4 walks you through evaluating primitive and postural reflexes in ages four and up, what sensory systems are associated with each reflex, and the chiropractic connection.

Many primitive reflex integration exercises are not appropriate for every child, you will learn how to adapt the proper exercise for each child depending on functional capacity. 

Your Case History as a Road Map to Success

If you don’t know the right questions to ask, you won’t know what to do or where to start. If you are in practice like I am, then you are seeing more complex cases walking into your office. If you are unsure of where to start.

Pillar 5 takes you from your case history highlighting the red flags to give you the nuts and bolts so you can put the pieces together on complex cases and have a road map to successfully manage these cases from a subluxation-based view point.

Microbiome & The Mind

Dealing with functional nutrition in the pregnant mom and pediatric population requires protocols uniquely tailored to their needs and presents you with an additional revenue stream.Pillar 6 is a gold mine of information so you can successfully manage a healthy microbiome for the pregnant mom and into the postnatal period. Gut and nutritional support protocols for these patients are easy to put into action.

You will learn visceral techniques to use in conjunction with chiropractic adjustments to enhance outcomes. This module will give you everything you need to build confidence and certainty in managing the gut-brain-immune axis for optimal neurodevelopment.

The Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+

Your learning experience will include webinars, case presentations, and tutorial hands-on videos!

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Bonus: Learning Electives

As a part of this program, you can also gain access to specialized Learning Electives that go beyond the core curriculum. These electives explore advanced topics such as sensory processing, reflex integration, marketing strategies, and community outreach, giving you additional tools to grow your impact and practice.

With the 6 Pillars+ Program, 9 Hours of CE Credits, and Bonus Learning Electives, this is your opportunity to take your knowledge and practice to the next level while making a lasting impact on healthier generations!

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Your Path to Neurodevelopmental Excellence

Explore comprehensive learning options tailored to elevate your practice: From the transformative Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+ to exclusive Learning Electives, designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to Turn the Tide for Healthy Generations.

Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+

$797

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  • Introductory Prerequisite Courses
  • 6 Learning Pillars for Foundations of Neurodevelopment Certification
  • 9 Hours of CE Credit
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Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+ with Bonus Learning Electives

$997

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  • Introductory Prerequisite Courses
  • 6 Learning Pillars for Foundations of Neurodevelopment Certification
  • 9 Hours of CE Credit
  • Bonus: Access to all Learning Electives
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Bonus: Learning Electives Only

$199

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  • Access to all Learning Electives
  • Perfect for expanding your expertise beyond the core curriculum
  • No CEs
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Why Choose the Foundations of Neurodevelopment 6 Pillars+ Program?

Unlock the tools, strategies, and knowledge to build a thriving milestone-focused practice while transforming the lives of children and families through advanced neurodevelopmental care.

Your Instructor, Leader & Mentor

Dr. Monika Buerger

Dr. Monika Buerger, a graduate of Life Chiropractic College-West and California State University, Fresno, has over 30 years of experience in chiropractic care. She runs a family practice in Idaho Falls, Idaho, specializing in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.

As a pioneer in neurosensory and neurodevelopmental chiropractic, she has lectured globally for over 25 years and contributed to the Pediatric Chiropractic textbooks. Dr. Buerger is the founder of the Academy of Neurodevelopmental Practices and creator of the “developingMINDS” program, where she mentors practitioners worldwide, combining her extensive research and clinical expertise to improve healthcare for future generations.

What People Are Saying About ANP

Our students' success speaks volumes. Here’s what chiropractors around the globe are saying:

Jenelle Bourgeois-Bell

“There’s a change taking place inside me and that’s definitely transferring into practice.”

Nareeta Stephenson

“I’m more accurate and up to date with the neuroscience! I’m building internal confidence!”

Astrid Priest

“I have more patients getting WHY lifelong chiro care is important, rather than just symptom care.”