INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation
Newsletter May 2022
Executive Committee News:
Paul Kroonenburg: 27th April 1946 – 15th May 2022
Our longstanding Honorary Life Member, Paul Kroonenburg sadly died on 15th May.
Paul was an active member of IBITA since 1989 and became Secretary in 1990 at the Berlin Meeting. He developed the membership database and the IBITA website, initially sending out CD’s to all members every year so we all had up to date documentation. He was always ready to answer member’s questions and requests for help. For many years he also hosted Executive Committee Mid Year meetings in his own home. He was awarded the Honorary Life membership in 2001 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He retired from the Executive Committee at the 2014 AGM in Florence. Our condolences have been passed on to his family.
AGM 2022 – The virtual AGM will be held on Saturday 3rd September. As soon as more information is available about the virtual educational components you will be informed.
Please remember to be able to vote at the AGM, full members must have completed their Statement of Instructor Status (SIS) before 30th June and have paid their IBITA subscription before 12th August 2022.
ACTION REQUIRED The 2022 SIS for all members including retired members and instructor candidates opened on the 1st May. All members including HLM, retired and those members who completed their 2021 SIS in the last few months must complete their SIS every year to maintain their membership of IBITA.
All Instructor Candidates must upload a personal training profile form (PTPF) with their SIS submission even if they have not completed an assistantship during the last year.
To complete your SIS please go to the member webpage – Select “Your Profile” – select “Edit your Profile” – select “Fill in your Statement of Instructor Status Survey”.
Important dates for the next two months –
- May 1, annual
- Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status 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
- May 31, 2022
- Deadline to submit motions for the AGM
- June 25, 2022
- Initial AGM Agenda posted 2 months prior to AGM. NO motion amendments are possible.
- June 30, 2022
- Statements of Instructor Status and Instructor Candidate Status submission deadline, to be completed by ALL members Country Representative Reports deadline. For more information contact the IBITA Vice Chairperson.
- July 1, 2022
- Subscriptions to be paid after 1 July and no later than 12 August – Invoice.
- The new invoice for 2022-2023 will show some countries have moved to different categories so please check your category before sending your payment
Please remember to check the Important Dates page on the website – LINK
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]
Education Committee
Education Committee Webinar Series 2022
The details of upcoming webinars are available on the website – LINK
Information sharing
If members have information regarding interesting and relevant upcoming conferences and congresses, or on-line educational courses, please forward the details to the IBITA Secretary for inclusion in future Newsletters.
Instructor Training Committee
The ITC is sad to announce the cancellation of the Advanced Module in Sept 2022 due to a combination of factors. This Module will be rescheduled for 2023. We appreciate this news is disappointing for the ACICs who were registered for the course and are aware this Module has not been offered since 2018.
If the cancellation of this Module impacts the Qualification Process for an ACIC please refer to the document Covid -19 Exemptions: qualification with modules This document provides guidance on exemptions for ICs who have been unable to access an ITC module. The link to the document is on the IBITA homepage and can be accessed via this LINK
BCIC MODULES
The Instructor Training Committee will be offering the BCIC modules in late August early September 2022. They will be held at Burgau in Germany, a 1.5 hour train ride from Munich. The Basic Course Instructor Candidate Training Module is open for all Instructor Candidates and Instructors.
Please register as soon as possible to secure a place.
June 1st is the deadline for priority placement for BCICs
July 1st is the deadline for registration for all members
Aug 25 – 28 BCIC module – Postural Control and the Upper Limb
Aug 30 – Sept 2 BCIC module – Postural Control and Locomotion
Future modules
2023 Marstrand, Sweden
2024 Italy
2025 Japan
Refer to the webpage https://ibita.org/future-
Nominating Committee
Dear IBITA members,
With this newsletter you will find an overview about the arising vacant posts for the election of office bearers during the AGM 2022.
Possibly there might arise some little changes, because the committees are busy in organizing with new compositions and length of terms. We will inform about any changes in time.
Please announce your interest or give a recommendation for a member to be nominated.
| Committee | Number. of posts |
| Executive Committee Secretary |
1 |
| Executive Committee IT Secretary |
1 |
| Appeals & Grievance Committee | 1 |
| Nominating committee | 1 |
| Research Committee | 1 |
| Peer Review Committee | 2 |
| Instructor Training committee | 1 |
| Qualification Committee | 2 (obligatory 1 member out of Europe) |
The nominating committee wants to invite all of you to declare your wish to support the important committee’s work. Please have a look at the IBITA homepage where you can find information about the different committees and the members involved at the moment.
We are happy to receive your declaration of interest or any questions.
The nominating committee
Cecilia, Koji, Heike
Heike Frauendorf f
Cecilia Lofgren
Koji Takahashi
Research Committee
The Research Committee would would like to invite IBITA members to a webinar entitled: “Systematic Reviews – why and how are they created and how to use them? The webinar will be supported by examples of systematic reviews that have been published on the Bobath concept.
The webinar will be held on Saturday 25th June at 1pm Europe time and presented by members of the Research Committee. To join the Zoom webinar – LINK Meeting ID: 891 2758 2305 Passcode: 574864
Other news
If you have any information for the June newsletter please send it to me by 15th June
Janice Champion
IBITA Secretary