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| Welcome to the first edition of AAPB's
E-Newsletter! |
| The E-Newsletter is AAPB's newest
member benefit. Its
purpose is to keep AAPB members well-informed on issues that affect
them. We will send you
a new E-Newsletter at least quarterly, with additional "special"
issues on urgent matters.
We want the E-Newsletter to be a
place where you can get the latest information on a variety of
issues, including actions that AAPB is taking on your behalf. Want to know what's "hot" in
the world of biofeedback and applied psychophysiology? The E-Newsletter will be the
place to contain the information. Want information
quickly? Look to the
E-Newsletter for speedy communications.
The E-Newsletter is one outgrowth
of AAPB's new emphasis on themes. In this particular issue,
you'll find information on the Professional Support theme and how it
affects you.
We hope you enjoy the
E-Newsletter! |
| Presidential
Message |
 AAPB
Adopts Strategic Themes
A Strategic Planning group made up of
Aubrey Ewing, Doil Montgomery, myself, Francine Butler, Jerry Bowman
and David Stumph met at the AAPB office in early
2006. We set for
ourselves the task of creating a strategic vision for AAPB that
would be clear, understandable, and reflect AAPB's deepest values.
What evolved were four primary areas of focus:
- Professional Support
- Education
- Science
- Technology
These are AAPB's themes, themes we
will use to guide our decision-making in all that we do in
upcoming years.
We want themes to permeate every aspect of
AAPB. This e-letter,
for example, reflects multiple themes, including Professional
Support, Technology, and Education.
Board members have agreed to be
champions of specific themes.
For example, Board member Karan Kverno agreed to be a
champion for the Professional Support theme. He will make sure that
actions we take are consistent with the Professional Support
theme. He will also
identify initiatives for AAPB that reflect Professional
Support. You also will
see changes in the journal and newsmagazine that better reflect our
themes. The Program
Committee will use the themes in developing next year's Annual
Meeting program.
In short, we hope to better serve our
members and enhance our organization through careful attention to
and implementation of themes.
See more
information about the strategic plan here.
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| Professional Support
Initiatives |
Many AAPB members
use applied psychophysiology and biofeedback in their
practices. Many
struggle with reimbursement issues and other problems with
third-party payers.
AAPB recognizes practicing clinicians as a core constituency
of AAPB.
As part of our Professional
Support theme, we want to provide tools you can use in your everyday
efforts.
In support of this theme, and in
support of our clinical members, we will:
- Release
Yucha/Gilbert's book Evidence-Based Practice in
Biofeedback and Neurofeedback free to AAPB members,
- Make a
Clinician's Toolkit available to AAPB members,
- Advocate
for biofeedback and applied psychophysiology with third party
payers, and
- Continue the
white paper series examining the efficacy of biofeedback for
various clinical conditions
The
Yucha/Gilbert book was originally on sale for $35; it is now
available for free
download on the
AAPB website.
The Clinician's
Toolkit will contain basic information that AAPB has compiled about
the use of biofeedback and applied psychophysiology in clinical
practices, including tips on dealing with insurance companies. This too will be available
free on the member portion of our website.
AAPB will continue to support members with authoritative
information on the efficacy of biofeedback and applied
psychophysiology. When
you need evidence of biofeedback's effectiveness, ask us if we have
a white paper available on the specific disorder. And, we will continue work
on the white paper series.
The availability of good scientific information will help
support the efforts of clinicians in their dealings with insurance
companies. |
| AAPB
Provider Directory |
| Add
your listing today
Did you know that AAPB
now offers an online, searchable provider directory to the public?
This is a new service designed to bring clinicians and clients
together. If you are a member of AAPB, you can submit your listing.
Simply go to the member's only section of the website and click on
the provider directory link in the profile
area. |
| Good News
for Clinicians |
| One of the Blues recognizes biofeedback as a covered modality
for headache! Wellmark
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Iowa covers biofeedback for the treatment
of headaches. See the full text of Wellmark's position.
Do you know of other insurance companies that cover
biofeedback and applied psychophysiology? Is this information publicly
available on a web site? If so, please drop me a line
at aglaros@kcumb.edu so that
I can share the news with other AAPB
members. |
| AAPB
Education Events |
TeleSeminar on Stress
Management
March 23, 1 pm Eastern Time
Presented by Erik Peper,
PhD
Erik Peper, PhD is an
international authority on biofeedback and self-regulation. He is
Professor and Director of the Institutue for Holistic Healing
Studies at San Francisco State University and President of the
Biofeedback Foundation of Europe. He has written numerous articles
and publications, including Make Health Happen: Training Yourself
to Create Wellness, and Mind/Body Integration: Essential
Readings in Biofeedback. This session is designed specifically
for health care professionals and researchers with an interest in
the psychophysiological aspects of stress managmenet and how to
teach skills to clients. Registrater online for this special
event.
Continuing Education credit is available for all
AAPB TeleSeminars and workshops. See the full line-up on
the AAPB
website.
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| AAPB's 39th
Annual Meeting |
 Mark your calendars now for next
year's Annual Meeting. We will be meeting a little later in 2008 --
May 15-18 in Daytona, Florida. The meeting will be held at the
Hilton Daytona Beach Ocean Walk Village hotel, the cities newest
oceanfront resort located directly on the beach.
The theme will
be "Expanding the Boundaries of Human Potential."
The 2008
Program Committee invites sections and divisions to
start selecting their invited speakers and symposia. We
also encourage our educators to invite their students to
present research at poster and oral paper sessions. Student
financial support from AAPB and the AAPB Foundation has been
extremely generous and includes travel stipends, registration
waiver, reduced-cost student rooms, and several free meals with
invited speakers.
We will keep you posted as we build an
exciting 2008
program. |
| Meet Your
New Board |
| The 2007-2008 Board of Directors
is officially in place, following the close of the Annual Meeting in
Monterey.
Alan Glaros, PhD,
President
Aubrey Ewing, PhD,
President-elect
Richard Gevirtz, PhD,
Past President
Christine Hovanitz,
PhD, Treasurer
Thomas Collura,
PhD
Stuart Donaldson,
PhD
Karan Kverno, PhD,
APRN
Peter Madill,
MD
Barbara Peavey,
PhD |
| Welcome New
Members! |
We welcome the following
individuals who have become new members of AAPB between
February 18 and March 12. We're delighted to have you
join the premier international society for mind-body interactions in
research, healthcare and education. Thank you for the
confidence you've placed in us!
- Adam Abdul Gafoor Al-Hakim-ul-Akbar, Orchard Plaza, Singapore
- Rex Cannon, Koxville, Tennessee
- Douglas Dailey, Santa Clara, California
- Heather Dermyer, Marquette, Michigan
- Charles DeSimone, Bakersfield, California
- Hatem Hamada, Cairo, Helliopolis, Egypt
- Audrey Klingeman, Apopka, Florida
- Robert Krvavica, DDS, San Jose, California
- James Lake, Carmel, California
- Charles Lamson, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Wendy Lebowitz, Brooklyn, New York
- Stanley Meyers, PhD, New York, New York
- Hidefumi Morimoto, Tokyo, Japan
- Joachim Mureriwa, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Beejal Parmar, Solana Beach, California
- Melody Parton, Hot Springs, North Carolina
- Kamila Leite Rodrigues, Alfenas, Minas gerais, Brazil
- Kimberly Smith-Martinez, San Antonio, Texas
- Bill Wren, Orem, Utah
- Joanne Yeaton, Oakland, California
- Raquel Younglove, Canon City,
Colorado
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| A Word from
the Executive Directors |
 Thank you to all who made our
Annual Meeting Monterey such a fantastic success. More than 400
leaders, collegues and students in our field gathered for an
outstanding program with informative and educational keynotes.
Special thanks for Fred Shaffer for his tireless work at the helm of
this event. All areas of the meeting were very successful, including
the Silent Auction, which raised funds for future scholarships.
Thanks to Bill Barton for spearheading this endeavor. The weather
was perfect. Restaurants were wonderful. And a good time was had by
all. We look forward to seeing you all again in Florida next
year.
Sincerely,
Francine Butler, PhD,
and David Stumph
Co-Executive
Directors | |