Bobath Training Courses – Introductory and Basic Modules
March 7, 2024
The NRH is pleased to offer Bobath Training Courses, hosted on our campus in Rochestown Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, and delivered in collaboration with the British Bobath Tutors Association (BBTA)
Bobath Course – Introductory Modules
Dates:
Module 1: Human Movement Analysis as a basis of clinical intervention – Friday 26th and Saturday 27th April
Module 2: The integration of postural control & selective movement for functional activities, Part A – Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September
Module 3: The integration of postural control & selective movement for functional activities, Part B – Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November
For further details and booking information for the Bobath Introductory Modules read more…
Bobath Course – Basic Modules
(Participants must have completed at least Module 1 of the Bobath Introductory Modules)
Dates:
Module 1: 13th – 15th July 2024 (Virtual)
Module 2: 11th – 15th September 2024
Module 3: 10th – 13th October 2024
Module 4: 25th – 27th January 2025
Further details and booking information for the Basic Bobath Course:
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The National Rehabilitation Hospital is hosting a Basic Bobath Course which comprises the first hybrid programme of this kind to be held with a combination of virtual (theory) and in person (practical) sessions to support therapists to take part.
This course has been designed in a modular format to support frontline healthcare professionals to participate and balance competing workloads.
Course Aims
The course will offer you the opportunity to;
– Gain an understanding of the neurophysiological basis underlying the current Bobath Concept.
– Develop your ability to use the current Bobath Concept in the assessment and treatment of patients with neurological dysfunction.
– Develop your skills of observation, analysis and facilitation of movement.
– Expand your clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
– Describe and measure consequences of neurological dysfunction and the impact that your rehabilitation intervention based on the Bobath Concept may have.
– Link the current evidence base and your clinical practice.
Who is this course suitable for?
Qualified Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists working in neurology who are approaching, or are already at, a more experienced level in their clinical practice. Participants need to have completed at least Module 1 of the Introduction to Bobath Course.
Dates
Module 1: 13th – 15th July 2024 (Virtual)
Module 2: 11th – 15th September 2024
Module 3: 10th – 13th October 2024
Module 4: 25th – 27th January 2025
Booking
More information and booking is available via the BBTA website Basic Bobath Courses | bbta.org.uk
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Local contact for further information kate.curtin@nrh.ie
What is Bobath?
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The British Bobath Tutors Association (BBTA) describes the Bobath concept as ‘a problem solving approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals with disturbances of function, movement and postural control due to a lesion of the central nervous system. This approach to rehabilitation originated in the work of Berta and Karel Bobath and has evolved over more than half a century. The rationale for current practice is based upon present day knowledge of motor control, motor learning and neural plasticity, as well as on knowledge of biomechanics.’ The BBTA website links below provide further details:
Definition of the Bobath concept
Model of Bobath Clinical Practice
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