INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
March Newsletter
Executive Committee
Congress and AGM 2026 in Hanover, Germany
The 42nd IBITA AGM will be held on Friday 28th August 2026 at MHH Hanover (Hanover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg Strasse 1)
The Congress will open on Wednesday evening 26th August with a Welcome party. This will be followed by educational days on 27th and 29th August and the AGM on 28th August.
Here is the LINK for detailed information. Registration is now open.
AGM 2025
The 2025 Byelaws and the 2025 Procedural Manual and files are in process to be updated and reflect the decisions made during the AGM. They will be uploaded to Google Docs.
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Course Exemptions
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]
Publishing IBITA recognized courses
According to the passed motion 10.1. at the 41st AGM in Tokyo, all IBITA-recognized courses must be advertised on the IBITA website. Please publish all the co-instructors or/and instructor candidates who are actively involved in teaching. If you need help, please contact the IBITA Secretary Victor Urquizo – [email protected]
New Tabs on the website
To facilitate your access to relevant documents for basic and advanced courses we create new tabs on the website. You can download the documents as necessary including the new IBITA certificates. You can fulfill it and download it as a PDF-File.
Creating an IBITA Certificate
The steps are very easy. Just fulfill the spaces and create a PDF-File for every participant.
Optional: You can add the Logo and the Name of the Organization.
Please use only these certificates and don’t translate them into your language. The official IBITA Certificate is in English.
Please note that an advanced course certificate can only be signed by an ACI or SI, not by ACIC
Instructor Training Committee
The ITC is pleased to offer two Instructor Training Modules in Jesteburg, Germany, in 2026.
While the BCIC Training Module is now full, registration remains open for the Advanced Training Module. LINK
Theme 2026: Movement Analysis and Task Performance Applied to Advanced Clinical Reasoning and Practice in the Bobath Concept
This Advanced Training Module is designed for Instructor-Candidates, Advanced Course Instructors, and Basic Course Instructors who have taught a minimum of five Basic Courses. The module focuses on deepening movement analysis during task performance and integrating this analysis into advanced clinical reasoning and hands-on practice.
Participants will engage in:
- Applied theory–practice through structured tasks
- Patient demonstrations and supervised treatment sessions
- Advanced use of the Model of Bobath Clinical Practice (MBCP)
- Collaborative group work and critical clinical reflection in an international learning environment
Feedback from the previous ITC Module highlights the learning experience:
“The applied theory–practice through tasks and the MBCP analysis with the demo helped me connect concepts and strengthen my clinical reasoning.”
“It was a really well-thought-out and wonderful course… an interactive learning environment.”
“You give us very helpful information in theory background, helping to improve our analysis and handling skills.”
Important dates
Registration will close on 15th April 2026, earlier than in previous years. Places are limited, and the module will only run if adequate registration is confirmed by this date
Registration details are available on the IBITA website under Instructor Training / ITC Modules.
Research Committee
The Research Committee remains eager to enable the sharing of research activity within
the IBITA membership. We therefore invite ALL members who are producing research
to consider:
– A call for researchers to present their work in a webinar.
– A call for members currently conducting research to inform the RC.
– A call for members who would like their Bobath-related papers uploaded to the library
folder.
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee of IBITA continues its work by sharing testimonials from members about their experience serving on an IBITA Committee.
This month we are very pleased to share the thoughts of Klaus Gusowski, a member of the Verification Committee. In a brief overview, he offers a clear and pragmatic perspective on the work carried out by this committee.
I served two terms as a member of verification committee in IBITA. I am happy to write a few lines about this work: In this committee, two elected members work independently of each other. The documents scanned by Leo (invoices, bank statements, Excel spreadsheets, etc.) were always sent to us by email in good time, so there was a time window of approximately two weeks to review and verify these materials. The way all the documents were prepared made the work easy. The key changes were clearly visible and traceable in the Excel spreadsheets. Any questions were answered very promptly. It was very instructive to see the complex international efforts of IBITA in such detail. The associated costs were clearly visible. This insight was also very helpful for my own decision-making when voting on financial matters in the future. This committee allows a deep insight into the work of IBITA and provides a good understanding of the interconnections between its diverse activities. It is a task that requires about one week of focused work, exchange with the second committee member and Leo, and is then completed for one year.
NomCom warmly invite all members who are completing their second term to send us a short testimonial about their experience. Sharing these reflections is an important part of participation in our professional community. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like more information or if you are interested in the nomination process.
Other News
If you have any info for the April 2026 newsletter, please send it to Victor Urquizo at [email protected] by 15th April.