addition to Pete's fall schedule

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Listmates,

The folks in Sidney, Ohio are sponsoring Levels 1,2 and 3 in October, and we've added these to the workshop schedule. You can email at aspencounseling@... for more info. They also have a website, www.aspenwellnesscenter.com. The full schedule and workshops descriptions are below.

We've also added a new workshop, Level 4: Building Your Dream Practice. This is a one-on-one 15 hour workshop by phone and email. This workshop supports you while you are developing and implementing your plan for the practice you want. A fuller description is below.

As always, you register for workshops at http://www.brain-trainer.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl?schedule=1.

Foxx

NEW! Level 4: Building Your Dream Practice

This one-on-one phone/e-mail 15 hour workshop is always available.

Montreal, Quebec, June 28-July 1

Level 2: Assessment and Training Planning (June 28-29)

Level 3: Managing the Training Process (June 30-July 1)

To register: Vicki Gaves: workshops@...

Los Altos Hills, CA, July 12-19

Level 1: Basics of Brain Training (July 12)

Level 2: Assessment and Training Planning (July 13-14)

Getting the Most from BioExplorer (July 15-16)

Trainer’s Practicum (July 17-19)

Redlands, CA, July 21-23

Trainer’s Practicum

Woodbridge, VA, September 22-29

Level 1: Basics of Brain Training (September 22)

Level 2: Assessment and Training Planning (September 23-24)

Getting the Most from BioExplorer (September 25-26)

Trainer’s Practicum (September 27-29)

Sidney, OH, October 4-8

Level 1: Basics of Brain Training (October 4)

Level 2: Assessment and Training Planning (October 5-6)

Level 3: Managing the Training Process

Basel, Switzerland, October 18-22

Level 2: Assessment and Training Planning (October 18-19)

Trainer’s Practicum (October 20-22)

Level 1: Basics of Brain Training (8 hours $195)

Gain a clear understanding of brain training’s technical basis: Sources of EEG, frequency and amplitude, monopolar and bipolar montages, one and two-channel protocols, common-mode rejection, artifact and more. Practice hands-on the first 3 required skills of the brain trainer:1. Finding sites quickly and accurately in the 10/20 system;2. Preparing, applying, removing and cleaning leads quickly and effectively;3. Evaluating signal quality; identifying and minimizing key sources of artifact. Level 2: Assessment and Training (16 hours $375)

Prerequisite: Level 1 or permission of instructor. Learn the TLC Assessment system for assessing brain activation patterns and their correlations with mood, performance and behavior, in order to guide protocol selection for a wide range of objectives. Complete subjective and objective assessments as client and as trainer and produce your own training plan. Focus on skills 4 and 5:4. Assess the client's symptoms, goals and brain activation patterns and use them to create a training plan;5. Educate client and support system on brain activation patterns, behavior and the brain training process.

Level 3: Managing the Training Process (16 hours $375)

Prerequisite: Level 2 or permission of instructor. Explore outcome-based coaching, session design, protocol selection and adjunctive training materials. Discuss strategies for difficult client and support group situations. Learn how to guide choices, when to change protocols, and when to end training. Hands-on training sessions with a variety of hardware/software platforms are included. Focuses on tasks: 6. Motivating client and support system and generalizing effects; 7. Intervening in support system to support training changes; 8. Guide and support clients toward the most effective training setting, whether home or office. 9. Keeping records, evaluating and reporting changes;10. Determining when to change protocols and terminate training.

Package Prices for Levels 1-3For those who wish to combine Levels 1-3 workshops, there are package prices:3 days: $550 4 days: $725 5 days: $900

Level 4: Building Your Dream Practice (15 hours $375)

This workshop is provided one-to-one directly with the trainer, usually over phone and internet. Participants complete a series of planning documents and review them with the trainer over a series of sessions. These lead to a clear implementation plan which builds a practice that is financially solid and utilizes the passions and interests of each participant to make work fun. The trainer and participant stay in contact during the actual activation of the plan. Maximum of 15 hours of contact time is included for the flat fee.Register as for any other workshop, and we will contact you.

Trainer's Practicum: Assessment (24 hours $550)

Prerequisite: Level 2 and familiarity with TLC Assessment. Each participant MUST bring a current assessment for him/herself and may also bring assessments from clients. Participants will develop and share training plans for multiple assessments as a model for use with clients. Hands-on experience is the major focus of this workshop, but we will NOT perform assessments in the workshop:a. Evaluating multiple assessments and developing multiple training plans to build confidence;b. Performing training sessions with a variety of training options; c. Developing protocols and training environments in your native system;d. A detailed training plan for each participant.

Getting the Most from BioExplorer (16 hours $375)

This workshop is an intensely hands-on orientation to BioExplorer, a software package that permits users to use the same program with a variety of hardware platforms, provides exceptional feedback options and a broad range of protocol options. Participants will learn to:a. Install and set up the program, add training devices and access its file structure;b. Use prepared designs to operate a training session, including changing parameters;c. Review and evaluate training results using BioReview software with prepared designs;d. Create new training protocols and new reports from scratch.

BioExplorer Level 2: Designs (8 hours, $195)

This one-day workshop uses intensive review of the TLC Designs for BioExplorer to enhance your ability to exploit all the features of this powerful program. Participants will learn to:a. Read complex signal diagrams and understand what they are doing.b. Use and combine design objects into advanced protocols.c. Employ the multiple feedback opportunities offered by BioExplorer.

Brain Prime, for the Aging Brain (8 hours $195)

This workshop covers research on aging and the brain, and presents a group of proven protocols to be used with those 45 and older who wish to avoid or remediate age-related cognitive decline. The workshop provides participants the opportunity to try various of the BrainPrime protocols as trainer and client. It also covers marketing and pricing questions.a. Review up to date research on ageing and the brain.b. Learn and practice Brain Prime protocols as client and trainer.c. Learn a successful marketing and pricing design for the Brain Prime program.