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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
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I. A New, Brain-Based Approach to Special Education
The Status Quo
In 1998, 60% of twelfth-graders were not reading proficiently.
Jobs that formerly were held by illiterate individuals have
gone overseas. More US jobs than ever before require high level
technical skills. Since 1965, American taxpayers have spent
more than $321 billion in federal funds on public education,
yet average reading scores for 17 year olds have not improved
since the 1970s.
New breakthroughs in neuro-scientific research could have a
major impact on how we help children with learning problems.
Based on fifteen years of clinical experience and research,
BrainTrain has combined the latest discoveries in brain
research, the power of computer technology, and trained dynamic
teachers.
BrainTrain's remarkable series of computerized brain-building
exercises can easily be incorporated into your student's IEP
(Individualized Educational Program). The software is designed
to help stimulate the growth of new connections between brain
cells. Students learn the basic cognitive skills necessary for
academic and life success - attention, reasoning, listening,
self-control, and information processing.
Through repetition of the exercises and the computer's
immediate feedback, students can develop the tools they need to
achieve success in school and in life.
Dr. David Rabiner, Duke University researcher, has been awarded
a 1.15 million dollar grant to study the effectiveness of
computerized attention training using Captain's Log with
elementary school children with attention problems.
This Department of Education grant is the largest grant ever
awarded for cognitive training research. The study is based on
previous research in which even moderate attention problems
were found to have a strong impact on academic achievement, and
even one-on-one tutoring was found to be ineffective in helping
children with ADHD learn to read. A large-scale study such as
this one is vitally important, since it expands beyond the
population of students formally diagnosed with ADHD and
evaluates the long-term impact of attention training on
academic success.
(The above section was reprinted by permission from the
Braintrain Spring 2006 catalog.)
For more information about Braintrain software contact Harry
Campbell at Biofeedback Resources 877-669-6463 or 914-762-4646
or at Harry.
II. Spring Calendar
Apr 21-26,2006 - BIOFEEDBACK BCIA CERTIFICATION TRAINING - Tarrytown, NY
Costs:
Contact: Biofeedback Resources 877-669-6463 or 914-762-4646.
Apr 30, 2006, 9:00am-3:45pm
Featuring:
9:00-10:30am - Julie Weiner, MS, BCIAC, Sr. Fellow
Julie Weiner has been BCIA Certified for over twenty years. Her
master's degree is in nutrition. She originally honed her pain
management skills through nine years as staff biofeedback
specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital's pain center, and currently
works at the Biofeedback and Integrative Medicine Center of
Riverdale and A Family Urology Practice in Hastings-on-Hudson,
NY. She combines biofeedback training with nutrition education
and cognitive self-awareness skills to teach pain reduction,
muscle relaxation and stress coping strategies to patients with
insomnia, anxiety, and chronic pain - particularly headaches,
neck and back pain, repetitive strain injury, fibromyalgia,
interstitial cystitis and vulvodynia. Formerly a book editor,
MS. Weiner collaborated on The Complete Guide to Health and
Nutrition by Gary Null, PhD, and The Body Electric by Robert O.
Becker, MD and Gary Seldon.
10:45am-12:15pm - Celeste De Bease, PhD, BCIAC
Can physiological profiling help us decide on the best course
of treatment? Psychophysiological profiling is a means of
interpreting basic patterns of physiological
reactivity/recovery and then working with these patterns to
construct a coherent treatment plan.
The workshop explores the mind-body link as it manifests itself
in psychophysiological measurements which include SEMG, GSR,
TEMP, and EEG. The impact of the psyche on the soma and vise
versa is investigated. Correlations between psychometric data
(MBHI, MMPI2, SCL90R) and psychophysiological data will be
investigated.
Finally, a little fun will be had determining various
psychophysiological typologies which include "Chicken Little"
worriers, hyperaroused Chihuahuas and Gladiator
fighters/protectors.
Workshop Objectives:
1) Identify the correlates between psychological (psyche) and
physiological (soma) patient information.
2) Recognize certain physiological patterns in your own
patients and be able to explore the implications of these
patterns with respect to your treatment strategy.
3) Obtain familiarity with the historical basis of
psychophysiological/psychogenic patterns and pathologies.
Celeste De Bease, Ph.D., BCIA, is a clinical assistant
professor at Widener University's Institute for Graduate
Clinical Psychology and director of the on-campus biofeedback
clinic. She teaches a course entitled Medical Psychophysiology
which prepares graduate psychology students to incorporate
mind-body into their future role as healers.
Her private practice, BioNeurofeedback Treatment Center,
focuses on work in the growing sub-specialty of medical
psychology. More and more, psychologists are treating people
with medical conditions.
Dr. De Bease is also chair-elect of the Biofeedback
Certification Institute of America and past president of the
Pennsylvania Society of Behavioral Medicine & Biofeedback of
America.
12:15-1:30pm - Buffet Luncheon is provided with paid registration
1:30-1:45pm - Recognition of current and outgoing NRBS Board members
1:45-2:15pm - Harry Campbell, BPS, BCIAC, NRNP
The presentation will give a basic introduction and review of
biofeedback instrumentation. EMG, Temperature, EEG/Brain wave,
Skin Conductance, Heart Rate/Heart Rate Variability,
Respiration, and Blood Pressure will be covered. Basic
demonstrations will be provided followed by questions and
answers.
Harry Campbell is the Managing Director of Biofeedback
Resources International. He has over 20 years of experience in
biofeedback. Harry Campbell is a BCIA Associate Fellow who has
trained staff at many military facilities, hospitals,
universities, and private clinics throughout the country. He is
also Past President of the NRBS.
2:15-3:45pm - Afternoon Round Table
Sponsored by Biofeedback Resources International
and InterCure/RESPeRATE
Fee:
Lunch included
Location:
Registration forms are available on the website: www.nrbs.org
May 6-7, 2006
Cost: $295
Contact: Biofeedback Resources 877-669-6463 or 914-762-4646.
PROCOMP INFINTI TRAINING - Opportunities to receive training
on the new Biograph Infiniti Software and hardware in a
location near you.
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Developer Tools Lite Workshop
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Developer Tools Lite Workshop
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Developer Tools 2-Day Workshop
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Developer Tools Lite Workshop
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Contact: Biofeedback Resources 877-669-6463 or 914-762-4646.
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A New, Brain-Based Approach to Special Education
28 March 2006
a BioFeedBack Resources International e-mail newsletter
edited by Harry L. Campbell, BCIA, NRBS Past President
technical editing and production by Edwin Johnson
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May 19-23,2006 - NEUROFEEDBACK BCIA CERTIFICATION TRAINING - Tarrytown, NY
Biofeedback = $1185 US
Neurofeedback = $985 US
NORTHEAST REGIONAL BIOFEEDBACK SOCIETY'S SPRING CONFERENCE - White Plains, NY
Installation of new NRBS Board members
Announcements
Biofeedback Equipment Demonstrations
NRBS Members - FREE
Non-members- $50
Students $20 (Please bring student ID)
NYPH-Weill Cornell Westchester, Staff Annex 2
21 Bloomingdale Rd, White Plains, NY
BIOFEEDBACK AND STRESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS with Elizabeth Stroebel, Ph.D., BCIAC and Harry L.
Campbell, BPS, BCIAC
PORTLAND, OR, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
April 4th, 2006 (Tuesday)
April 5th, 2006 (Wednesday)
Event: AAPB's 37th Annual Meeting www.aapb.org
TAMPA, FL, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
April 21st, 2006 (Friday)
April 22nd, 2006 (Saturday)
CHICAGO, IL
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
Friday, May 5th, 2006
Saturday, May 6th & Sunday, May 7th, 2006
BOSTON, MA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
Friday, May 19th, 2006
Saturday, May 20th, 2006
ATLANTA, GA, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
June 9th, 2006 (Friday)
June 10th, 2006 (Saturday)
DES MOINES, IA, USA
Introduction to BioGraph Infiniti 1-Day Workshop
June 23rd, 2006 (Friday)
June 24th, 2006 (Saturday)
Costs:
1-Day Workshop = $100 US
2-Day Workshop = $195 US
3-Day Workshop = $275 US
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