TLC Suite Berlin Version

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The BioGraph Infiniti Suite for TLC Assessment and Training (TLC

Suite)

– Berlin (January-February) Edition is now available.

The BioGraph Infiniti Suite for TLC Assessment and Training (TLC

Suite) is produced by the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe

(www.bfe.org), a non-profit organization which was founded to promote

a greater awareness of biofeedback among health professionals and,

through training workshops, educate clinicians in the use of

biofeedback techniques and technology. The BFE supports the

deployment of technology and training to establish teams of

clinicians and researchers to collect data in International Research

& Education Projects (IREP). One goal for the TLC Suite is to become

an accessible instrument for data collection in such international

projects.

Click this central link for more info, more pictures, more links, and

to order:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/fdupont-phd/index_fichiers/Page1179.htm

See also:

http://www.bfe.org/store/TLCASSESS.pdf

http://www.bfe.org/articles/Eeg.pdf

http://www.bfe.org/join.html

www.brain-trainer.com

First, about the TLC approach itself; created by Van Deusen

(The Learning Curve - TLC).

The TLC assessment provides multiple accurate pictures of brain

activation patterns that are practically oriented toward telling us

what and where to train. What differentiates the TLC is that it is

easy to do, with your regular encoder, fast to do, more focused on

training than data, and yet it gives the trainers data that is very

consistent with what they learn from QEEG's. Also, it includes a

training approach designed to broaden the effectiveness of training

by using two-channel protocols, to simplify the trainer's technical

job by using summed-channel protocols and to minimize negative

effects by focusing mainly on inhibit-only protocols.

The TLC assessment tool provides 10-18 channels of EEG data in 7

different views (histograms, head-maps, ratio and peak frequency

data, variance graphs, etc.), which allow you to compare eyes-closed,

eyes-open and challenge task activation patterns across the head. In

contains a built-in system for reviewing the data in a structured way

focused on identifying highly effective training strategies based on

patterns and relationships between sites and frequencies within the

client's own brain. These specific relationships (identified and

validated by QEEG pattern analysis) stand out in the data and can be

compared against the client's training goals. These lead more

directly to training approaches.

The TLC Subjective Evaluation is a computerized file that allows

clients to rate a wide range of subjective issues and then uses these

ratings to identify brain structures that appear to be most involved

in those problems.

It is important to understand that, at this point in time, you need

to learn the TLC assessment INTERPRETATION from Van Deusen

himself.

In the training approach the focus is on a single requirement of

training, which affects a fairly broad area of the brain. It is very

simple for the client to understand, very easy for the trainer to

manage (single threshold) and provides the brain itself with a good

deal of flexibility in terms of how it chooses to meet the training

challenge.

Now, about the BioGraph Infiniti Suite for TLC Assessment and

Training.

The TLC Suite is a set of easy-to-run scripts and training screens

created by Francois Dupont, Ph.D. At the core of the Suite are the

scripts (a feature unique to the Infiniti) which can be used with 2,

4 and 6 EEG electrodes (with physiology measures), and allow you to

accurately run the three activities needed in the TLC assessment:

eyes closed, eyes open and a different task associated with the

electrode placements. After each activity you see the statistics for

that activity and you have the option to repeat it if something went

wrong (like too many artefacts), allowing you to record the data over

again for that specific activity. When you are ready to proceed with

an activity, all you have to do is press a key to continue. A status

bar at the bottom of the screen lets you know what is happening

during the script. On-screen instructions guide you through the

assessment and help you find electrode placement and instruct your

client. Special screens are created to use with the automatic and

manual artefact rejection functions.

The TLC Suite is built to allow the transfer of data recorded with

the Script to the TLC spreadsheet; which offers now different ways of

organizing and presenting data from up to 18 sites at once. That

being said, the TLC Suite is a standalone assessment in the sense

that you get many statistics, including % power and many ratios,

which you can use the way you want. For example, you may decide to

compare ratios like theta²/beta² to data at Cz. You may decide to use

it to create Trend reports between sessions from within Infiniti.

The BioGraph Infiniti Suite for TLC Assessment and Training has been

since the beginning, and still is, a work in progress. In the

current version, released in the first quarter of 2007, the

assessment can be done with the options described here:

http://www.bfe.org/store/TLCASSESS.pdf

The training screens available in the TLC Suite are the ones specific

to Van Deusen's approach, plus some extras, like the complex

ratios. The TLC Suite is not meant to cover all potential training

options that are, or will be, part of BioGraph Infiniti. The TLC

Suite DOES NOT INCLUDE the following screens, which will be coming

from Thought Technology in the next update of BioGraph Infiniti –

verify regularly on their web site:

alpha amplitude range training,

alpha theta,

coherence range training,

phase training,

Z-scores training.

People who already bought the TLC Suite will receive a CD with

installation programs at no expense. Please contact the place where

you bought it.

People buying the TLC Suite for the first time for this release will

pay $150. It will be $300 when the final official release is

completed.

There are also 2 online training courses (6 hours each) at $150 each

(or $300 for the Suite + one course). Check the dates, at

http://www.bfe.org/join.html.

Francois Dupont, Ph.D., C.Psych.