Four announcements here”

 

1) The rate to register for the Winter Brain meeting is the lowest we’ve ever offered-- $319 for the plenary sessions and $179 for ten hours of afternoon workshops.  The prices are based on paying by check. Add 3% if using credit card or paypal. This rate expires Feb 15^th. We’ve already had more people register early than any previous year. Feel free to pass this info on.

 

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2) Dear Friend of the ADHD community

 

There is lots to tell you about:

1. The national ADDA conference from May 2-4 with both pre-and post conference sessions.

2. Opportunities to promote your practice or business at the conference

3. Ways you can help by becoming a sessions volunteer or a conference volunteer.

4. How to sign up for the unforgettable Talent Show at the conference or submit your work for the first-ever ADHD Women's Art show.

5. Ways you can help to spread the word about the conference.

 

1. To learn about the conference, visit http://www.add.org/conf2003/. and explore what we have to offer. It is guaranteed to get your adrenaline going. To print out a conference brochure for your ready reference, scroll to the bottom of the "Register" page, and click on "conference brochure--in PDF format.

 

2. To learn about being a sponsor, advertiser or exhibitor, go to "Advertise" at the web site or click here http://www.add.org/conf2003/marketing.php,

 

3. To be a volunteer (and we need lots of these) go to http://www.add.org/conf2003/volunteering.php. or click on Volunteer when you are at the conference web site. To submit artwork for the Women's Art show visit http://www.add.org/conf2003/activities.php#wom under Special Activities.

 

4. To sign up for the Talent show, go here http://www.add.org/conf2003/activities.php#tal under Special Activities.

 

5. To help spread the word, just forward this email to all your ADHD colleagues and acquaintances.

Thanks so much for making Connections 2003 the best ADDA conference yet.

 

Cynthia Hammer, ADDA Board Member

 

3) Online poll:

 

I am a Board certified psychiatrist and a member of ISNR. I am contacting you to request your input on a study of the relationships between EEG biofeedback and above-chance occurrence of so-called “anomalous conscious states,” including telepathy, clairvoyance, and others. My goal is to obtain clinical impressions from several EEG biofeedback practitioners or EEG biofeedback equipment companies in order to obtain representative comments about the kinds of anomalous conscious states that are reported or observed during or following EEG biofeedback training. If this subject interests you, a questionnaire asking for specific observations can be completed on-line by going to http://cs.eegresearch.com. Alternatively, if you would prefer to contact me directly, I would enjoy the opportunity to speak with you at a convenient time. I will ask a series of questions (the same ones in the survey), and this should take no more than ten minutes of your time.

 

In exchange for your participation in the survey, I will forward a copy of the full paper on its completion sometime in the first part of 2003. I hope to eventually publish the paper in the ISNR journal or another journal concerned with consciousness research. The survey does not ask for your identity or contact information, but you may leave your name and contact information if you wish to receive a copy of the study that will eventually result from analysis of survey data. I will of course keep your identity and all contact information completely confidential.

 

Analysis of the survey results will be used to develop a hypothesis about specific relationships between dynamic brain states achieved using EEG biofeedback, and anomalous conscious states. The abstract of a paper that will be written following analysis of comments can also be viewed at http://cs.eegresearch.com.

 

If you know others who are interested in the relationship between dynamic brain states evoked during EEG biofeedback and anomalous conscious states, I would appreciate your forwarding this letter and attached abstract to them.

 

I will look forward to the opportunity to speak with you or to learn from your clinical experiences through the website survey. If you prefer to speak directly, please contact me at egret4@... to let me know of times that are convenient for a brief conversation. You can also reach me at my office in Pacific Grove, California, at 831-644-9125 between 9:00am and 6:30pm Pacific Standard Time, Monday through Friday.

 

Best regards,

 

James Lake M.D.

 

4) the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) annual meeting in Jacksonville from

3/27-3/30.  This will be a phenomenal meeting for those of you interested in psychophysiologic approaches.  I attached a letter from the program chair, Rich Sherman.  There will be much new info on QEEG, stimulants and neurofeedback with ADHD, new pain management techniques based on enhancing neural plasticity, mind-body therapies for a variety of medical disorders, and integrating self-regulation approaches with traditional pharmacologic standards of care. More info is available at www.aapb.org

 

Dear Colleagues:

 

You are invited to attend the AAPB 34th Annual Meeting in Jacksonville, Florida – “Beyond the Bounds of Biofeedback”.  The program emphasizes presentations on new applications and techniques including many which are central to clinical psychophysiology.

 

Come and hear an internationally known group of speakers: Herta Flor speaking on a new type of biofeedback for pain based on training two-point discrimination ability; Dick Gevirtz will speak on his recent work conditioning trigger point activity to decrease pain; Adam Clarke will tell us about his new work on QEEG studies with ADHD patients; Sharon Lewis will present on relationships between stress and immunosuppression; Peter Kaufman will tell us about ways to design randomized clinical trials involving behavioral interventions; Susan Middaugh will discuss her work on postural correlates of headache, arm, shoulder and upper back pain; Jeannette Tries will present her new data on pelvic floor norms and urinary incontinence; David Shapiro will discuss his seminal work on effects of mood, social stress, and coping styles on blood pressure in everyday life; Yuji Sasaki will discuss the multitude of international studies on autogenics, especially as related to respiration; James Gordon will discuss how well alternative medicine is being accepted by the government and the standard medical communities. The Distinguished Scientist Lecture, presented by Ed Blanchard, will offer new data on MVA and PTSD.

 

A plethora of symposia cover so many fascinating topics--Alternative healing techniques, optimal performance, hypnosis, new psychophysiological measurement approaches, cross-cultural practices, heart rate variability, respiration, neurotherapy practice models. Papers and posters round out the offerings. This year some of the most exciting developments in psychophysiology will be on display during out poster session.

 

Not only do we have plenty of full and half day workshops and short courses ready to provide you with ample time to learn specialized information, there are one and two day “Institutes” put on by the Neurofeedback and SEMG divisions which will bring you up to speed on advances in these areas. You can even get your basic training in biofeedback while at the meeting by taking AAPB’s didactic courses.

 

Psychophysiological recording and biofeedback equipment are changing rapidly. Sensors are easier to apply and both in-clinic and environment based capabilities are literally exploding exponentially.  There is no better way to see all the exciting new developments than to come to the exhibit hall  to try the new devices for yourself. The AAPB Bookstore will have the latest from all the biofeedback authors.

 

And don’t forget to have fun while we are there.  Join the Saturday night dinner cruise on the river and then back to the hotel for the AAPB Cabaret. This is going to be one great show! Come and join us Beyond the Bounds of Biofeedback.

Richard A. Sherman

2003 Program Chair

 

 

 

Rob Kall

http://www.futurehealth.org/

http://www.storycon.org/

Winter Brain Meeting Jan. 24-28, 2003 Hilton Palm Springs, CA

 211 N. Sycamore St. Newtown, PA 18940

 215-504-1700 fax 215-860-5374