Pediatric Pelvic Health Advanced Practitioner Certificate Program (PPHAP)

The advanced credential for clinicians who go further because children deserve practitioners who specialize.

The Pediatric Pelvic Health Advanced Practitioner (PPHAP) Certificate Program is a rigorous, fully online credential designed for physiotherapists, occupational therapists or other credentialed allied health care professionals who are ready to advance in this specialty.

Built on real clinical practice, evidence-based reasoning, and a deep commitment to trauma-informed, child centered care, PPHAP equips practitioners with the advanced skills, frameworks, and credentials to lead in this specialty.

Here’s Why

1. A credential that means something. PPHAP is awarded on demonstrated competency — not just course completion. Your certificate reflects what you can actually do.

2. Built for real practice. Every component of PPHAP — from case study to clinical resource — uses your actual patients, your actual setting, and your actual clinical reasoning.

3. Designed for PTs and OTs. PPHAP honors these scopes and our allied health colleagues — you’ll develop advanced skills within your professional identity, not despite it.

4. Trauma-informed and child-safe from the ground up. Ethics, consent, and child safety aren’t add-ons. They’re woven through every component and assessment.

This is not another online course. It is a professional credential — earned through demonstrated competency, not just completion.

5. Recognized and renewable. The PPHAP credential is listed on the Kids Bowel and Bladder Graduate Registry and renewed every 3 years — keeping your credential current and your practice accountable.

6. Fully online — designed for busy clinicians. No residential requirements. No set class times. Learn and complete your capstone around your clinical life.

Application Window

Applications for the inaugural PPHAP cohort will be open for a limited 5-day window. A select number of applicants will be accepted into this first cohort, and once capacity is reached, additional qualified applicants will be placed on a waitlist for the next application cycle.

If it is important for you to be considered for the inaugural cohort, we encourage you to apply early within the application window.

Please note that all applicants must have fully completed the following courses prior to submitting an application:

• Pediatrics Level 1: Treatment of Bowel and Bladder Disorders
• Pediatrics Level 2: Advanced Pediatric Bowel and Bladder Disorders
• Pediatric Trauma-Informed Care, Child Abuse, and Adolescent Suicide
• Ethical Decision-Making in Pediatric Pelvic Health

Applications submitted without completion of all required coursework will not be eligible for acceptance into the cohort.

The enrollment fee is non-refundable, so we strongly encourage you to review all requirements carefully before applying.

Accepted applicants will have 4 months from the date of acceptance to complete the required case study and presentation.

Steps to Enroll

1. Apply to the program April 20-26 – this allows us to check you have all requirements
2. Enroll in the program. You will be notified on April 29th if you meet the program requirements. At this time you’ll be sent the link to enroll and pay the program fee. You have until May 4 to Enroll
3. Begin your capstone project!

WHO IS THIS FOR?

PPHAP is designed for physiotherapists, occupational therapists and allied healthcare professionals who:

• Already have foundational knowledge in pelvic health and are ready to go deeper
• Work with children — or want to — and know that kids are not small adults
• Are tired of piecing together knowledge from adult pelvic health courses that weren’t built for pediatric practice
• Want a credential that reflects the specialist they already are — and the advanced practitioner they are becoming
• Are committed to trauma-informed, child-safe, family-centered care

If you’re a PT, OT or allied healthcare provider who sees pediatric pelvic health patients and you want the clinical depth, professional recognition, and advanced frameworks to truly lead in this space — PPHAP was built for you.

There are pelvic health courses. There are pediatric courses. There are trauma-informed workshops. PPHAP brings them together — in a single, coherent, advanced practice credential that was purpose-built for this specialty.

Here’s what that means in practice:

• Your capstone uses a real, complex case from your own practice — not a textbook scenario
• Assessment is competency-based — you demonstrate what you can do, not just what you know
• PT, OT, and other scopes are honored — you’re assessed within your professional framework
• Trauma-informed and ethical practice isn’t a module — it’s threaded through every assessment
• You leave with a clinical resource or position statement that contributes to the field
• Your credential is listed on the PPHAP Graduate Registry — visible to employers, referrers, and families

Your credential is listed on the PPHAP Graduate Registry — visible to employers, referrers, and families

PPHAP graduates are eligible to become teaching faculty for Kids Bowel Bladder

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The PPHAP Certificate Program is fully online and designed to be completed alongside clinical work.

The program comprises:

•  4 Course requirements covering pediatric-specific assessment, bladder and bowel dysfunction, special populations, trauma-informed practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based clinical reasoning (see courses listed below)
•  A multi-component capstone including a video clinical reasoning walkthrough, structured case documentation, reflective self-assessment, and a clinical practice resource or position statement
•  Prerequisite knowledge-based assessment completed through prior coursework — so the capstone focuses entirely on advanced applied competency
•  Estimated program length: approximately 3-4 months per cohort once all the courses have been completed.
•  Format: Fully online, self-paced within structured cohort deadlines
•  Credential awarded: PPHAP Certificate + listing on the Kids Bowel and Bladder Graduate Registry
•  Renewal: Every 3 years