1. Getting Started with Neurofeedback & Z-score training:

The complete 4-Day BCIA curriculum required for Certification plus 34 CEs (APA, ASWB, NBCC)

3. Getting Started with QEEG, NeuroGuide & Z-score Training (Intermediate/Advanced)  - 3 Day professional workshop

June 17-19th, (Newburgh, NY-intermediate training-QEEG+advanced Z-score training)

September 27-29th (Denver, CO-preceding ISNR conference)

Clinicians with some prior experience with neurofeedback will learn how to acquire clean QEEG data, perform basic artifacting using both automated and manual/visual methods, and then use the Demos HAT software to formulate (or update) a treatment plan, all in a half hour of session time. The HAT approach to treatment planning and updating is based upon the neuroimaging research-based partitioning of the brain into six functional circuits known as “modules” or connectivity “hubs”. Each module/hub is responsible for a major aspect of brain function; including, visual information processing, auditory and somatosensory processing, attention control, limbic system affect and pain regulation ,the cingulate system, and the newly recognized “default hub”, an area critical to Autistic Spectrum conditions. Students will also learn about some of the limitations of Surface Z-Score Training involving deeper structures such as the limbic system, and a powerful “work around” involving dual bipolar montage protocols. A more detailed description of the HAT is available now on YouTube, with an introductory tutorial to appear soon. If time permits, we will cover variability training using a proprietary database that is very powerful in treating migraines.

• Plug & Play neurofeedback using Hub Assessment Tool (HAT) software, an innovative solution to treatment planning as well as a neurophysiology tutor. HAT reads, interprets and outputs z-score protocols based upon NeuroGuide normative database.
• Automated Z-score training: Easier to learn, enhanced clinical efficacy and outcomes
• Database training for PTSD, limic system, insular cortices via bipolar montages (This innovative method is often needed because standard Z-score training does not adequately address limbic system issues)
• Tap into Discovery's power by training 2, 4, 6, even 8 sites in one seamless training session.
• Easy to use custom-made training caps for 4 and 6 channel training: multiple site hookups in minutes.
• Learn from the author of Getting Started with Neurofeedback & Getting Started with Dynamic Z-Score Training.

This workshop is FREE for all participants who purchase Discovery package 

A three day Intermediate level Workshop featuring BrainMaster's Atlantis and Discovery QEEG.

Learn the following three steps to neurofeedback success: 

1. Assess with NeuroGuide,

2. Create protocols with HAT,

3. Train with automated Z-score training 

Instructor: John N. Demos, LCMHC, BCIA-EEG

Overview

Getting Started with NeuroGuide & Z-score training is a hands-on workshop.  All participants will learn how to mount and record with EEG recording caps; process with NeuroGuide; then train with advanced Z-scores methods.

 “Getting Started with QEEG, NeuroGuide and Live Z-Score Training”  enables practitioners with some experience to master the most powerful new tool in the NFB armamentarium, QEEG assessment-combined with Z-Score training. This safe yet effective training and live monitoring technology is particularly powerful with clinically challenging “disorders of connectivity” like the autistic spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, traumatic head injury, and certain treatment refractory presentations of depression and complex PTSD. NeuroGuide software and database is not only FDA registered (lending instant credibility in the medical community), it is a leader in forensic QEEG. 

Greatly expand your clinical scope and effectiveness with this unique training featuring FDA-registered hardware and software, grounded in a scientifically sound practice model.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to expertly mount QEEG caps and collect clean data      
• Learn how to detect and remove artifact automatically   
• Learn to use and interpret NeuroGuide with Hub Assessment Tool (HAT) software
• Learn how to get started with ; indications, contraindications, global vs. local training strategies, the role of assessment, future refinements and trends       
• Case studies will demonstrate how brain maps reflect common disorders such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADHD, head injury (mTBI), autistic spectrum disorders and seizures. The clinical power of multivariate z-score training for coherence and amplitude problems will be described and differentiated.      
• Take 3 days and learn assessment and (easy) Z-score training applications                                                 

 (3-Days) Getting Started with QEEG, NeuroGuide & Live Z-score Training:

Day One:

Monday (9am-6pm) September 27th

Introduction (didactic) to QEEG

• What is a QEEG analysis?
• Normative databases: NxLink, NeuroGuide, others
• Brain Map basics: absolute, relative, power, coherence, phase, asymmetry, eyes open/closed, linked ears, Laplacian, single hertz bins, banded frequencies, peak frequency
• Identifying artifacts and anomalies: EOA, sEMG, EKG, salt-bridge, electrode pop, glossokinetic, transients, spikes, spike & wave complex and interictal waveforms.
• Interpreting the data via the raw EEG
• Case studies via HAT automated NeuroGuide interpretive software.
• Introduction to navigating in NeuroGuide (demonstration)-artifacting (editing) & processing. Selecting the best “representative sample.”

Evening: 7pm-9pm

Part I QEEG lab (Impedance & salt bridges): Participants will mount EEG recording caps, learn best practices of reducing impedance, sizing, placement and troubleshooting. The emphasis in this first lab will be on reducing impedance and preventing salt bridges.

Day Two:

Tuesday (9am-6 pm) September 28th 

Part II QEEG lab (Recording & Processing QEEG data):

Lab goals: Acquire, edit and process QEEG data from participants. Train participants to use NeuroGuide effectively)

• Recording data with QEEG hardware.
• Training your testee to limit artifacts (EMG, EOA, glossokinetic, etc.)
• Eye blinks, contact, eyes open vs. eyes closed, neck support.
• NeuroGuide data acquisition (program operation)
• Navigating through NeuroGuide: saving data, editing, analyzing raw data and choosing features, setting standard deviations, split-half reliability, processing data and creating maps.
• Normative EEG patterns
• Drug effects on EEG (overview)
• Neurological specificity, symptoms and protocol selection
• Common EEG signatures for depression, anxiety, ADHD, ASDs, learning disorders, traumatic brain injury.

Evening: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

• Basic threshold setting compared to Z-score training
• Bipolar database training for PTSD and other limbic system issues
• Advantages of Z-score training with 3 generation software and 6 site training

Wednesday (9am-4 pm) September 29th

Comparing Z-scores to Symptoms + Neurology

• Percent Z-OK, dynamic thresholding isolating coherence, phase, power ratios and asymmetry.
• NeuroGuide-to-HAT-to-Z-score training
• Case studies: developing Z-score interventions.
• Z-score training demonstrations with Atlantis & Discovery (4+4)
• 19-channel Z-score training demonstration.
• Special EEG recording caps and montages.

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Upon completion of the workshop participants will no doubt begin acquiring QEEG data and generating NeuroGuide reports. Post workshop mentoring will help you to use those reports as a bridge to creating effective neurofeedback protocols.

 Special Offer to Workshop Participants

We are excited to announce an unprecedented offer to our workshop participants. For those clients who agree to purchase from us most or all of the following two BrainMaster –based QEEG packages, either before or during the workshop event, we will offer 3 days of QEEG training for free (for package #1)

BrainMaster –NeuroGuide Package #1

QEEG for assessment only:

$5800.00:        Discovery with Head Box lid [alpha testing period]**

$2995.00:        NeuroGuide Deluxe (10 month payment plan available)

$375.00           Hub Assessment Tool (HAT) software (6 month subscription)***

$755.00           EEG recording (2) cap system (medium & large starter kit - TIN)

$499.00           Impedance meter for QEEG (Required for Tin Caps)

Total (TIN caps plus impedance meter) = $10,424.00 (assessment only)

Transform Discovery into a power Z-score training unit:

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$250.00           BrainMaster’s multimedia player

$995.00           4 Channel Z-score training (for Atlantis or Discovery)

$695.00           Discovery conversion to 4-channel Atlantis.

$995.00           Package of (10) Z-score training caps

REQUIRED FOR TRAINING WITH ELECTRODES:

$175.00           Deluxe sensor upgrade (10 gold leads plus 2 ear clips)

$30.00             Jumper (extended for Discovery LE)

$180.00           Nuprep (3), 10-20 paste (3), Q-Tips (case), Gauze Pads (case)

**[During the alpha testing period users are required to submit a brief report to BrainMaster. Once this period is over the price of Discovery will increase significantly]

***[HAT is available for a 3 month trial subscription for $100.00]

***[HAT is also available a permanent installation for $995.00]

For people who already have one or more dedicated training units (preferably at least one Atlantis 4+4) and want, right now, the greatest possible degree of assessment power, the Discovery Suite is the full monty! Cost for the Discovery 24-channel QEEG acquisition system, NG Deluxe, an impedance meter and electro-cap kit is less than $11,000. This package would entitle the purchaser to a complete refund of the cost of the three day training. See the following illustrated link for details!

BrainMaster –Z-score training Package #2

$2425.50:        Atlantis 4+4 (10% discount on $2,695.00 price)

$250.00           Multimedia player

$149.95           4-Channel training cable

The cost of the intermediate 3-day “Getting Started in QEEG, NeuroGuide and Live Z-Score Training” is $750.

 To Register:

Contact John N Demos  --  Email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Major credit cards accepted (MC, VISA, AM-Ex)                     

Must pre-register, no on-site registrations 

Cancellation Policy; No refunds 15 days prior to the event.  Attendees Should Bring A Laptop With Wireless Internet Capabilities. 

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