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Welcome to MINDFITNESS®, BioFeedBack Resources International
and Health Training Seminars' newsletter, a free e-mail service
that keeps you posted on new information and products which
increase the effectiveness of the services you offer, the
economic health of your practice and your creative thinking.
Read on to get great tips for improving client services and
expanding your practice, as well as finding out about exciting
new content on our web site.
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I. Health Training Seminars Presents its Winter BCIA
Certification Seminars
BIOFEEDBACK RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL CORP. & HEALTH TRAINING
SEMINARS OFFER GENERAL BIOFEEDBACK AND EEG NEUROFEEDBACK BCIA
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND LOW COST.
These are outstanding opportunities for participants to learn
traditional, mainstream, clinical biofeedback applications, as
well as the fast growing specialty of EEG Neurofeedback. HTS
Instructors are among the most experienced and successful
instructor/practitioners in biofeedback. Likewise, many of the
professionals we have trained over the past thirty-four years
are today among the most successful biofeedback practitioners
in the world. Our hands-on seminars include lectures,
demonstrations, video, dialogues and supervised training on
leading instrument systems. Our unique strategies provide a
systematic, guided approach to clinical and economic success in
biofeedback including:
Previous experience with biofeedback or EEG instrumentation or
computers is not required in order to learn how to conduct
traditional, general biofeedback or EEG sessions. Our modular
strategy allows practitioners the option of learning what they
need in order to select the right equipment and get started in
as little as three days. Participants can then return at a
later date to complete the training. Of course many prefer
taking all three modules at once. Training rebates on most
equipment purchases can make most of the training FREE.
Biofeedback - January 13-18 - Tarrytown, New York
For more information or to register, please contact our
workshop coordinator: 1-877-669-6463.
Registration form:
http://www.biofeedbackinternational.com/hts_reg.pdf
II. ProComp Infiniti Workshops: Introduction to ProComp BioGraph
Infiniti, Developer Tools Lite, and Developer Tools 2-Day
Workshop
INTRODUCTION TO BIOGRAPH INFINITI 1-DAY WORKSHOP
This 1-day workshop is for researchers and health professionals
that want to learn how to use the latest biofeedback
technology. The morning session provides an overview of the
key features of the BioGraph Infiniti software and hardware. In
the afternoon, participants are shown how to use different
sensors and multimedia biofeedback screens for physiological
indicators including Surface Electromyography (SEMG),
Respiration, Temperature, Skin Conductance,
Electroencephalography (EEG), Heart Rate and Electrocardiology
(EKG). This 1-day course is a basic and general introduction &
software instrumentation training only.
DEVELOPER TOOLS LITE 1-DAY WORKSHOP
The Developer Tools Light workshop is a 1-day hands-on training
using BioGraph Infiniti Screen Editors and Scripts. It teaches
you how to make quick modifications on-the-fly to screens, and
build new screens & scripts.
DEVELOPER TOOLS 2-DAY WORKSHOP The
Developer Tools workshop is a 2-day hands-on training using the
BioGraph Infiniti Channel, Screen, and Script Editors. This
workshop is targeted at power users of the BioGraph Infiniti
environment. Receive an overview on the key concepts behind the
Channel, Screen, and Script editors, opening the door to
further learning in this exceptionally powerful development
environment.
WORKSHOP DATES / LOCATIONS
January 2006---------------------------
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
Friday, January 13th, 2006
Developer Tools Lite Workshop
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
FULLERTON, CA, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
Friday, January 27th, 2006
Developer Tools 2-Day Workshop
Saturday, January 28th & Sunday, January 29th, 2006
February 2006--------------------------
PALM SPRINGS, CA, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
Developer Tools Lite Workshop
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
Thursday, February 16th, 2006
Developer Tools Lite Workshop
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
WORKSHOP COST--------------------------
For more information or to register, please contact our
workshop coordinator: 1-877-669-6463.
III. Kiddie QR is Back!
Elizabeth Stroebel, Ph.D., BCIA introduces her newly updated
Stress Management Program for children. A Six-Second Technique
for Coping With Stress Without Drugs. With the help of QR and
the sixteen Body Friends, kids of all ages learn fun ways to
prevent or manage distress and reduce pain. A program for
family, classroom and clinic use. A full description of the
program is available at
Julie Weiner, Alan Strohmayer and others in the Northeast
Regional Biofeedback Society have been working very hard with
local lawmakers to get a license for biofeedback practitioners
in New York State. So far we have not been able to get a
specific biofeedback license. There is now however, a new
Mental Health Counseling license that many biofeedback
practitioners can qualify for. This license includes the use
of biofeedback in practice.
There is a limited time that those in New York State can apply
for the mental health counseling license under a grand
fathering pathway if you meet the requirements. According to a
letter from the State of New York Education Department, Office
of Professions, BCIA certification will be acceptable as
equivalent to Counseling or Rehabilitation Counseling
certification. It will be accepted for Alternative Pathway 2
as an alternative to examination to prove entry-level
competence. You should go directly to the website
The Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society continues to work on
a possible biofeedback license. For the near future the new
mental health counselor license is a good option for unlicensed
practitioners who wish to practice biofeedback independently in
New York State.
The following is an excerpt from the announcement that Julie
Weiner prepared:
The Office of Professions of the New York State Education
Department has recognized BCIA certification as a qualification
for grandfathering into licensure as a mental health counselor
for people with two years of counseling education or the
equivalent who have worked in some sort of counseling or mental
health capacity for seven of the past ten years. (If you have
worked ten of the last fifteen, but not seven of the last ten
years, you may also apply for licensure, but will need 5 rather
than 3 endorsers, and BCIA certification will be irrelevant.)
Even people who are not BCIA certified can qualify if they have
worked for at least 3 years under the supervision of a
psychologist, mental health counselor, social worker,
psychiatrist or other mental health professional.
The license available is "New York State licensed mental health
counselor." The grandfathering period lasts through January 1,
2006.
Because many other states already license mental health
counselors, and some have reciprocal relationships for
counselor's licenses, this may be an opportunity even for
people living outside New York to become licensed in their own
state based on the relative portability of this type of
license. (Different states have different rules for accepting
out of state mental health counseling licenses. In general,
this is considered a more portable license than a
psychologist's, and indeed, I know of at least one NYS licensed
psychologist who is considering applying because it would make
moving to another state easier.)
The remaining window of opportunity for grandfathering is
through January 1, 2006--two months remain. The application
and list of required documentation of credentials is posted
at:
All the forms people need to file this $345 application can be
downloaded from
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Neurofeedback - January 27-31 - Tarrytown, New York
1-Day Workshop = $100 US
2-Day Workshop = $195 US
3-Day Workshop = $275 US
http://www.biofeedbackinternational.com/smart/kqr.htm
http://www.op.nysed.gov/mhclic.htm
to read the requirements and
download the application. The application must be sent in by
December 31, 2005.
http://www.op.nysed.gov/mhclic.htm#gra
http://www.op.nysed.gov/mhcforms.htm
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