Executive Committee News:

2021 IBITA AGM/Congress
The virtual AGM will be held on the Saturday August 28th 2021 from 13.00 – 16.30 European time and will include the announcement of the results of the elections for office bearers and discussion of the reports and motions. Please refer to the 2021 AGM webpage for important details regarding the AGM LINK

Statement of Instructor Status (SIS)
Please remember to be able to vote, full members must have completed their Statement of Instructor Status (SIS) before 30^th June and have paid their IBITA subscription before 12^th August 2021.
The SIS for all members including retired members and instructor-candidates has now opened. All Instructor–candidates must upload a personal training profile form (PTPF) with their SIS submission even if they have not completed an assistantship during the last year.

Important Dates
Important dates for the next month-

• May 1, 2021
  • Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status to be completed after May 1 and before June 30 by ALL members – Full, Retired, Honorary Life Members, and Associate Members. Electronic submission via Member Profile on website – SIS Instructions

• May 31, 2021
  • Deadline to submit motions for the AGM  

• June 26, 2021
  • Initial AGM Agenda posted 2 months prior to AGM. NO motion amendments are possible.

Please refer to the Important Dates webpage for more information LINK

Covid-19 Exemptions
The Executive and Education Committees are continuing to work together to provide advice and guidance for planning and teaching IBITA courses during this pandemic.
Please remember to contact the Executive Committee for all exemptions and questions.  Please refer to the document Covid-19 Course Exemptions Guidelines LINK
Please remember the that all members have been granted exemptions for

• Teaching a course from July 2019 to June 2021
• The 2020 and 2021 AGMs will not be counted when establishing compliance with the AGM attendance rule.
• More Experienced Instructors – The period 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2021 shall not be counted to establish compliance with the requirement to evaluate Instructor-Candidates on Basic Courses in the previous 5 years

Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson, Libby Swain, email: e.swain@ibita.org

Online Education
All online education is now listed on the new webpage – Online Education Resources LINK

Education Committee

Education Committee Webinar Series 2021
The Education Committee is pleased to invite you to a series of webinars to be held this year to help us stay connected and tuned to our association, and to share knowledge and experience regarding the Bobath Concept.  During the webinars it will be possible to ask questions online to open discussion on the topic.  The webinars will be recorded and available on the website for those unable to participate in the online session.

• 19 June 2021 at 2.30 pm Europe time.Title: Facilitation in the Bobath Concept.  Instructor:  Mary Lynch-Ellerington   (Education Committee) Zoom Link 
• Late June 2021. Title: The revised definition of the Bobath Concept: terminology clarification. Instructors: Julie Vaughan Graham, Marc Michielsen, Ann Holland, Mary Lynch-Ellerington, Maarten Bossuyt, Helen Linfield, Hokari Yoshide, Monica Morelli.
• Date to be announced. Title: ICF and the Bobath Concept. Instructors: Sheena Irwin-Carruthers and Elsje Scheffler.
• Date: after September. Title: 7 Case studies using the MBCP by IBITA members.

Learning Objectives for Basic Course Theoretical Sessions
All members have received an email inviting your input on proposed learning objectives and selected readings for three of the core curriculum Basic Course theoretical sessions:
–       Postural Control
–       Upper Limb and Hand
–       Locomotion
We would like to know if you agree with the suggested learning objectives and key reading and if you have other suggestions to add.
We request that the Country Representatives collate the country group feedback and send it to the Education Committee Chairperson, Monica Morelli, by 1 June 2021 to allow the feedback to be prepared ready for the AGM in August.

Instructor Training Committee

2021 MODULES
The following information is available on the IBITA website
Please note: Delaying the decision regarding whether or not we can run ITC in person Modules in 2021 increases the chance these Modules run. If they run registration will open early JUNE with a short time frame to register

2021 Slovenia: TENTATIVE PLAN to be confirmed end of May 2021
21 – 24 September 2021 IC Training module: Postural Control and Locomotion. NOTE the small date change given AGM is no longer “in-person”
26 – 29 September 2021 IC Training Module: Postural Control and the Upper Limb

2022 Brescia, Italy: Not aligned with IBITA Congress: TENTATIVE PLAN to be confirmed end of May 2021
February 2022 ACI-C Training Module: Using Task Analysis as a tool for developing clinical reasoning skills in the Bobath Concept

2022 Saitama, Japan
August 27 – 30 Pre congress IC Training Module: Postural Control and the Upper Limb
September 4 – 7 Post congress IC Training Module: Postural Control and Locomotion
September 4 – 7 Post congress ACI-C Training Module: Using Task Analysis as a tool for developing clinical reasoning skills in the Bobath Concept.
The venue for all 3 Modules will be the Rehabilitation Amakusa Hospital

2023 Marstrand, Sweden
2024 Italy
Refer IBITA website for details

Research Committee

Call for Poster Presentations for 2021 Virtual IBITA Congress
IBITA members involved in research are invited to present their completed or ongoing research study with a poster presentation The study must be related to neurological rehabilitation and the Bobath concept.  All study designs are invited.
Submissions accepted until 29^th  July.
Guidelines for scientific poster presentations – (LINK)
For more information please contact Agnieszka Śliwka
Email: agnieszka.sliwka@uj.edu.pl

Nominating Committee

Dear IBITA members,
Please note there is still the ability to submit nominations for the vacant posts this year.
We want to invite all of you, to put your name or the name of a colleague for nomination. You will find the updated list of open posts below.
In addition, we want to remind that all the committees, composition and mission are described in the Byelaws. Please have a look at our homepage.
Regarding the preparation for the elections, nominations should be submitted to the Nominating Committee by the 20^th June. The 21^st July 2021 is the final deadline for nominations due to the postal voting procedures so no further nominations can be accepted after this date.

We are happy to receive your declaration of interest or any questions.
Kind regards and stay well!
Cecilia, Koji, Heike
Heike Frauendorf                hfrauendorfschulze@freenet.de
Cecilia Lofgren                    pc.lofgren@myhome.fi
Koji Takahashi                     kj-a-go-go@k3.dion.ne.jp

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Finally, if you have any information for the next newsletter, please send it to me by 15^th June 2021
Janice Champion
IBITA Secretary