INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
Newsletter April 2022
Executive Committee News:
AGM 2022 – The virtual AGM will be held on Saturday 3rd September. As soon as more information is available about the virtual educational components you will be informed.
Statement of Instructor Status (SIS)
Please remember to be able to vote at the AGM, full members must have completed their Statement of Instructor Status (SIS) before 30th June and have paid their IBITA subscription before 12th August 2022.
The 2022 SIS for all members including retired members and instructor candidates opens on 1st May. All members including HLM, retired and those members who completed their 2021 SIS in the last few months must complete their SIS every year to maintain their membership of IBITA.
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.
To complete your SIS please go to the member webpage – Select “Your Profile” – select “Edit your Profile” – select “Fill in your Statement of Instructor Status Survey”.
Please remember to check the Important Dates page on the website – 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.
Covid -19 Exemptions: qualification with modules – LINK
Covid-19 Course Exemptions – LINK
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Certificate for IBITA recognised Bobath therapist
A certificate has been developed for an IBITA recognised Bobath Therapist.
Any therapist who uses the title ‘Bobath Therapist’ or ‘ Bobath Trained therapist’
must have completed a Basic Course and a minimum of two IBITA Advanced courses, including one within the previous five years. Alternatively, they must currently be an IBITA Instructor or IBITA Instructor Candidate. Please inform all course participants there is a certificate available for 10 Euros which is valid for five years. Requests for a downloadable certificate should be sent to the IBITA secretary. This information will be available on the public pages of the IBITA website.
Advice on file transfers of up to 2GB
If any member has advice on methods for managing the transfers of files up to 2GB in size so that viewing of the data is possible without downloading the file, please contact IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Education Committee
Education Committee Webinar Series 2022
The recording of the webinar which was held on Saturday 2nd April with Mr Mitsuo Suzuki presenting ‘Case Reports using the MBCP : Early stage intervention for optimal standing’ is now available : Webinar Zoom Recording and PDF PowerPoint LINK
Please could you complete the Google survey to provide the Education Committee with valuable feedback whether you watched the webinar live or viewed the recording – see LINK The closing date is 1st June 2022
The details of upcoming webinars are available on the website – LINK
Information sharing
If members have information regarding interesting and relevant upcoming conferences and congresses, or on-line educational courses, please forward the details to the IBITA Secretary for inclusion in future Newsletters.
Instructor Training Committee
The Instructor Training Committee plans to teach the modules in late August early September 2022. They will be held at Burgau in Germany, a 1.5 hour train ride from Munich.
Please register as soon as possible to secure a place.
- Aug 25 – 28 BCIC module – Postural Control and the Upper Limb
- Aug 30 – Sept 2 BCIC module – Postural Control and Locomotion
- Sept 4 – Sept 7 ACIC module – Using Task Analysis as a tool for developing clinical reasoning skills in the Bobath Concept (4 days)
The Basic Course Instructor Candidate Training Module is open for all Instructor Candidates and Instructors.
The Advanced Course Instructor Candidate Training Module is open for all Advanced Course Instructor-candidates & Basic Course Instructors who have instructed a minimum of five (5) Basic Courses
Registration is now open for the two BCIC modules and the ACIC module
- 2022 Burgau BCIC Training Module Upper Limb Registration Information LINK
Application form LINK
- 2022 Burgau BCIC Training Module – Locomotion Registration Information LINK
Application form LINK
- ACIC Burgau – Training Module Advanced Clinical Reasoning in the Bobath Concept Registration form LINK
Application form LINK
Future modules
2023 Marstrand, Sweden
2024 Verona, Italy
2025 Kyoto, Japan
Refer to the webpage for details LINK
Nominating Committee
Dear IBITA members,
With this newsletter you will find an overview about the arising vacant posts for the election of office bearers during the AGM 2022.
Possibly there might arise some little changes, because the committees are busy in organizing with new compositions and length of terms. We will inform about any changes in time.
Please announce your interest or give a recommendation for a member to be nominated.
| Committee | Number. of posts |
| Executive Committee Secretary |
1 |
| Executive Committee IT Secretary |
1 |
| Appeals & Grievance Committee | 1 |
| Nominating committee | 1 |
| Research Committee | 1 |
| Peer Review Committee | 2 |
| Instructor Training committee | 1 |
| Qualification Committee |
2 (obligatory 1 member out of Europe) |
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 f
Cecilia Lofgren
Koji Takahashi
Research Committee
The Research Committee would would like to invite IBITA members to a webinar entitled: “Systematic Reviews – why and how are they created and how to use them? The webinar will be supported by examples of systematic reviews that have been published on the Bobath concept.
The webinar will be held on Saturday 25th June at 1pm Europe time and presented by members of the Research Committee. More information will be included in the May newsletter.
Other news
If you have any information for the MAY newsletter please send it to me by 15th May