INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
Newsletter November 2022
Executive Committee News
Basic Course Instructor
Congratulations to Toshiyuki Fukutomi from Japan who qualified as a Basic Course Instructor in October 2022.
2022 IBITA AGM/Congress
The summary of the feedback from the 2022 AGM survey is now available for members to read – LINK
The summary of the feedback from the 2022 host country webinar is available for members to read – LINK
The 2022 Procedural Manual is now available LINK The Procedural Manual may need further editing to improve the links between the contents pages and the section pages but we will let you know when this occurs.
Receipts for IBITA subscriptions have now been sent to all members who have paid their subscriptions. If you have not received your receipt please let the Secretary ([email protected]) know as soon as possible.
Language and country groups survey
As part of the ongoing work towards achieving ‘Our IBITA vision for 2022-2024’ the Executive Committee would value your feedback on the development of language and country groups to facilitate discussion. A letter from Marc has been sent to all members with more information.
Please respond to this survey by 10th December 2022 – LINK or copy and paste the link below into your browser – https://forms.gle/
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]
Instructor Training Committee
The Committee has compiled a summary document of feedback from the two modules held in Burgau, Germany. The feedback was very positive and constructive such as “I am very glad that I could experience the work of such a great team of instructors. Their management of the whole module was very professional’ and ‘Precise, comprehensive explanations that were simple to follow’. The summary is available for members to read via this LINK.
Future modules
2023 Marstrand, Sweden
Pre congress BCIC module – Locomotion Aug 20 – 23 2023
Post congress BCIC module – Upper Limb Aug 28 – 31 2023
Post congress ACIC module – Clinical Reasoning Sept 2 – 5 2023
2024 Italy
Pre Congress BCIC module- Locomotion (4 DAYS PRIOR AGM)
Post Congress ACIC module – Clinical Reasoning (4 DAYS POST AGM)
2025 Japan No details at this time
Refer to the webpage https://ibita.org/
Nominating Committee
In planning for the next year and terms of committee compositions, you will find the updated list of vacant posts. Please notice that changes may arise along the year. So please have a look at the newsletter information every month to be updated. Thank you.
| Committee | Number of posts vacant in 2023 |
| Verification committee | 1 |
| Appeals and Grievance Committee | 1 |
| Education Committee | 1 |
| Bobath Development Committee | 1 |
| Nominating Committee | 1 |
| Research Committee | 3 |
| Peer Review Committee | 1 |
| Instructor Training Committee | 1 |
| Qualification Committee | 3 |
We are happy to receive your announcement of interest.
Don’t hesitate to contact us for any questions.
Cecilia, Koji, Heike
Heike Frauendorf
Cecilia Lofgren
Koji Takahashi
Research Committee
The Committee is planning a major reorganisation of the library over the next year. If any member, instructor or instructor candidate would like to get involved in helping to review and categorise the publications in the library, the committee would be grateful for any assistance.
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact Kostas
Email address: [email protected]
Other News
Request for Instructors to teach in Goa
We have received a request from Goa for help with organizing a Basic Bobath course in their country. Please contact me if you would like to be involved.
If you have any information for the December newsletter please send it to the IBITA Secretary by 15th December
Janice Champion
IBITA Secretary