INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
June 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 open – Please remember: The Early Bird registration is until 15th of July possible!
AGM 2027 – save the date!
The EC is happy to announce that the 43rd IBITA AGM 2027 will be held in Rheinfelden, Switzerland from 11th to 14th August 2027.
The BCIC-Module will take place in the Reha Rheinfelden from 8th to 11th August 2027 and the AT-Module from 15th to 18th August 2027.
The EC, IBITA members working in the Reha Rheinfelden and the IBITA Swiss are organizing this event together. Details will follow.
New Qualified Instructors
We would like to congratulate Annika Akiko Matsui from Germany who qualified as Basic Course Instructor in May 2026, Tim Walton from the United Kingdom and Tinka Rajher Boštjan from Slovenia who qualified as Advanced Course Instructors in May 2026
SIS Survey
- All members (Full, Retired, Honorary Life Members, and Associate Members) are required to complete the SIS: Procedural Manual, 2.4 Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status (SIS)
- The SIS survey must be submitted after 1st May and before 1st July (Byelaws Art. VI – Members’ rights and duties – Section II Duties of members – Clause 3).
- Exemptions must be applied for before July 1st, the SIS submission deadline.
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This platform is designed to provide a quick and reliable way to keep all our instructors around the world informed with the latest updates, announcements, and important information from the Executive Committee.
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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]
Letter to membership regarding teaching in China
Please pay attention to this very important letter LINK from the country representative of China. The EC fully support its content.
Research Commitee
The ResCom would like to invite IBITA members to volunteer for our Reading Circles initiative. We have recently completed our review of 2024 and are now looking ahead to 2025. This is a valuable and fulfilling opportunity to stay up-to-date with leading journals in the field, while contributing to the collective knowledge of our community.
As part of this initiative, volunteers are assigned 3–4 journals and are asked to look for articles that may be of interest to IBITA members. Selected articles are then shared for inclusion in the IBITA library. The contribution can be flexible — either a one-time effort or an ongoing (e.g., yearly) involvement, according to each volunteer’s availability.
If you are interested, please contact Kostas ([email protected])
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is still actively searching for members interested in standing for election to IBITA committees for the 2026 term.
We are pleased to report that several committees already have members willing to stand for a second term, including the Executive Committee (Secretary position), the Nominating Committee, the Research Committee, and the Qualification Committee.
However, we are still looking for interested candidates for a number of committees, including:
- Verification Committee
- Appeals and Grievance Committee
- Bobath Development Committee
- Qualification Committee
- Instructor Training Committee
- Research Committee
- Peer Review Committee
- Education Committee
In addition, this year we have the newly created Social Media Committee.
This committee was proposed by the Executive Committee following the fruitful discussions held during the AGM in Verona regarding the future communication strategy of IBITA. Effective communication is essential to strengthen and protect the IBITA brand, promote our educational activities, and increase the visibility of the Bobath Concept worldwide.
For this reason, we are particularly interested in hearing from members who have experience in communication, marketing, content creation, graphic design, social media management, or related fields. We would be delighted to arrange a meeting to discuss the committee’s aims and explore how your skills and experience could contribute to this important initiative.
We would also like to remind all members that detailed information about the role, purpose, functions, and composition of each committee can be found by logging into the IBITA website and accessing the “Bylaws and Rules & Regulations” document in the IBITA Documents section.
If you have any questions about committee work, the opportunities available, or how you can contribute to the future development of IBITA, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for considering supporting IBITA through committee involvement.
Other News
If you have any info for the July 2026 newsletter, please send it to Victor Urquizo at [email protected] by 15th July.