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Define the core clinical principles of the LENS approach
Start and stop LENSware and manipulate the essential controls
Conduct an initial evaluation
Differentiate amplitude and frequency vs. suppression mapping analysis
Utilize EEG dynamics in order to better track patient changes
Name the components of the LENS approach
Summarize the LENS approach, especially in relation to the theory, concepts, and practices of traditional neurofeedback
Define the core paradigms and principles of the LENS approach
Summarize work with the evaluation to form a basis for considering topographic mapping
Discuss the concepts of sensitivity, hardiness and reactivity
Discuss the CNS questionnaire
Discuss Sensitivity and the Reactivity/Suppression/Hardiness questionnaire
Demonstrate LENS principles and practices
Discuss application component, treatment planning, mapping, EEG dynamics, session observation, management, offset use and trait-application matching
Define Neurofeedback terminology including
Explain how learning theory underlies every training session
Describe clinical conditions that have been shown to be responsive to some degree to NFB (or to NFB + BFB training)
Summarize the management of data from its export from LENSware, to its import and generation of information, treatment plans, and treatment evaluation in the Report Generator
Practice making topographic maps and offset evaluations
Describe how to integrate historical, clinical, and EEG data
Review the paradigms and principles used to generate treatment plans and treatment re-evaluations
Cite issues important in the conduct of the LENS approach so that the clinician can more intelligently inform the prospective client about the risks and benefits of his/her particular involvement
Discuss EEG suppression through the use of the suppression maps
Demonstrate the use of the Report Generator in relation to mapping, data management, and treatment planning
State the common EEG findings and identify characteristic EEG patterns in ADHD, LD (Dyslexia & non-verbal LD), Asperger’s, Tourette’s
State when one or more single channel EEG assessments may be sufficient, and when a more experienced practitioner should be asked to carry out a 19-channel EEG assessment and provide you with training recommendations
Describe appropriate data collection procedures
Utilize assessment data to develop a rational intervention using neurofeedback
Describe the basic principles, cautions, uses, and methods for using alpha-theta therapy
List and describe the potential side effects of NFB
Discuss the efficacy guidelines of the AAPB – ISNR for disorders for which Neurofeedback is used including: ADHD, Seizures, Anxiety, depression, and Asperger’s
Discuss Advanced LENS principles and practices
Discuss advanced features of the report generator
Define coherence, z-score, brain map, LORETA source correlation, Brodmann Area, peripheral skin temperature, electromyogram, electrodermal response, heart rate variability
Discuss when alpha/theta therapy may be appropriate and the efficacy levels for its use in substance abuse and in peak performance training
Describe the use a simplified stress assessment protocol to reveal basic psychophysiological responses to and recovery from stress
Perform Live Z-score training with up to 4 channels
Evaluate individual Z-score characteristics for assessment
Design basic Z-score training protocols
Explain how z-score and amplitudes ratios can be used to determine the level of relaxation
Describe how use of adjunct devices such as pROSHI or Alpha Stim can aid in PTSD, stress recovery
Name the reasons why even complicated cases of quadriplegia post MVA with aphasia can benefit from the Neurodynamic activated Neurofeedback
Identify patterns and design protocols based on information about transient EEG events and averaged QEEG data
Describe how to blend and use the various sources of information; EEG, QEEG, clinical interview, psychological testing and for use in determining protocols and treatment plans
Discuss how the Arousal Model does or does not help in understanding other areas of the brain
Analyze features in a typical report that a NFB practitioner may get back after requesting another practitioner to do a 19 channel assessment on a patient
Discuss medication effects on the EEG and a method for distinguishing whether the EEG findings are caused by medication
Develop an approach for optimizing performance of executives, academics, and athletes
Conduct a live Z-score training session
Design advanced live Z-score protocols
Review a QEEG summary of mapped Z-scores
Review session progress using QEEG measures
Interpret the application of the Neurodynamic activation devices in the correction of Congenital Nystagmus
Discuss the power of the Neurodynamic activation devices in extreme cases of Autism and Addiction
Discuss the concept of complete sensory integration and the application in PTSD with increased
Explain why the QEEGs are important in designing any therapeutic interventions
Identify the EEG signature and clinical approach to shifting laterality in transient EEG events
Identify the difference in the data bases used for QEEG
Compare and contrast the correlations and differences in behavioral and physiological arousal
Cite the clinical applications of the Phenotype Model
Discuss how transcranial magnetic stimulation is used to assess human neuroplasticity noninvasively
Discuss the research and clinical importance of choosing psychiatric medications based on the neuroelectrical physiology instead of symptoms clusters.
Describe the incremental gains that occur during 40 sessions of neurofeedback training.
Discuss the subjective experiences associated with frontal clarified gamma training
Discuss the potential use of EEG/evoked responses for brain mapping in clinical situations, particularly in presurgical evaluation
Discuss cortical regions involved in self evaluation in addicted persons
Summarize the literature published on Neurofeedback in ADHD
Explain the importance of self in treatment and cortical regions implicated in behavioral problems
Explain why wideband prefrontal suppression is a very powerful neurofeedback method
Explain how to apply the clinical implications of the newly developed normative database of resting state independent EEG components
Explain how the Vigilance model from Bente (1964) works
Differentiate between individual and group-average data
Summarize the ideas behind the two dimensional Vigilance-Brain Rate model and how the EEG-Phenotype model fits into this
Discuss the "Valsalva Wave" (respiratory vascular pressure wave), its origin and significance.
Describe the means of detecting and monitoring the Valsalva Wave
Describe the Valsalva Wave's relationship to heart rate variability
Explain why the success of the Neurotherapy (NFT) depends on the client’s specific biological, chemical and neurological make up
State the importance of the neurotransmitters in keeping the autonomic nervous system in balance, and how to assess the biological markers
Interpret and integrate the biological markers to symptoms and EEG correlates
State the physiological origins of the EEG signal
Discuss the fundamental concepts associated with surface EEG acquisition and analysis
Compare advanced methods of EEG analysis and understand the underlying concepts
Perform advanced Live Z-score training with up to 4 channels
Design protocols that combine live Z Score training and traditional neurofeedback
List key metacognitive strategies for different age groups
State methods for using biofeedback and neurofeedback to decrease habitual ‘bracing’ and increase attention and concentration
Cite relaxed quick-questions to use while putting on electrodes to ascertain client’s usage of metacognitive strategies
Discuss the theory and types of Continuous Performance Tests
Outline the correct procedures for administering the IVA+Plus and IVA-AE
Interpret the standard IVA+Plus and IVA-AE scales
Outline the basic neural mechanisms involved in self-reference
Explain how to measure psychological constructs with neurophysiological methods
Discuss the characteristics of the Valsalva Wave
Describe the method and protocol for cultivating Valsalva Wave amplitude and coherence
Discuss experimental application of Valsalva Wave biofeedback in a clinical practice
Apply, remove and clean EEG electrodes quickly and reliably to minimize technical problems, maximize efficiency and maintain electrode integrity.
Utilize live Z score monitoring to enhance clinical decisions
Develop a rational intervention based on this assessment data
Utilize the IVA+Plus and IVA-AE to evaluate neurofeedback progress
Explain how neurofeedback can be used for ameliorating the effects of the extreme kinds of trauma experienced by service men and women in war, and victims of terror
Identify the differences between acquired and traumatic brain injuries
Evaluate the use of LENS with this population
Explain how the combination of Neurofeedback (NF) with various other biofeedback and/or NF enhancing devices increases the rate of success in complicated or complex clinical studies
Explain how nutrition affects brainwaves in this case study
Discuss the physiology of the thoracic pump
Identify features associated with clinically significant crossovers states
Discuss the respiratory arterial pressure wave and its origin
Discuss the thoracic pump and its relationship to breathing induced heart rate variability
Explain the PIR process to a client who has no technical background
Compare sLORETA (standardized low resolution electromagnetic tomography) and ICA (independent component analysis) findings in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Discuss the impact of multiple minor traumatic events, such as blows leading to concussions, on professional football players
Utilize group independent component analysis for the analysis of resting state EEG
Describe how thalamic mediated phase reset is related to autism
Explain how ERP measures can be used for post-treatment assessment of executive functions in
Review the protocols that have been utilized to detect deception using the P300 event related EEG Potential (ERP) in forensic, malingering, and terrorism
Discuss the theoretical basis for the asymmetry protocol
Summarize the research literature as it pertains to the clinical use of the protocol
Demonstrate how to use the protocol, how to record the data and when and how to use adjunctive means to achieve appropriate levels of feedback
Compare different methods of assessing EEG coherence
Discuss the significance of EEG coherence findings in their patients
Explain how modification of EEG coherence may benefit their patients
Compare methods available to diagnosis Autism, Asperger’s and ADD and differentiate them from other similar conditions
Discuss the QEEG subtypes of Autism, Asperger’s and ADD and how they differ and overlap.
Explain how to use behavior rating scales, CPT tests and QEEG to monitor treatment effects of medications and neurofeedback
Describe a phenomenological methodology to quantify consciousness in reference to short stimulus conditions via retrospective phenomenological assessment (RPA)
Describe the methodological and statistical limits for using RPA to assess the intensities and patterns of consciousness
Determine his or her own hypnotic responsivity index
Explain the roles of the Central Nervous System and Autonomic Nervous System in optimal performance with an understanding of the CNS/ANS relay stations and their consequent effects on optimal performance in athletes
Name key cognitive and nutritional strategies needed to support neurofeedback and biofeedback with top athletes
Create a logical and consistent strategy to interpret each qEEG they process
Artifact raw EEG and evaluate it for artifacts and abnormal variants
Evaluate each dimension of analysis including magnitude, power, phase, coherence, comodulation, dominant frequency, and asymmetry
Discuss EEG data collection, instrumentation, and interpreting this information
Discuss how learning theory applies to EEG biofeedback
Discuss basic neurophysiology relevant to interventions that use the EEG and briefly relate basic information on other related topics including: ERPs, ethics and statistics
Explain how early and late induced gamma EEG measures can be used as cue reactivity markers for post-treatment assessment of attention to drug-and stress-related cues in addicts and dually diagnosed patients in neurofeedback trials
Explain how early and late evoked gamma EEG measures in a three-stimuli oddball tasks (using Kanizsa illusory figures) can be used as markers for post-treatment assessment of attentional and perceptual processes in children and young adults with autism undergoing treatment using low frequency repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Link symptoms and abnormal function to brain location
Identify an appropriate protocol for each qEEG
Write a brief & concise report
Discuss functional connectivity
Discuss functional neuroanatomy and EEG frequencies
Discuss Independent Component Analysis and its application for ERPs analysis
Utilize the ERP independent components for assessment brain functions and dysfunctions
Explain how to correct the observed dysfunction
Discuss QEEG Subtypes/Patterns of Autism and Aspergers
Compare neurofeedback protocols (amplitude, coherence) for ASD patients
Review of research studies of Neurofeedback with ASD
Describe issues related to EEG and personal experience
Discuss the relationship between consciousness and the brain
Describe how evolution and consciousness may be related
Discuss the possibilities of effecting neurorecovery in severely brain injured individuals and individuals with refractory seizures using an intensive neurotherapy protocol which emphasizes SMR training and the possibilities of affecting long term potentiation in thalamocortical circuits.
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