INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
Newsletter October 2021
Executive Committee News
AGM 2021 – Thank you to everyone who completed the post AGM Survey. The summary of the responses is now available for members in a report: LINK
The host country webinar took place on 25th September. The recordings of the lectures and the PDF of the PowerPoint presentations are available on the webpage ‘Online Education Resources’ . Thank you to the Slovenian team for organising such excellent speakers
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 remember the that all members have been granted exemptions for
- Not teaching a course from July 2019 to June 2021
- The 220 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
Covid-19 Course Exemptions
Please refer to the separate document Covid-19 Course Exemptions Guidelines – latest version LINK
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Education Committee
Education Committee Webinar Series 2021
The Education Committee is pleased to invite you to a series of webinars to be held over the next 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.
- Title: A Case study using the MBCP by Monica Morelli . Date: 11th December 2021 at 13.30 Europe time – further details to follow
- 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: Early 2022
- Title: ICF and the Bobath Concept. Instructors: Sheena Irwin-Carruthers and Elsje Scheffler. Date to be determined
Instructor Training Committee
The Instructor Training Committee is planning to offer 2022 modules in February AND in August/September
- February 14 to 18 ACI-C module – Using Task Analysis as a tool for developing clinical reasoning skills in the Bobath Concept – LINK for more information and how to register Bibliography –LINK
- February 19 to 22 BCI-C module – Postural Control and Locomotion module – LINK for more information and how to register. Bibliography –LINK
- February 23 to 27 BCI-C module – Postural Control and Upper Limb module – LINK for more information and how to register. Bibliography –LINK
Bibliographies are now available for the three modules and many of the articles are available from the IBITA library.
2022 Saitama, Japan
August 27 – 30 Pre congress BCI-C Training Module: Postural Control and the Upper Limb
September 4 – 7 Post congress BCI-C 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 held at the Rehabilitation Amakusa Hospital, Saitama,, Japan
Registration will open for the February 2022 modules on 1st September 2021
| ITALY February 2022 |
JAPAN |
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| Open registration. | 1 September 2021 | 1 January 2022 |
| BCI-C Training Module Travel Grant application deadline. | 1 November 2021 | 30 January 2022 |
| Preferential registration for instructor candidates. | 1 November 2021 | 1 April 2022 |
| Payment deadline for instructor candidates. Lose registration if not paid by this date. |
1 December 2021 | 1 May 2022 |
| Payment deadline non-instructor candidates. Lose registration if not paid by this date.Requires minimum of 9 paid registrations by this date for the module to run. |
15 December 2021 | 1 June 2022 |
Any Basic Course Instructors who have taught five Basic Courses are eligible to apply for the ACI-C training module so do not miss a valuable opportunity to further develop your clinical reasoning skills.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL BCI-C’S & ACI-C’S
Instructor-candidates will be given preferential priority registration on a “first come, first served” basis until 1 st November 2021 for the February modules to be held in Italy, and 1st ApriL 2022 lfor the modules to be held in Japan. .
Instructor-Candidate Training Module Grants
Please refer to the Policies and Procedures 5.1.2 Instructor-Candidate Training Module Grants. Module registration must be completed prior to grant application submission.
Module Plans for 2023 Marstrand, Sweden and 2024 ItalyRefer to the webpage https://ibita.org/
Nominating Committee
Dear IBITA members,
In this newsletter you will find a first overview about the arising vacant posts for the election of office bearers next year.
Please notice, that there might be some little changes because the committees are busy in organizing with new compositions and length of terms of office.
But….do not hesitate to announce your interest or give a recommendation for a member to be nominated.
| Committee | Number of posts |
| Executive Committee Secretary |
1 |
| Executive Committee Instructor Trainee Secretary |
1 |
| Appeals & Grievance Committee | 1 |
| Nominating committee | 1 |
| Research Committee | 1 |
| Peer Review Committee | 2 |
| Instructor Training committee | 1 |
| Qualification Committee | Further information is following soon |
The Nominating Committee wants to invite all of you to declare your wish to support the important committee’s work. Please have a look at the IBITA homepage where you can find information about the different committees and the members involved at the moment.
We are happy to receive your declaration of interest or any questions.
The nominating committee
Cecilia, Koji, Heike
Heike Frauendorf hfrauendorfschulze
Cecilia Lofgren pc.lofgren@myhome.
Koji Takahashi kj-a-go-go@k3.
Research Committee
The Research Committee and Klaus Gusowski presented the Webinar on 16th October 2021 “How to start research activity- rules regarding case report and case series research: an example of research carried out during the basic course by an IBITA instructor.”
The links are Webinar ZOOM Recording and PDF PowerPoint LINK
Other news
Lecturer Post at the University in Luxembourg
The University in Luxembourg has a vacancy for an external lecturer in neuro-rehabilitation The position is for an assistant professor full time in neurorehabilitation. The link is below if you are interested.
– Assistant Professor in Neuro PT https://www.lunex-
IBITA Google Drive
There is currently a GOOGLE security update taking place which potentially may affect the links in the Procedural Manual and on the website so if you find you are unable to access a document, please contact me at [email protected]
For Information – The Public website “Basic course” page has several useful links directly to files that are relevant to the Basic course.
The newsletters contain important information so if you have not seen the monthly newsletter recently (in case it has landed in your junk/spam box and you have not noticed!) please remember it is also available in LATEST NEWS on the home page of our website – https://ibita.org/news/
Finally, if you have any information for the next newsletter, please send it to me by 15th November 2021.
Janice Champion
IBITA Secretary