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Mission
BCIA certifies individuals who meet education and training standards in biofeedback and progressively recertifies those who advance their knowledge through continuing education.
Recognition
BCIA is recognized as the certification body for the clinical practice of biofeedback by the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB), the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe (BFE), and the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR).
Board Certification Areas
BCIA offers Biofeedback Certification, Neurofeedback Certification, and Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback Certification. Clinical, Academic, and Technician certification tracks are available for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback, while only the Clinical track is available for Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback. Read more...
BCIA Credentials
BCIA has trademarked BCB, BCN, and BCB-PMDB for your use where allowed. Read more…
BCIA News
Clinical Update Series: BCIA will be offering 90 minute webinars that are easily accessible online and very affordable. These are the perfect tools to update your skills and gain continuing education credit toward recertification – all from the comfort of your office.
July 18, 10 a.m. MT. HRV Part III. Strategies to Achieve Clean HRV. Presented by Fred Shaffer, PhD, BCB.
This clinical update will provide a step-by-step guide for minimizing and eliminating artifacts in heart rate variability recordings. Participants will learn to identify and avoid major artifacts when using the BVP and ECG method of recording HRV. How to identify artifactual interbeat intervals will be covered along with explanations on how to replace the intervals. Register Now.
Missed a webinar? Click here to purchase a recording!
Educational Opportunities
July 20 – 21, 2013 – The Florida Biofeedback Society will present “Essential physiology for mental health and biofeedback practitioners”, by Jan Newman, MD.
October 4 – 6, 2013 – The Northeast Regional Biofeedback Society will present “Chronic Pain: Biofeedback and Other Mind/Body Treatments That Work”.
Q-Metrx EEG Summer Camp DVD taught by Jack Johnstone, PhD - Learn about EEG in a convenient 10-session DVD Course! The first three sessions cover the basics of EEG and the remaining seven sessions explore a wide variety of clinical EEG recordings. The goal of the course to get student comfortable with the EEG signal. Read more…
ASET – They offer BCIA accredited courses to fulfill our continuing education requirements toward recertification.
International
Australia:
Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia will hold their 2013 conference on August 24 – 25. More information to follow.
Canada:
Dr. Paul Swingle, BCN will offer ClinicalQ and Braindriving Workshops, both fundamental and advanced, throughout the year.
The Netherlands:
Danielle Matto and Eveline Kempenaar have launched some exciting new CE opportunities for those in the Netherlands. Please visit their website for more information.
BCIA Exam Sites
You must first file a certification application with BCIA and pay all fees prior to selecting an exam date using our Exam Registration form.
Please note that you may also elect the special exam option that enables you to use a local proctor.
BCIA Quick Links
These resources may be of interest to you:
Resources for Educators
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Why Choose a BCIA-Certified Professional?
Marketing Strategies
New recertification deadline
Online continuing education credits
Recertification ethics requirement
Trademarked professional designations
Watchdog Initiative
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June 2013 Update
 BCIA Welcomes New Certificants From South Africa. Lynette LaCock and Johan Meyer are the two newest South African professionals who have earned the BCN credential. South African now boasts 8 BCIA certified professionals with more on the way. This group includes: Hannelie Kemp, Joachim Mureriwa, Donna Moser, Louise van der Westhuyzen, Mitzi Claassen, and McGill Scott. All are certified in neurofeedback and Hannelie Kemp is dual certified! We are so pleased to make this announcement and we congratulate their hard work!
 ISNR just published an important white paper “The Evidence-Base for Neurofeedback as a Reimbursable Healthcare Service to Treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder“ authored by H. Edmund Pigott, Ph.D., Lindsay De Biase, Ph.D., Eugenia Bodenhamer-Davis, Ph.D. and Richard E. Davis, M.S. This paper was commissioned by the Board of the International Society of Neurofeedback and Research (ISNR) to evaluate the evidence-base of neurofeedback (NFB) to treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the most frequently diagnosed pediatric behavioral health disorder in America.
Autism Awareness Month
We wanted to bring you some recent news articles highlighting current research in Autism. The first is out of Brown University and Bradley Hospital and it shows that Autism Changes With Age. The next article you may find of interest is from the Science Daily News entitled: “Atypical Brain Circuits May Cause Slower Gaze Shifting in Infants Who Later Develop Autism”. We are working to offer a new webinar on Autism and we’ll let you know as soon as we have the final arrangements!
BCIA is pleased to announce the 2013 Francine Butler Scholarship winners. This award pays all customary certification fees and is given to a student who has completed their didactic education at a regionally accredited academic institution and who shows great promise to the field. This year’s winners are Starr MacKinnon from Alliant University/California School of Professional Psychology, nominated by Dr. Richard Gevirtz and Carla Benejam from Saybrook University, nominated by Dr. Don Moss. These scholarships were formally presented at the recent AAPB meeting in Portland, OR.
Additionally, BCIA acknowledged Dr. Lamees Khorshid for her work in bringing BCIA certification to the VA System in Loma Linda, California. She has made BCIA certification the standard there and has encouraged and mentored 13 students. BCIA considers its work with the VA and the military to be among some of its most important in recent history.
New Study on Biofeedback for Stress Incontinence
New study releases findings for biofeedback to manage stress incontinence in postmenopausal women from the Department of Rehabilitation, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. Read more...
The most important phrase in the BCIA language is standards of education. Education is the foundation of all that we do. Toward that end, we have decided to use this space to feature one of our regionally accredited academic institutions to let you know about our valued educational partners.
AAPB News
August 1 - AAPB Webinar: Autogenic Training: An Integrated Approach with Biofeedback for Supporting Health presented by Erik Peper, PhD, BCB
ISNR News
ISNR opens the abstract submission process for the Annual Conference!
ISNR Issues Practice Guidelines for Neurofeedback
ISNR announces the publication of IEEE Recommended Practice for Neurofeedback Systems.
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