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May 14, 2003

Newsletter from Victoria Ibric, MD Ph.D

Author: Victoria Ibric, MD Ph.D Since 1993, after taking the Neurofeedback course with Siegfried and Sue Othmer, I became the co-director of the EEG Biofeedback section at the Biofeedback Institute of Los Angeles, under Dr. Marjorie Toomim’s supervision. My initial work was with Neurocybernetics (NC) and I reported many successful outcomes using this instrument. After […]

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April 24, 2003

Brain Wave Synchrony Training for Individuals and Couples

Author: Susan Shor Fehmi, M.S.W. In recent years the subject of coherence and synchrony has come to the forefront in neurofeedback circles, leaving people confused about the difference between the two and wondering whether it is good or bad to have coherent or synchronous brain waves. As many of you know, Les Fehmi has been […]

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April 21, 2003

Alternatives for Special Kids Conference, Irvine

Author: Darien C. Small We are going to be participating in the upcoming Conference in Irvine, Alternatives for Special Kids, May 8-11. Darien Small, the organizer, was motivated to launch the first of these annual conferences last year in Boston because of his own experience as the father of a child with special needs. After […]

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April 08, 2003

Where is Alpha?

It has been clear for some time that a small percentage of people react badly to alpha-theta training. They may feel overly sedated, depressed or have increased pain after training. This appears to be a physiological effect in which they end up in a less functional brain state. It is different from the possible psychological […]

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April 04, 2003

Newsletter Regional Center

Today I was involved in another hearing before an Administrative Law Judge regarding Regional Center funding for a child with autism. It was, once again, surreal. The “fair” hearing is held after Regional Center denial of funding for neurofeedback. The parents decided to press their demands, and they invited us to help make their case. […]

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April 01, 2003

Tech Update — The gadget requests are answered

Wednesday, – pre-setup at AAPB. Siegfried Othmer and I caught our flight yesterday from Los Angeles to the AAPB conference here in Jacksonville Florida. This after Siegfried just got back from Cleveland the day before. Today was the rough switch into east coast time for me, but it was worth the price, because what we […]