Instructor: Robert E. Longo, MRC, LPC, NCC, BCN Fellow
Neurofeedback based professional organizations, including ISNR and AAPB, encourage their clinical members to become board certified by BCIA. Professionals practicing neurofeedback training, or planning to practice neurofeedback training, are often interested in becoming BCIA Board Certified. One of the requirements to become BCIA Certified is to participate in 25 hours of mentoring in neurofeedback.
The act of mentoring professionals in neurofeedback is a complex task that requires the mentor to, teach, guide, encourage, and support the mentee in a variety of skills, knowledge, and the associated standards of care, ethical practices, challenges to our profession, and the rights and responsibilities of those persons seeking our services. Some mentees will have clinical experience doing neurofeedback while others have not even acquired the equipment to pursue learning about neurofeedback. Thus, some mentees will have a year or years of doing neurofeedback while others have little to no neurofeedback training experience.
The focus of this webinar is to provide attendees with an overview of the BCIA mentoring process, including the importance of addressing professional ethics and standards of practice, use of equipment, understanding QEEG, how to conduct a neurofeedback session, and how to determine the efficacy of a neurofeedback session, with BCIA mentees.
Who is the Audience:
- Neurofeedback clinicians interested in becoming Board Certified in Neurofeedback.
- Professionals considering adding neurofeedback to their practice.
- Clinicians who are already BCIA Certified in Neurofeedback and interested in becoming BCIA Neurofeedback Mentors.
Level: Introductory, Intermediate
Specific Learning objectives:
Based on the content of this presentation, the participant will be able to identify:
- The three major requirements of the mentoring process.
- Challenges faced by mentors in the mentoring process.
- Challenges faced by mentees in the mentoring process.
- The necessary skills mentees must demonstrate as a part of mentoring.
Fees: Webinar fee is $45.00 for all ISNR members. The fee for non-members is $55.00. Space is limited and registration closes at midnight, Eastern time, Monday, December 10th, so register early!
Credits: CE credit is not available for this webinar.
Refund policy: If you sign up and pay for a webinar but are unable to attend the live presentation, you will be provided with access to the recorded webinar. Refunds will not be issued.
ISNR is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. ISNR is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to bring their concerns up during the question and discussion period, typically held at the end of the presentation. A moderator will be available during the presentation. If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to:
Susan Alvarez, ISNR Executive Administrator
ISNR
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Miami, FL 33175
Tel: 703-848-1994
Fax: 703-738-7340
office@isnr.net
Because these presentations will be done online, it will be the responsibility of the participant to provide adequate and appropriate computer availability as well as Internet connections that will support this webinar. All efforts and reasonable accommodations will be made to make the information accessible to persons with disabilities.
There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the presenting organization, presenter, program content, research grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.
While this presentation offers no risk in and of itself, it is the responsibility of the individual attendee to determine any risks involved in the implementation of the contents of this presentation.
Robert E. Longo, MRC, LPC, NCC, BCN Fellow, is a neurofeedback clinician in private practice, and a part-time contract neurofeedback clinician at Timber Ridge Treatment Center in Gold Hill, NC where he works with sexually abusive youth. Rob was previously a neurofeedback clinician with Cotton Grove Family Physicians in Lexington, NC; and a part-time neurofeedback clinician with Integrative Therapies in Greensboro, NC. Rob has worked with Dr. Richard Soutar, New Mind Maps and New Mind Technology, in Roswell, GA, since 2008, and together with Dr. Soutar co-hosts weekly webinars. Rob is currently on the Board of Directors for the International Society of Neurofeedback Research (ISNR); and was previously Vice President of the Southeastern Biofeedback and Clinical Neuroscience Association (formerly the North Carolina Biofeedback Society). He is author of A Consumer’s Guide to Understanding QEEG Brain Mapping and Neurofeedback Training (2018), co-author of Doing Neurofeedback: An Introduction (2011); and has authored several chapters and articles on the topic.
Financial disclosure: No financial interests to disclose.
