Course Outline: Professional Biofeedback Certificate Programs (BCIA)

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Workshop Outline

Day One
* Introduction to Biofeedback
* Biofeedback Systems
* Introduction to Lab Format (demo)
* Temperature Lab 1
* Temperature: Biological Basis
* Temperature Lab 2
* Diaphragmatic Breathing
* Evening Lab: Temperature Lab 4; Previous Labs--Temp; Anatomy CD: Respiration; Film: Electricity; Read: Section F-1 "EMG Artifacts"

Day Two
* Mini-Presentation: Entrainment
* Clinical Model for Temperature Training
* Temperature Lab 3
* sEMG Demo and Practice Lab
* Introduction to sEMG Part 1
* sEMG Lab 1
* Introduction to sEMG Part 2
* Electrode Placement sEMG - Film
* Demo: Upper Trapezius Assessment
* Mini-Presentation: sEMG Part 3
* Evening Lab: EEG Lab 1 (Introduction); Previous Labs--EMG & Temp; Anatomy
CD: Muscle Anatomy; Film: Muscle Anatomy; Read: Intro to PPG (Pg. N 01)

Day Three
* Mini-Presentation: Vagal Tone
* Human Stress Response
* sEMG Lab 2
* Personality Profile
* Mini Presentation: Inter-beat Interval
* Introduction to EDA
* EDA Lab 1
* Introduction to HRV Biofeedback Training
* Heart Rate Variation w Breathing - Demo
* HRV Lab 1
* Mini-Presentation: Books, Tapes, Supplies
* Evening Lab: Building New Screen Lab; Previous Labs--EMG & Temp;
Anatomy CD: Cardiovascular System; Film: Joy of Stress; Read: J-1 "Stress Response"

Day Four
* Mini-Presentation: Ohm's Law
* Clinical Intake & Case Presentation
* Respiration Lab 1
* Mini - Presentation: Electrode Placement: Specific vs. nonspecific
* Respiration Lab 2
* Adjunctive Therapies: Autogenic training, Progressive Relaxation, Quieting Reflex, Freeze Framer
* Seminar Review, Evaluations, Closure
* Business & Certification: Next Steps
* Evening Lab Stress Profile Lab I with Software; Anatomy CD: Nervous System; Film: Nervous System

Day Five
*Stress Circuit: The “Relaxation Model” as a generic treatment approach to wide number of stress related disorders
*Respiration Biofeedback and Heart Rate: Instrumentation and Software, Biological Basis,  General Applications
*Asthma
*Hyperventilation
*Psychophysiological Stress Profile
*Cardiovascular Applications
*Heart Rhythm Relaxation Technique: proper breathing
*Migraine Headaches
*Raynaud's Disease
*Musculoskeletal Applications
*Muscle Contraction Headache
*Chronic Pain
*TMJ
*Neurofeedback Applications
*Addictions
*Insomnia
*Business of Biofeedback: CPT Codes and Certification