Concept :

There are both live and email interactions with the instructor in the at home learning format. You can work with the instructor for up to one year after the course ends if you start after three months. BCIA requires a certificate in heart rate variability. The methods for evaluation and modification of autonomic quieting are emphasized. Heart rate variability psychophysiology, instrument, measurement, and applications are some of the topics covered.

You will learn by watching audiovisual lectures provided on the course web, reading assignments both from materials provided on the course site, watching a movie, and interacting extensively with the instructor via e-mail and phone. Instead of taking exams, you will answer short essay questions. This course requires between 20 and 35 hours of work by previous students. The material in this course is easier to understand and relate to the rest of the body’s functions if youTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia is aTrademarkiaTrademarkia is aTrademarkiaTrademarkia is aTrademarkiaTrademarkia is aTrademarkia is aTrademarkiaTrademarkia is aTrademarkia is aTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia is aTrademarkiaTrademarkia

Specific Course Objectives: As a result of taking this course, you should be able to:

1. Have knowledge of each topic (listed below) required to earn the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance’s (BCIA’s) certificate in Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback.
2. Understand how basic cardiac anatomy and physiology (A&P) relate to HRV.
3. Be able to determine your own resonance frequency and calculate it for others.
4. Have sufficient knowledge of respiratory A&P to relate it to HEV.
5. Understand how the autonomic nervous system’s A&P cause changes in organ system functioning.
6. Be able to use standard biofeedback instruments to measure, assess, and feedback HRV.
7. Be able to train people to change their HRV through biofeedback.

Format:

After each unit is completed, the home study is supported by e-mail chats. A series of units are based on organ systems. You will progress through each unit by watching an audiovisual lecture on the course web site about an organ system followed by reading one or more chapters in the required book, text files on the course web site and possibly one of the optional books. After watching the lecture and reading the material, you will be able to answer a few questions in the review question file on the course web site. The instructor gets the answers to the questions. After your answers are assessed, you and the instructor will discuss each unit. You don’t have to wait for the discussion to finish to start the lecture. Extra time with the instructor will allow you to discuss topics related to the course. The course fee does not include the cost of the texts.

Hearing impaired people can’t view the slides because virtually all of the material presented in the lectures is typed onto the slides. People who are blind can concentrate on the verbal lectures as the slide material is repeated in the lecture accompanying each slide.

Required Equipment

You must have access to a system that can measure both HR and respiration at the same time in order to take this course. J&J and Thought Technology are acceptable systems. Contact the instructor if you have a different system. The HeartMath and Stress Eraser devices are not enough, nor are any of the other smart phone applications that can be used clinically.

Computer and Computer Knowledge Requirements:

The course can be played by anyone with a modern computer and a basic understanding of computer operation. You must have a computer that is capable of connecting to the internet and running a typical internet program, as well as a modern word processor such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect, and the ability to play sounds such as music. The IBM style computer running Windows 98 and newer should be able to do this. Speed, hard disk size, and RAM are not factors for computers in this category.

The Foundation’s courses have hundreds of students using recent Apple products. The course materials are more difficult for them than for PC users. If you are using a computer with a Macintosh operating system, you should. The current version of Quicktime must be present. . You can download it for free if you don’t have it.

Faculty:

Dr. Paul M. Lehrer is a professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Many of the studies published by Dr. Lehrer established the basics of HRV. He is the current chair of the research support organization of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. You can request a full CV on the course website.

Topic Outline:

The Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology is 1 hour.

The ECG is generated.

B. Sympathetic and parasympathetic influences.

There is a heart-brain interaction.

I. Respiratory dissection for 1 hour.

The functions of breathing.

The respiratory cycle is related to B.

There is muscle involvement in breathing.

The Bohr effect is related to D.

The breathing behaviors are functional.

I. 5 hour autonomic nervous system.

Three branches.

The vagus nerve.

I. IV. The heart rate variability is 2 hours.

The meaning of HRV.

The sources of HRV.

There are factors that influence HRV.

There are correlations of low and normal HRV.

Increased HRV has benefits.

There are three hours of V. HRV Instrumentation.

A blood volume pulse.

This is the first in a series. Source, 2. The sensor is called the PPG. The signal is 4. There were 5 placements. Tracking test and 6. There are artifacts.

The electrocardiogram.

This is the first in a series. Source, 2. The electrocardiogram sensor is 3. The signal is 4. There were 5 placements. Tracking test and 6. There are artifacts.

There is a C. Pneumograph.

This is the first in a series. The source is a sensor. The signal is 4. There were 5 placements. Tracking test and 6. There are artifacts.

There is a new edition of VI. HRV measurement for 2 hours.

Time domain measures and their meaning.

Frequency domain measures and their meaning.

There is a difference between a brief and a 24 hour Holter monitoring.

How to interpret the data.

There is a new version of VII. HRV uses biofeedback for 4 hours.

How to explain HRV to a client.

How to evaluate breathing.

The resonance frequency can be measured.

How to teach breathing.

How to structure a training session.

How to improve training with emotional regulation strategies.

There are side effects of G. HRV.

To promote generalization, practice assignments.

It was VIII. There are 1.5 hours of HRV Biofeedback Applications.

There are clinical applications.

Optimal performance applications.

Is that IX? You are not done yet.

Send the BCIA evaluation form to support@nextskillup.com with the Foundation’s course evaluation form and A&P BCIA evaluation form in the subject line.

When all requirements have been completed, your course completion certificate will be e-mailed to you and BCIA will inform you that you completed the course.

Administrative Information

Schedule:

If you complete the course within one year of purchase, you can start the course whenever you want. You can get started by contacting us at support@nextskillup.com.

Duration of course validity:

You must complete the course within a year of the purchase date. If still available, courses not completed by that time are void. There is no refunds for courses that are not completed within a year.

CE Credit:

These courses are not university accredited. The Behavioral Medicine R&T Foundation is approved. The American Psychological Association. To provide continuing education for psychologists. The Behavioral Medicine R&T Foundation is responsible for the program.

BCIA:

The course is accepted for continuing education by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance.

Payment, Refund, Scholarship, and cancellation policies:

Before access to the course is provided, full payment is required. Payment can be made with a credit card or a check made out to the Foundation and sent to the address below. Students will get a full refund if they don’t have access to the course materials. There is no refunds after you get access to the course materials. You have access to all of the course materials because the Foundation has committed its resources to you. The course would be canceled due to an emergency on the part of the instructor. If a course is canceled, you would get a full refund.

Scholarships:

The Foundation gives. There are scholarships that are 25% off the cost of the course. Students and professionals from emerging nations and developed nations.

Course updates:

All courses are updated on the course web site. When updates are available, students are informed.

Questions / further information?

You can contact Dr. Richard Sherman at support@nextskillup.com. .