AAPB - 40th Annual Meeting

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Wednesday, April 1 - 8:00 - 12:00 / 8:00 - 5:00 pm - Concurrent Half Day and Full Day Workshops

Wednesday, April 1 - 1:00 - 5:00 pm - Concurrent Halfday Workshops

Thursday, April 2 - 8:00 - 12:00 / 8:00 - 5:00 pm - Concurrent Half Day and Full Day Workshops

Thursday, April 2 - 1:00 - 5:00 pm - Concurrent Half Day Workshops

Thursday, April 2 - 5:15 - 6:15 pm - Presentation

Thursday, April 2 - 6:15 - 7:00 pm - Town Hall Meeting

Friday, April 3 - 7:30 - 8:30 / 7:30 - 9:00 - Short Courses

Friday, April 3 - 9:15 - 10:15 am - Lectures

Friday, April 3 - 10:45 - 11:45 am - Keynote

Friday, April 3 - 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Concurrent Symposia

Friday, April 3 - 3:00 - 4:00 / 3:00 - 5:15 pm - Concurrent Symposia

Friday, April 3 - 4:15 - 5:15 pm - Concurrent Orals and Symposia

Saturday, April 4 - 7:30 - 9:00 am - Concurrent Short Courses

Saturday, April 4 - 9:30 - 10:15 am - Presentation

Saturday, April 4 - 10:45 - 11:45 am - Keynote

Saturday, April 4 - 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Concurrent Symposia

Saturday, April 4 - 3:00 - 4:00 / 3:00 - 5:15 pm - Concurrent Symposia and Orals

Saturday, April 4 - 4:15 - 5:15 pm - Concurrent Orals and Symposia

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Please rate the following:

The program was relevant to my work.

Content matched stated objectives.

Usefulness of handouts/AV.

Quality of facilities.

How well did the educational sessions give a balanced view of therapeutic options, including the use of generic names?

If you rated any of the above questions with 'fair,' 'poor,' 'disagree,' or 'strongly disagree' please explain:

Please rate the speaker(s) as a group. You will have the opportunity to elaborate on an individual speaker in the following question.

Objective 1: Apply psychophysiology and biofeedback to whole person health.

The above objective will increase my professional competence.

The above objective will result in changes to performance in my professional practice.

The above objective will result in improved patient outcomes.

If you have additional comments regarding the session or individual speaker(s) - e.g. teaching ability, expertise, organization of materials, etc. - please use the space below:

Objective 2: Discuss new treatment methods for application in clinical settings.

The above objective will increase my professional competence.

The above objective will result in changes to performance in my professional practice.

The above objective will result in improved patient outcomes.

Define and discuss: i. Neurofeedback terminology including: 10-20 system, origin of the EEG, 5 characteristics that define every EEG waveform, types of waveforms and correspondence of bandwidth frequencies to mental state.

Define and describe clinical conditions that have been shown (publications and/or professional presentations) to be responsive to some degree to NFB and/or combined NFB + BFB training.

Develop a rational intervention using neurofeedback (NFB) and combine it with biofeedback (BFB) and strategies in a responsible manner.

List and describe the symptoms of Aspergers syndrome and describe how Aspergers can be differentiated from Autism and from ADHD.

Identify (using QEEG and LORETA), seven Neuroanatomical areas commonly found to be outside database norms in ASDs.

Discuss current theories for understanding ASDs including: Mirror Neuron and Salience Landscape theories and the triad: Theory-of-mind, Coherence, and Executive Function deficit theories and the Polyvagal theory.

Discuss current trends and key resources using biofeedback and neurofeedback to enhance performance.

Discover the benefits of requesting new clients to write an autobiography of the person's ability/ talent as beneficial during the assessment and mental imagery process.

Describe the impact of biofeedback and neurofeedback as well as the potential for customizing Open Focus, imagery and the tools for reclaiming the expert.

List techniques related to inter-disciplinary marketing.

Summarize qualities of sound marketing techniques.

Discuss the use of self reflective professional inventories in prioritizing your marketing strategies.

Discuss the sequential building blocks of retraining injured technique and muscle control with SEMG.

Discuss state of the art brain-computer interfaces.

Describe methods used to provide biofeedback of brain activity.

Discuss potential new treatments for paralysis employing neuroprosthetic technology.

Define the boundaries and domains of complementary and integrative medicine, and relate these to the emerging interest in whole person health.

Describe the prevalence of complementary and integrative approaches used by the public, offered at hospitals, and studied at major medical centers in the U.S.

Discuss the challenges, latest research findings and opportunities for whole person and integrative health.

List the modalities used in a peak performance training program.

Explain the role of each biofeedback modality in the peak performance program.

Explain how biofeedback is used in conjunction with traditional sports psychology, and limitations and areas of caution for the practitioner.

Review rational of energy healing.

Discuss new research on energy healing.

Discuss psychophysiological research predicting resiliency among soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.

Summarize a prospective study of post-war symptoms and health care utilization in soldiers deploying to war.

Explain the autonomic nervous system and endocrine responses predictive of post-war symptoms in soldiers.

Relate dysfunctions in the mirror neuron system with social dysfunctions in ASD.

Assess the effectiveness of neurofeedback training in producing positive changes in the behavior and electrophysiology of ASD children.

Evaluate the role of mu rhythms in the context of other EEG rhythms.

Develop interpersonal connections with athletes, coaches and agents for the purpose of preparing for performance enhancement work.

Develop a training protocol using instrumentation and cognitive behavioral strategies to facilitate discovery of optimum versus failure performance conditions.

Define and describe placebo effect as it relates to pain resarch and treatment.

Describe how cortical/limbic mechanisms may modulate the complex perception of pain.

Discuss the clinical implcations of emotional pain modulatory mechanisms.

Describe the effect of a single bout of acute, gradually increasing to peak intensity exercise on negative mood in healthy adolescents.

Discuss the role of Body Mass Index, (BMI), cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity levels in the context of the single bout of acute, gradually increasing to peak intensity exercise's effects on mood in healthy adolescents.

Identify important differences in the biofeedback training protocols of children, adolescents, and adults.

List three motivators to improve practice compliance in children and adolescents.

Discuss options for teaching deep breathing to young children and adolescents.

Describe the steps in developing a research.

Develop a research study designed to answer the question "Is incorporation of stress reduction techniques effective in the workplace?"

List three general beneficial effects of HRV biofeedback in the practice of psychotherapy.

Identify two behaviors which reflect activation of the social engagement system by HRV biofeedback.

Cite two features of activation of traumatic experience by HRV biofeedback.

Name and describe the major non-pharmacological interventions for chronic benign headache.

Describe alternatives to the traditional office-based treatment delivery methods for these non-pharmacological treatments.

Discuss some future directions for headache research and clinical work.

Discuss very low frequency oscillations in heart rate and other cardiovascular measures.

Describe the relationship between these oscillation and resonances in the cardiovascular system caused by baroreflex activity.

Describe the underlying basis of heart rate regulation by the autonomic nervous system.

Apply the therapy to disorders in your area of specialization.

Discuss the diagnosis of autism.

List the different types of autism and identify the differences in severities.

Describe how NF can help such children.

Assess the utility of QEEG for blast concussions.

Develop applications for testing the validity of QEEG.

Assess the feasibility of QEEG in the clinical practice for blast concussions.

Discuss how the human nervous system acts as a dynamic network of interconnecting elements that is constantly working to maintain homeostasis and equilibrium.

Identify two phenotype based rives underlying addiction.

Describe when the Peniston protocol is appropriate.

Describe how you will manage stress effectively.

Identify components of a university based stress management program.

Describe theretical rationale to use rTMS over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for experimental treatment of autism.

Discuss the diagnosis of autism.

Discuss the rationale for yoga as a treatment for chronic insomnia describing the relevant psychophysiological characteristics involved.

Please rate how well you are able to meet the following objectives:

Discuss executive function difficulties including learning and memory.

Discuss how the human nervous system acts as a dynamic network of interconnecting elements that is constantly working to maintain homeostasis and equilibrium.

Summarize Stephen Porge's polyvagal theory.

Discuss historical and recent research on brain plasticity and cognitve function.

List avilable technologies and techniques for mental fitness training.

Implement adding mental fitness training in their practice settings.

List 8 or more clinical benefits of meditation and yogic breathing (YB) based on research findings.

Apply one pranayama, yogic diaphragmatic breathing technique for lowering sympathetic nervous system arousal.

Demonstrate one Sanskrit mantra meditation technique that also helps to optimize HRV.

Discuss the physiological origins of the EEG signal, and fundamental properties of surface EEG acquisition and analysis.

Discuss EEG signal processing techniques and metrics confidently so as to continue gaining knowledge in the future, and make more educated choices of methodology and parameter selection when using EEG signal processing in neurofeedback applications, with the goal of improving clinical outcomes.

Describe the neuronal dynamics underlying characteristic EEG rhythms.

Outline the basic phenotypes and relate them to normative EEG characteristics.

Demonstrate neuronal dynamic changes using live Z-scores.

Describe the underlying basis of heart rate regulation by the autonomic nervous system.

Describe how to carry out the determination of resonant frequency with biofeedback equipment.

Apply, remove and clean EEG electrodes quickly and reliably to minimize technical problems, maximize efficiency and maintain electrode integrity.

Apply the therapy to disorders in their area of specialization.

Please answer the following:

Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

Was the educational content free of commercial bias?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?

If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.

Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room while you attended this educational activity?

If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please explain.

What did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

My professional competence would be improved if I had training on:

My professional performance would be improved if I had training on:

My patient outcomes would be improved if I had training on:

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient outcomes?

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