Clinicians Getting into EEG, Mind Explorers,
Parents...
This is the absolute, must-first-step for getting started with
Neurofeedback.
The
EEG Biofeedback /
NeurofeedbackFoundations CourseDVD or VHS Workshop
Neurofeedback is both an art and
science. There are almost as many ways to go about doing it effectively as
there are practitioners. We've assembled a collection of presentations by
the best leaders in the field of neurofeedback, recorded live, so you can
get exposure to all their different models and get the basics under your
belt. Sure, you can buy a book by one practitioner or another. But believe
me, the variety in the way people approach EEG brain training is huge and
that means that if you only look at one perspective, you really don't know
what all the possibilities are.
Teachers, include: Joel Lubar, Judith
Lubar, Barry Sterman, Lynda and Michael Thompson, Sig Othmer, Anna Wise,
Valdeane Brown, Paul Swingle, Peter Van Deusen, Rob Kall, Richard
Soutar, Len Ochs, Hershel Toomim, Tom Budzynski, Nancy
White, (buy our video version from last year's live course ($289)
get better prepared to digest information at a higher level of
understanding, and attend this year's live course free (with
registration for the advanced
meeting.)
#1 ROB KALL, SIG OTHMER & MICHAEL COHEN
#2 JOEL LUBAR , JAY GUNKLEMAN.
#3 BOB GURNEE, ANNA WISE, TOM COLLURA & R. SOUTAR
#4 NANCY WHITE, VAL BROWN & LES FEHMI
#5 LYNDA & MICHAEL THOMPSON, K.H. WONG & R. VAN DUESEN.
#6 PAUL SWINGLE
"...the process of
neurofeedback is one hell of a lot simpler than you've heard...."
Valdeane Brown
Learn
the basic concepts of neurofeedback from the masters in the field--
pioneers, leading trainers, developers, seasoned clinicians.
Here's the way we see it.
If you are considering entering the field of
neurofeedback, this is the best bargain available (especially when you
throw in costs of registering for a workshop, flying to the location,
hotel and meal costs and lost time seeing clients,
which could easily run up to $2000-$3000.)
1) Watch the video to get an idea of which
presenter(s) you would want to take a more extended training course with.
You will find very, very VERY different teaching and presentation styles.
Imagine spending $1000 or $800 on a course, another $500-$1500 on hotel,
meals, airfare, then discovering that your presenter's voice feels like
chalk on a blackboard to you. Or, imagine that you discover a presenter
whose model of EEG training inspires you and motivates far beyond what you
thought possible. The DVD course can help you make these discoveries and
help you to make more informed, intelligent decisions.
or
If you've already taken one course, invest in
the Foundations course to see how other leaders in the field differ in
their approaches to assessment, strategies for training (placements,
frequencies, models, etc.), coaching, ancillary approaches and tools.
2) Watch (90% of clients invest in the video
or combination video and audio version) or listen to it before taking your
first workshop or training, so you'll get a clearer idea of different
perspectives of the basics. Create a basic knowledge base, so when you
attend your first workshop you process the information at a higher level
of understanding. You'll have better comprehension and better questions.
3) After you've benefitted from the Foundations
course and your first live training course, we recommend you go to the
facility of an experienced EEG biofeedback practitioner to observe a few
days worth of clients-- intakes, initial, mid and late session clients.
This should be followed by continued supervision.
This is a live recording of the foundations course
offered at the Annual Futurehealth Winter Brain Meeting
designed to prepare attendees for the advanced lectures which follow.
Whether you are clinician or educator preparing to
enter a career in the the field or add the skills of EEG biofeedback to
your armamentarium, or a parent or adult intending to delve into the home
use of neurofeedback, this course should be your first step. It's an
invaluable resource you will be happy your invested in.
This is a tape of a live workshop. It is not
produced in a studio, so it is not a polished production. Sometimes
the camera focuses too long on the speaker and sometimes it misses
screens. Nonetheless, the vast majority of purchasers have found the
video to be highly valuable. We typically sell 98%
DVD and 2%
audio. If you are unhappy with the video, you can return it in
exchange for the audio edition, with a credit for the difference in
price.
Prices:(for
international orders, place your order, then email us for the cost
to ship to you address. We will add the additional shipping
surcharge, using global mail, with 4-10 day delivery for most
nations)
audio mp3
CD set $199 ($10.00
s&h) (only plays on MP3 compatible CD players
available by July 1
combination audio
CD-MP3 and videoDVD set $399 ($14 s&h)
for rush shipments in the continental US,
(Canada, add $5) , other countries, e-mail for rates.
Exhibit
Hall Videoa
DVD demoing
five different EEG biofeedback systems $50 plus add $1 shipping if ordered
with foundations course, or $10 shipping if ordered separately
Rob Kall
Brief History of Neurofeedback and biofeedback; Cats, monkeys, jets,
Gaia, yogis....an overview of the early history of the
field of biofeedback and neurofeedback
Sig Othmer-
From Brain Models to
Therapies Neurofeedback started with a focus on brain mechanisms,
and first clinical applications were to neurological conditions such as
epilepsy. Over time neurofeedback came to be more and more associated
with psychological/psychiatric diagnoses, and symptoms drove therapeutic
approaches. Increasingly, however, evolving protocols have shed any
obvious linkage with symptoms being addressed. We are returning to more
purely brain-based models to define how neurofeedback is to be done.
Symptom relief and performance measures are still the arbiter of
clinical success, but the challenges we employ in brain-training are
increasingly being derived from strictly EEG-based criteria. It is
necessary, therefore, to develop an over-arching model for brain
self-regulation that accounts for this state of affairs. If such a
comprehensive model is possible, then we would expect it to be
accompanied by a more generic, non-specific approach to brain
self-regulation applicable to a broad range of disorders as well as to
optimum mental fitness training.
Joel Lubar
Understanding The EEG It's
Origins, It's Characteristics and Its Application for Neurofeedback-
Neurotherapy.
In this foundations course I will
demonstrate a number of EEG pattern characteristics that are important
for the basic understanding and for application in the fields of
neurofeedback and neurotherapy. EEG is an extremely complex phenomenon.
Understanding neocortical dynamics, the origins of EEG and how it is
recorded, analyzed and processed is of primary importance in order to
utilize EEG neurofeedback techniques and neurotherapy approaches. First,
I will familiarize the attendees with the basic EEG patterns such as
delta, theta, alpha, beta, SMR, lambda, mu, sleep spindles, and other
commonly recorded EEG characteristics.
Next I will demonstrate some of
the abnormal EEG patterns associated with seizure disorders and other
types of neuropathology.
This foundations course will
discuss in detail the more important and somewhat more complex concepts
such as harmonic analysis of EEG, phase and coherence, and their
importance in understanding functional linkages within the cerebral
cortex and between the cortex and the thalamus. The importance of
coherence and phase will become particularly apparent in a discussion
about the difference between referential and bipolar EEG montages. The
relationship between phase and coherence measurements and the
characteristics associated with closed head injury and possibly
attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities will
be discussed.
My portion of the course will also
include a discussion of the different types of signal processing
methodologies that are utilized in the development of neurofeedback
instrumentation and the relative advantages and disadvantages of each
approach. These methodologies include active bandpass filters, analog
and digital filters, Fourier analysis, pattern analysis, and combined
analog and digital techniques based on several of these approaches used
simultaneously
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