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This is where clinicians and educators come for biofeedback training and to add behavioral medicine techniques to their skill sets.

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Schedule: You can start our courses whenever you purchase them and work at your own pace as long as you complete the course within two years of purchase. Just contact us at contact@behavmedfoundation.org or 800 530 6658 to get started.
Duration of course validity: You must begin the course within one year of the purchase date and complete it within two years of the purchase date. Courses not completed by that time are void and must be repurchased if still available. No refunds are provided for courses not completed within two years of purchase.

CE Credit: These are continuing education, not university accredited, courses. CE credits are given through (1) the state of California’s Board of Behavioral Sciences (Approval # PCE1895); (2) The National Board of Certified Counselors (Provider # 6270), and (3) The American Psychological Association.

BCIA: These courses are accepted by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance for both certification (in the case of basic courses) and recertification.

Payment, Refund, Scholarship, and cancellation policies: Full payment for each course is required before the course materials can be mailed. Payment is by credit card though our web site’s secure ordering section (www.biofeedback-training.org) or by check in US dollars made out to the Foundation and sent to the letterhead address. Full refund will be made until the CDs are mailed to you. After the CDs are mailed, there is no refund at all as the Foundation has committed its resources to you. A course would only be cancelled due to an extreme emergency on the part of the course instructor or the Foundation. In the highly unlikely event a course is cancelled, you would receive a full refund.

Scholarships: The Foundation gives two types of scholarships.

1. $150 off the cost of any of our 30 CE and up courses for (a) students and clinicians from emerging nations and (b) full time students in developed nations who meet our criteria for financial need.

2. Full scholarship covering the cost of registration to the Association for Applied Psychophysiology’s annual meeting to one student per year who is not yet a member of AAPB and has never attended a meeting of this society. The student must have taken or be taking a course from the Foundation and join AAPB as a student member to receive this scholarship.

Multicourse Discounts: People taking a second course through the Foundation pay $100 less than the cost of all subsequent courses earning more than 30 CEs. To arrange your discount, send an e-mail to the Foundation at contact@behavmedfoundation.org when you register for the course.

Shipping course materials: All course materials (normally CDs) are shipped via regular US Mail as part of the cost of the course. If you want some other form of shipment such as second day air, priority mail, or courier service (Fed Ex, etc.) you must arrange to pay for the additional service by sending an e-mail to the Foundation at contact@behavmedfoundation.org when you before purchasing the course.

CD replacement policies: In those rare cases where a CD arrives damaged, it will be replaced for free immediately. There is a $20 charge to replace lost course CDs.

Course updates: Updates to all courses are provided free of charge via regular mail or e-mail during the two years the course is valid or until completion, whichever comes first.

 

 

For additional information, contact us by:
E-mail at: contactbehavmedfoundation.org

Phone with toll from outside the US & Canada: 1 360 452 9528

Phone toll free in the US and Canada:
1 800 530 6658
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM United States
Pacific Time Monday - Friday

Mail at: 6576 Blue Mountain Road,
Port Angeles, WA 98362

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F A Q

Who Are Our Courses For?
Clinicians, Educators, & Coaches.
We do not offer training directly to patients.

Can I Get CEC's?
YES! Our courses offer between 35 and 50 CE's. Our  CE courses are approved / accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC), California's Boards of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, and (for most) BCIA.

How Do I Know These are Quality Courses?
Our Programs, Courses and Instructors are independently evaluated by state and national organizations, such as BCIA, APA, and NBCC so you can be assured of a top notch experience.

Are our Courses Approved by BCIA?
YES! We provide the required training for certification in general biofeedback, EEG biofeedback / neurofeedback, and pelvic floor disorders. You can also use our courses for recertification.

What Education Level Are Our Courses Set At?
Postgraduate (Masters and Doctorate level).
Note that these are difficult courses. They require about the same amount of time, work, and effort as any three credit graduate science class.

How Do I Take (sign-up for / register for) a Course?
These are distance education courses. Just purchase the course here at our web site and use our secure ordering site to pay by credit card or check in US funds. You can start when you wish to and work at your own pace.   

What Are Classes Like?
The courses are very similar to "in-person"¯ courses except that you communicate with your instructor via phone or e-mail. We make sure every student gets personal attention from instructors with decades of experience. You receive CDs containing audiovisual lectures, reading material files, movies, etc. You start the class when you are ready and work at your own pace. For most courses you also read a required text. After you attend each lecture, you answer a set of short essay questions and e-mail them to your instructor. You and your instructor communicate by e-mail or phone to go over any questions you have and to add additional information you may want.

Biological Basis of Behavior /
Introduction to Psychophysiology

45 Hours of CE Credit / Course Fee $550

Presented by Richard Sherman, PhD

Course Concept and Description: This course is the equivalent of a three credit course and provides 45 hours of CE credit. Students learn by watching audiovisual lectures provided on CDs, reading assignments both from materials provided on the CD and standard texts, and interacting with their instructor via e-mail. They answer short essay questions after each lecture rather than taking exams. Previous students have found that this course takes between 45 and 95 hours of actual work to complete.

This course explores the manifold ways the brain and body work together to produce behavior and the cycle between behavior and physiology. The course begins with a description of the body’s organizational structure and genetics as related to behavior. The basic physiological ways information is received from the external and internal environments through a variety of sensors and then processed by the hormonal / nervous system are described. Typical psychophysiological dysfunctions and interventions are also described. You should have taken undergraduate biology and psychology before taking this course.

Format: Home study supported by e-mail chats after each unit is completed. The lecture portion of the course is presented through a series of audiovisual lectures profusely illustrated by power-point slides. You will receive CDs containing both the audiovisual lectures and a copy of the slide set upon which the lectures are based so you can make notes on your copy of the slides as you attend the lecture. Reading assignments in the Pinel book parallel the lectures. There are no lectures for a few of the topics.After watching the lecture and reading the chapters, you will answer a brief series of questions. The answered questions are then e-mailed to the instructor. You and the instructor will discuss each unit via e-mail chat after your answers are assessed.

Getting Started: Course schedule and payment:The course costs $550 (exclusive of the texts). Payment can be made by credit card using our web site www.behavmedfoundation.org or by check in US Dollars made out to the Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation and mailed to the letterhead address. Your course CD will be snail-mailed to you upon receipt of payment. You can begin at your convenience and progress through the course at your own pace.

Faculty: The course is given by Dr. Richard Sherman, Ph.D. He is certified by BCIA, approved by BCIA to teach the general biofeedback certification course, and currently teaches A&P for the Behavioral Medicine R& T Foundation. He is a professional psychophysiologist with extensive training (his Ph.D. is in biology / physiology), has over 30 years of experience in the field, and has published over 130 books, chapters, and articles (mostly in peer reviewed journals). Dr. Sherman is Dean of the psychophysiology doctoral program at the University of Natural Medicine and has held many positions within the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback including president. Full CV available upon request.

Required Text:
Pinel, John P.J., Biopsychology – 6th edition. 2005 / 6; Published by Pearson of Boston & New York.ISBN 0-205-42651-4. You may also use the 5th edition (2003) Needham Heights, MA: Allyn, & Bacon ,ISBN 0-205-34984-6. You may save money by ordering it on line from any of the large book venders such as Barnes & Nobel or Amazon.

Topics we will cover (Note: Each topic corresponds to one set of review questions.):

  1. Definitions and Concepts - what is this field and how does it relate to the rest of the world? (Lecture 1; Pinel chapter 1)
  2. Credibility of Information - research techniques, recognizing bad science (Lectures 2, 2.1, 2.2; Pinel chapters 1 and 5)
  3. Evolution and Behavioral Genetics - evolution of behavior and communication, genetics of behavior (Lecture 2.6; Pinel chapter 2)
  4. Anatomy and Physiology of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems - stomach brain, plastic homunculus (Lectures 3, 3.1, 3.2; Pinel chapters 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10)
  5. Hormones and Behavior - pheromones, sex, nerve - hormone interactions (Lecture 3.6; Pinel chapter 13)
  6. Mechanisms of Sensation/Perception - vision, hearing, touch (pain, electrical), smell, taste, balance/location, etc. (Lectures 4, 4.1; Pinel chapters 6 & 7)
  7. Motor control systems - (Lecture 4.4; Pinel chapter 8)
  8. Eating and Drinking - balance and disorders (Lecture 4.6; Pinel chapter 12)
  9. Biological Rhythms and Sleep (Lecture 4.8; Pinel chapter 14)
  10. Drug Addiction (Lecture 5; Pinel chapter 15)
  11. Learning, Language, and Memory (Lecture 5.4; Pinel chapters 11 & 16)
  12. The Malfunctioning Brain (Lecture 5.6; Pinel chapters 10 & 18)
  13. Emotions - stress, aggression, mental illness (Lecture 6; Pinel chapters 17 and 18)
  14. Psychophysiological interventions (Lectures 9, 9.2, 9.4)

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Administrative Info:

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  • Computer and Computer Knowledge Requirements
  • Refund, Cancellation, & CD Replacement Policies
  • Multicourse Discounts
  • Shipping of course materials
  • Course Updates

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