SOUTHEASTERN BIOFEEDBACK INSTITUTE
BCIA-EEG 36 HOUR COMPLETE DIADICTIC
WORKSHOP FOR CERTIFICATION.

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Dates: Jan 19-23, 2007
Location: Comfort Inn 50 S.E. 20th Avenue (A1A),
Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441.
Phone: 954-428-0650
FAX: 965-427-2666
Hotel Workshop Coordinator; Gail Farkas
Hotel Website: http://www.choicehotels.com

List of Workshops Offered

• Three to Five Day Didactic and Hands on training in Neurotherapy.
• Hands On Tutorial Training In The Use Of LORETA Analysis.

Program Location:
Contact us for a schedule of workshops and locations.

Presenters:
Joel F. Lubar, Ph.D., Judith O. Lubar, LCSW-Diplomate Social Work, Doil Montgomery Ph.D., BCIA Certified and Specialty in EEG Biofeedback Certification.

We have trained more then 1500 health professionals from many countries in our Institute.

We provide didactic and hands on training for individuals and/or groups in 3-5 day workshops, which include EEG Biofeedback (Neurofeedback) for: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disorders, Chemical Dependency, Seizure Disorders, and many other disorders for which there are recently developed Neurotherapy Protocols. We train participants on a variety of instruments.

We are a BCIA designated training center for EEG Biofeedback certification.

We also offer personal training hours as designated by BCIA as a prerequisite for certification.

Dr. Joel Lubar provides workshops specializing in QEEG and LORETA data acquisition and analysis.

Dr. Joel Lubar provides extensive case and technical consultation in, Neurofeedback, QEEG and LORETA analysis by phone.

Three to Five Day Didactic and Hands on training in Neurotherapy

The field of Neurofeedback-Neurotherapy has developed very rapidly in the past ten years. There are currently more than 1500 practitioners actively involved in the treatment of: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Tourette's Syndrome, Seizure Disorders, Chemical Dependency, and Mild Closed Head Injury. There are other new applications that are being developed including the treatment of depression, autistic disorders and possibly treatment of dissociative identity disorders. The field of Neurotherapy is currently the most rapidly developing area in the entire field of biofeedback and perhaps one of the most exciting and important developments in the field of behavioral medicine during the past decade.

There are a number of controlled studies that have been completed, or are in progress, evaluating the clinical effectiveness of Neurofeedback in dealing with ADD/ADHD and Chemical Dependency. Information regarding these studies will be presented in the workshops, as will information regarding research design, for those interested in pursuing controlled studies in these and other areas.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide in-depth information about these disorders, their diagnoses, their assessment, as well as the new treatment protocols that are being developed. The workshop will involve didactic instruction, case presentation, discussion, and HANDS ON EXPERIENCE. The main emphasis of this workshop will be the clinical application and treatment of disorders for which Neurofeedback - Neurotherapy has been shown to be effective and appropriate. This workshop follows the blueprint guidelines for BCIA certification and EEG biofeedback.

Workshop Outline

• Research and physiological underpinnings for the field of neurofeedback;

• Reading and interpreting the EEG, including the following:
  1. Meaning of EEG terminology (Hz., amplitude, bandpass, frequencies, Greek letter designations - and meanings for theta, alpha, beta, lambda, and gamma)
  2. Recognition of the different EEG patterns (signatures) both on line and off line
  3. Interpretations of patterns and their relevance to the particular syndromes including ADD/ADHD, seizures, depression, alcohol and drug dependency, LD, Tourette's Syndrome, mild head injury
  4. EEG patterns for different syndromes in normal awake patients
  5. Typical EEG patterns for ADD/ADHD and other syndromes, age related differences
  6. Atypical EEG patterns which indicate a need for further EEG studies and/or neurological evaluation
  7. Basic electrical concepts necessary to good recording of data (impedance, frequency response, common mode rejection, sensitivity or gain, amplifier noise, offset potentials, detection of electrode artifacts)
  8. Reading a Fast Fourier Transform and Power spectral analysis
  9. Elementary trouble shooting
  10. Evaluation for different syndromes
  11. Atypical patterns and subpatterns for different syndromes
  12. Using the FFT or Fast Fourier Transform for the clinical evaluation
  13. Reading Topographical Brain Maps
  14. Subtypes of ADD classifications based on maps
  15. Patterns for other psychiatric diagnoses
  16. Introduction to LORETA(LOW RESOLUTION ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY)
• Clinical Sessions will cover:
  1. Changing parameter settings to improve learning in the middle of successful treatment
  2. Deciding if the parameter changes are needed in a treatment when learning does not seem to occur
  3. Setting up the session segments
  4. Deciding on which activities besides straight feedback segments are needed during the session (and ordering these within the session)
  5. Determining the length of each session segment initially and changing the length of the segment across sessions
  6. When and how to change burst length for training
  7. Graphing the data and determining the course of treatment
  8. Using graphs as guides for parameter changes
  9. Electrode placement
  10. Measuring for correct placement
  11. Skin preparation
  12. Impedance and voltage offset measuring
  13. Interaction of Neurofeedback with pharmacotherapy
• Clinical Evaluation Process:
  1. Distinguishing ADD/ADHD, Depression, LD, Bipolar disorder, alcohol or drug withdrawal, or combination of the above
  2. Learning to separate similar attentional behavior problems in all of these different syndromes
  3. History taking
  4. Questions to the client about "disappearing" from the task at hand
  5. Questions about possible associated LD's
  6. auditory, visual receptive and expressive problems
  7. verbal expressive problems
  8. Questions about memory (short and long term) and how it matches the strength or weakness of the patient's style
  9. Does this match or mismatch with parental styles?
  10. presence of conduct disorder and parental limit setting
  11. Genogram to determine family history including ADD, Depression, Tourette's Syndrome, Alcohol, Drug and Abuse problems
  12. School Interventions and integration with treatment
  13. How to deal with difficult cases, including indications of success and failure and need for Co-Therapy for parents.
• Quantitative EEG (QEEG) analysis, including coherence, phase, asymmetry, and frequency compared with normative databases for the evaluation of ADD/HD and mild closed head injury.