AGM 2022 – The virtual AGM will be held on Saturday 3^rd September. As soon as more information is available about the virtual educational components you will be informed.

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]

IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all BCICs and ACICs
We would like to thank all the instructor candidates who replied to the letter from the Instructor Trainee Secretary and highlighted the problem of finding assistantships on courses. The EC is working on developing a process of identifying possible assistantships on courses and informing instructor candidates of the opportunities.

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 Education Committee is pleased to invite you to a series of webinars to be held in 2022
The next webinar will be on Saturday 2^nd April at 13.00 Europe time. Mr Mitsuo Suzuki will be presenting ‘Case Reports using the MBCP : Early stage intervention for optimal standing’ The link to the Zoom webinar is  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88936181448
Meeting ID: 889 3618 1448.  Passcode: 802081

The webinar ‘Case reports using the MBCP’ led by Monica Morelli held on 19th February  failed to record. Monica has kindly agreed to repeat the presentation and we are hoping to finalise a date soon so we can try and record again

The details of upcoming webinars is available on the website – LINK  
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.

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  

Financial Assistance for Instructor Training

BCIC Training Module Grants (Procedural Manual Part V) 

Link to the grant application form LINK

– To cover cost of flight expenses to attend compulsory IC Training Modules, if cheapest economy flight expense is 750 Euro or more to attend module of current year AND 750 Euro or more to attend module in the previous or next year.

– Preference to members who have not previously received IBITA funding.

Bobath Development Fund (Procedural Manual Part V)

• For members residing in less resourced countries.
• Expenses associated with Basic Course Instructor Candidate assistantships, including the qualification event.

Basic and Advanced Course Instructor Candidates

Professional Development Support Grants (Procedural Manual Part V)

• For members with financial restrictions.
• Expenses towards attending Professional development activities not covered by other IBITA grants, including:
  • Expenses to participate in ACIC Training Module and/or IBITA Congress.
  • Expenses associated with Advanced Course Instructor Candidate assistantships, including the qualification event.
  • Not eligible to re-apply for 4 years after grant receipt.

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.

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[email protected]

Cecilia Lofgren                        [email protected]

Koji Takahashi                        [email protected]

Research Committee

The Research Committee would like to inform members that 4 publications co-authored by IBITA instructors have been added to our library. These publications deal with the application of therapy according to the model of Bobath clinical practice or therapeutic interventions used in neurological rehabilitation. We invite everyone to read and congratulate the authors:

Eckhardt Gabriele, Brock Kim, Haase Gerlinde, Ishida Toshie, Hummelsheim Horst. An Individualised Learning and Exercise Program Based on the Bobath Concept to Facilitate Goal Achievement in People with Chronic Stroke. American Journal of Health Research. Vol. 9, No. 1, 2021, pp. 26-33. doi: 10.11648/j.ajhr.20210901.14

Sliwka A, Pilinski R, Rosa W, Nowobilski R. The influence of the trunk muscle activation on occlusion pressure and respiratory muscle strength in healthy participants: Randomized controlled trial. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2021 Aug; 290:103682. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103682. Epub 2021 May 10. PMID: 33979696.

Standing weight-bearing asymmetry in adults with lateropulsion following Stroke Melissa Birnbaum, Kim Brock, Ross Clark, Sophie Muir, Elissa Burton, Keith D. Hill PII: S0966-6362(21)00482-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.09.172  GAIPOS 8445; Gait & Posture

Van Bladel, A., Cools, A., Michielsen, M., Oostra, K. & Cambier, D., 2022, ‘Passive mobilisation of the shoulder in subacute stroke patients with persistent arm paresis: A randomised multiple treatment trial’, South African Journal of Physiotherapy 78(1), a1589. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v78i1.1589

Other news

We have been contacted by a clinic in the French part of Switzerland who are asking if an English speaking instructor could teach a 2-3 days workshop on postural control, possibly to be followed by workshops on gait and upper-limb rehabilitation.

Please contact me for more information.

If you have any information for the April newsletter please send it to me  by 15^th April