INTERNATIONAL BOBATH INSTRUCTORS TRAINING ASSOCIATION
An international association for adult neurological rehabilitation

Newsletter July 2023

Executive Committee News

Congratulations
We would like to congratulation Sarah Martens from Belgium who qualified as a Basic Course Instructor in June 2023

In Memoriam
We have been informed that Ms. Masako Fuchi, who was an Advanced course instructor in Japan passed away in June following an illness. Our thoughts are with her family and colleagues.

Congress and AGM 2023 – Sweden 
Registration is open – LINK  The closing date for registering for the congress is 31^st July. The Nordic group would like to inform you that the Educational sessions being presented on the morning of Saturday 26th August will be available as a webinar for those members unable to attend the Congress at 50% of the cost on the poster: Webinar – Education Day Poster LINK
As there has been a lot of demand from our members to be able to watch the webinar both ‘live’ and after the Congress, it will be available to watch online but will NOT be downloadable in order to prevent potential misuse of the videos. Julie Vaughan Graham has kindly offered her web platform exclusively to IBITA members to allow this to take place. Therefore everyone who registers to view the IBITA webinar after the Congress will have to register on the iNR website and to accept the terms of service and privacy policy. (https://ineurorehab.com/)
Further information about how to access the webinar will be available later in August
This is the first time an AGM / Congress educational session has been available to the public and will be a useful income-generating project.
IBITA members are able to register by contacting Cecilia Lofgren ([email protected]) Please make contact as soon as possible.

Agenda – The initial agenda was posted on the website last month and the final agenda will be available on 24^th July. After the 24^th July a Google Doc will be available to allow you to submit questions and comments which can be passed on to the Committees/ members who submitted them for further discussion.
To be able to vote at the AGM and for the postal vote for the ‘election of officers’ you must have completed your SIS by 30^th June AND have paid your subscription before 11^th August 2023.

Important Dates  LINK 
Here are the important dates for the next few weeks: –

• July 24, 2023
  • Final AGM Agenda will be posted on the website.
  • Questions and comments can be submitted for discussion during the AGM. All members are encouraged to review the agenda and submit questions / comments regarding the reports and the motions by 12 August 2023 using the Google Doc LINK to be added 24th July

• July 29, 2023
  • Research Poster submission deadline. Submit to Agnieszka Śliwka, Email: agnieszka.sliwka@uj.edu.pl

• July 31, 2023
  • IBITA Conference Support Grant deadline. Refer to Procedural Manual 5.3.2

• August 4, 2023
  • Postal votes – ELECTIONS ONLY – open
  • Postal votes will only be accepted from full members who have completed their SIS by June 30th AND paid their subscriptions before August 12th.

• August 11, 2023
  • Postal votes  – ELECTIONS ONLY – closes
• August 11, 2023
  • Subscriptions payment final deadline –Invoice LINK 
• August 12, 2023
  • Deadline to submit  questions / comments  regarding AGM  Agenda items. 
• August 25,2023
  • AGM Marstrand, Sweden 

Please remember to contact the Research Committee and Education Committee if you would like to present the results of your scientific research in the form of an oral presentation or a poster. The contact person is Agnieszka Śliwka, her email address is [email protected]

Hoodies and Polo Shirts – On the registration form there is box to order an IBITA Hoodie or Polo Shirt. There is a link to a size chart (Hoodies:LINK   Polo shirts:LINK) if you are unsure of the best size for you. If you have any questions about this or you ordered before the size chart was available please contact Cecilia Löfgren, her email address is [email protected] The closing date for ordering items will be August 9^th 2023

Statement of Instructor Status (SIS) for 2023.Some members have still not submitted their SIS – this is a requirement for membership.
Please remember to be able to vote at the AGM, full members must have completed their Statement of Instructor Status (SIS) before 30^th June and have paid their IBITA subscription before 12^th August 2023.
The 2023 SIS for all members including retired members and instructor candidates closed on 30^th June. All members including HLM, retired must complete their SIS every year to maintain their membership of IBITA.
All Instructor Candidates (BCIC and ACIC) 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”.

Hybrid IBITA recognised Courses
If you have taught an IBITA recognised course where aspects of the teaching were online, please can you share your experiences and evaluations to assist other instructors in using this method? Please send your information to [email protected]

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
Please submit all course exemption requests to the IBITA Chairperson Marc Michielsen – [email protected]

Instructor Training Committee
The Instructor Training Committee is currently preparing to teach the following 2 Modules in  Sweden
BCIC: UL- 28^th – 31^st August.
ACIC: Advanced Clinical Reasoning – 20^th – 23^rd August.

Observational Places:

• The ITC would like to make the IBITA membership aware of the availability of two observational places on the BCIC module. Observational places are available to qualified instructors who have previously completed the module as a participant and wish to develop their understanding of the training process and the module content. They will allow instructors who wish to consider being part of the teaching team on these modules to work towards this goal.
• Instructors interested in these observational places can apply by email to the ITC chair Cathy Eustace on [email protected] with a personal statement identifying how they feel the experience will support their learning and development.
• Please submit applications by 1^st August 2023 

Future modules 
2024 Italy
Pre Congress BCIC module- Locomotion (4 DAYS PRIOR AGM)
Post Congress ACIC module – Clinical Reasoning (4 DAYS POST AGM)
2025 Japan No details at this time
Refer to the webpage https://ibita.org/future-modules/ for details

Nominating Committee 
Important Information
Dear IBITA members,
With the publication of the initial agenda for the AGM, you have been informed about
the current list of nominees for the vacant posts this year.
Please remember….submitting further nominations ( including the
official nomination form ) is still possible, latest until the 20th of July 2023!!!!
We would like to encourage everybody of you, to join one of the important IBITA
committees once a time. IBITA is, what we all as membership are representing.
We are looking forward to receive your active announcement of interest or
member recommendations to support the important committee work of IBITA !

Please see the list of vacant posts below.

Thank you all and see you in Marstrand!
Cecilia, Koji, Heike
Heike Frauendorf                frau[email protected]
Cecilia Lofgren                                [email protected]
Koji Takahashi                     [email protected]

Other News
Requests for Instructors
Serbia – We have been contacted by the owner of a rehabilitation clinic in Belgrade, Serbia who would like to organise an IBITA Basic course. If you would like any further information, please contact me.

France – We have been contacted by a therapist in France who would like to organise an IBITA Basic course. They are considering starting with Introductory courses and progressing to a Basic Course. If you would like any further information, please contact me.

If you have any information for the August newsletter please send it to the IBITA Secretary by 15th August.
Janice Champion
IBITA Secretary