INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
Newsletter October 2022
Executive Committee News
Two new Basic course Instructors
Congratulations to Karen Blagojevic from the UK who qualified in September and Neele Kaden from Germany who qualified in October 2022.
New Trainee Secretary
Victor Urquizo has volunteered to be our trainee secretary for this year to learn the role ready to take over as Secretary after the AGM 2023. The Executive Committee are very pleased that Victor has come forward to prepare to take on this very important position within IBITA.
2022 IBITA AGM/Congress
The Zoom recording of the AGM is available for everyone to view – LINK which includes some screen shots taken during the meeting and the AGM PowerPoint PDF LINK
The 2022 AGM feedback survey closed on 10th October with 59 members responding with useful feedback. The summary report of the survey responses will be available next month
The minutes of the AGM are now available on the website LINK
The 2022 Byelaws are also now available LINK
The 2022 Procedural Manual should be available to membership later this month.
Receipts for IBITA subscriptions will be issued later in October, if you need specific information on your receipt for tax purposes, please let the Secretary ([email protected]) know as soon as possible.
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]
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
Other News
Request for Instructors to teach in Ghana
We have received a request from Ghana to help with organizing Bobath training in their country. Please contact me if you would like to be involved.
If you have any information for the November newsletter please send it to the IBITA Secretary by 15th November
Janice Champion
IBITA Secretary