INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
May Newsletter
Executive Committee News
Congress and AGM 2024 in Verona, Italy
Registration is open LINK
The Congress will open on Wednesday evening 28th August with a Welcome party. This will be followed by Educational days on 29th and 31st August and the AGM on 30th August. For further information follow this LINK
Covid-19 Exemptions
Please remember to contact the Executive Committee for all exemptions and questions.
Covid-19 Exemptions: qualification without modules – LINK
Covid-19 Course Exemptions – LINK
Course Exemptions
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Conferences and Congresses
We recommend that information regarding interesting and relevant upcoming conferences and congresses, as well as online educational courses, be forwarded by membership to the IBITA.
Publishing Courses
Please do not forget to publish the basic and advanced courses you are teaching in 2024. Please publish all the co-instructors or/and instructor candidates who are active involved in teaching. If you need help, please contact the IBITA Secretary Victor Urquizo – [email protected]
Reminder SIS
Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status has to be completed after May 1 and before June 30 by ALL members – Full, Retired, Honorary Life Members, and Associate Members. Electronic submission via Member Profile on website – SIS Instructions
Instructor Training Committee
2024 Italy
Registration is closed for the BCIC and ACIC Modules to be held in Brescia.
2025 Japan
- PRE AGM: ACIC 24th to 27th August
- POST AGM: BCIC Upper Limb 31st August to 3rd September
Future Modules
Refer to the webpage https://ibita.org/future-modules/ for details
Research Committee
A call for volunteers for the “Reading Circles”, meaning… reviewing articles (according to a list of 4-5 journals) that are suitable for our library.
If you are willing, please contact Kostas: [email protected]
Webinar Invitation
You are invited to a “brainstorming” webinar:
“Respiratory Efficiency and Auxiliary Respiratory Muscles in Patients in the Chronic Phase after Stroke”
by Agnieszka Śliwka et al.
join us: Saturday, June 8th, 10 am (Poland time)
Experienced and knowledgeable clinicians/researchers – YOU ARE NEEDED!!!
After a brief discussion on the rather complicated research procedure and the results obtained, we’ll have a consult of IBITA members on the interpretation and implications of these results
Topic: ResCom webinar
Time: Jun 8, 2024 09:00 AM Warsaw
Join Zoom Meeting
https://tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/81891038446
Meeting ID: 818 9103 8446
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee wishes everyone a good early summer and we hope that there are still some IBITA members who would like to join a committee. We still need members for the Education Committee, Member at Large and for the Appeal and Grievance committees.
Please contact any of us on the Nomination Committee. We are waiting for your application.
Other News
If you have any information for the June newsletter, please send it to the IBITA Secretary by 15th June.
Victor Urquizo, IBITA Secretary, [email protected]