Darren Barnes-Heath, DC BSc MRCC
Director of Academic Affairs for Paediatric & Pregnancy
Faculty, Royal College of Chiropractors
Darren’s interest in Developmental Neurology has grown over the 29 years he’s been a chiropractor, becoming more of a passion when he became a Dad.
His post-graduate learning has been through the Carrick Institute. The Institute of Functional Medicine and International Association of Functional Neurology & Rehabilitation.
This was rather chiropractic-focused, to broaden his understanding of how children learn and the different therapies that are helping them he has taken CPD provided by Vision Specialists, Educational Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Audiologists, Speech & Language and Developmental Therapists.
He started teaching Functional & Developmental Neurology 14 years ago with the aim of making neurology as simple and relevant to your practice as possible - so you can use it.
Since the first Developing Brains Seminars in England he has been invited to teach them in 12 countries to Chiro’s, Osteo’s, Physio’s, OT’s, Paediatricians, Medical Dr’s, Neurologists & Psychologists. Each profession leaves with more understanding and more options to implement their interventions.
While he attempts to keep up with the emerging research his days are mostly spent in clinic where he sees a range of complex cases such as children with global developmental delay and non-verbal autism to children at regular schools with dyslexia or ADHD to babies with colic.
Some children have Intensives; 6-10 appointments in a week, they may travel from abroad, others every 3-4 weeks. There are no strict protocols, Darren believes in providing therapies and home exercises at an intensity the family can cope with
He lives and works in Lincoln UK, with his wife and four children.
