This 90-minute webinar will be presented on Friday, July 21, 2023, at 12:00pm eastern time; 11am central time; 9am pacific time

The hypothesis set out here is that this most basic urge to connect is dependent on circuits based in three main components of the brain stem. A clinical approach derived from these hypotheses, Deep Brain Reorienting, is briefly outlined as it provides a way to address the somatic residues of adverse interpersonal interactions underlying relational patterns and also the residual shock and horror of traumatic experiences. It is suggested that the innate alarm system involving the spinal cord and the locus coeruleus can generate a pre-affective shock while an affective shock can arise from excessive stimulation of the periaqueductal gray. Clinically significant residues can be accessed through careful, mindful, attention to orienting-tension-affect-seeking sequences when the therapist and the client collaborate on eliciting and describing them. This presentation will offer an overview of the reactive brain stem, Dr. Corrigan will provide an overview of a relatively new therapeutic approach that targets the brain stem, Deep Brain Re-Orienting.

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Join us for this FREE webinar about collaborating on research.  You do not need to be a member of ISNR to register for free.

Dr. Mark S. Jones and Dr. Rogene Eichler West will present this webinar on Friday, July 14, 2023, at 12:00 noon eastern time; 11:00am central time; 9am pacific time.

You might be pleasantly surprised how you can contribute to research in the field! In this informal webinar, Rogene and Mark will discuss various ways that neurofeedback practitioners can collaborate to share data and publish research. This will include a brief overview of research design, concepts of citizen science, the creation of an online data warehouse available to participating researchers and collaborators, and practical steps for working together for both retrospective research on historical practice data as well as future multi-site IRB approved human subjects research around specific protocols.

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This course will present evidence that the presence of high delta can be due to retained primitive reflexes vs environmental toxins or TBI.

Dr. Kelly Miller is a 1980 graduate of Logan University of Health Sciences in St. Louis, Missouri, receiving his Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Dr. Miller received a Certification in Industrial/Occupational Health from Northwestern Chiropractic College in 1991. Dr. Miller worked as an ergonomic, safety-consultant, and after-care doctor for Food Barn, Ball’s Price Chopper, and Twentieth Century in the Kansas City Metropolitan area in the 1990’s. Dr. Miller received his certificate in Acupuncture in 1996, and is a Fellow of the Acupuncture Society of America. In 2001, Dr. Miller received his Certification as a Naturopathic Medical Doctor from the National Accreditation and Certification of Naturopathic Medical Doctors in Washington DC. Dr. Miller finished his Fellowship in Aging and Regenerative Medicine from the Brazil- American Academy of Aging and Regenerative Medicine located in San Paulo, Brazil, in March 2014. Dr. Miller received his Certification in Functional Diagnostic Medicine from Functional Medicine University in December, 2014. Dr. Miller began his research in brain in 2015 and published his Amazon Best Seller, Saving Your Brain: Causes, Prevention, and Reversal of Dementia/Alzheimer’s. Dr. Miller has taken training at the Carrick Institute and done a Fellowship with Dr. Robert Melillo, is Certified in the Melillo Method, and will be taking his board for the Fellowship in the next few months. Dr. Miller is finishing his monitoring on Neurofeedback and will be taking his Neurofeedback Certification test in the next few months. Dr. Miller’s clinical practice covers over forty-three years, treating over fifteen thousand patients. Dr. Miller is an international lecturer on the genetic, nutritional, and hormonal considerations related to heart health and brain health.

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Your ISNR board is an amazing group in and of itself! You can learn about each one on the newly revamped ISNR website https://isnr.org/board-staff-and-advisory-committees. Let me mention our new president-elect Tanya Morosoli, who is moving from International Member-at-Large to this position. Given that the membership of ISNR now spans 37 countries, Tanya’s depth of knowledge and experience in fostering international participation is a treasure and bodes well for our future.

Another treasure for our organization is Susan Alvarez, our Executive Director. I’ve known Susan for many years and am so pleased at how she has grown into the position to become a competent and natural leader. Susan will be a trusted companion as we work together in the mission of ISNR.
Thank you, Ainat, for your leadership this past year as president. It’s been a pleasure to serve with you. I intend to foster the many ongoing contributions you’ve made. One initiative in particular that is close to my heart is the work of the Neuroregulation Guidelines Committee under the leadership of Michael Trayford. Updating our standard of practice document to encompass the expansive growth of technology and approaches in our field is vital—as it informs our best practices.

I look forward to your feedback and participation in ISNR and seeing you in person or online at our various webinar and conference offerings!
Mark

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As we wrap up from our Pearl (30th anniversary) ISNR conference and from my term as president, I think about the past, present and future. The famous saying “Without the past there is no future” (anonymous) applies to us, especially as we remember our pioneers who built a strong foundation for us with their passion, beliefs, and knowledge. It is our role to continue to raise our professional standards while creating a safe and welcoming community. A community that is based on diversity, equity and inclusiveness. We are nearly 700 members strong from all over the world, with diverse backgrounds and interests, from academia to clinicians. We are all eager to share our research and our clinical work.

Together, ISNR’s achievements over the past year have built on a solid 30-year foundation. Several of our ongoing projects started this year are based on the vision created by our founders, including publishing a paper, interviewing our founders, and redesigning our website.

The first project is an updated version of the ISNR Standard of Practice Position Paper. The original position paper was written in 2011 which is still relevant, however, many things have evolved. In particular, we are updating the scope of practice and unintended adverse reaction (side effects) sections, and adding new sections pertaining to our current international societies and the emergence of remote/home based training. The authors are hard at work writing and editing, and hope to publish the paper in the next few months.

The second project, “From Feed-back to Feed-Forward”, is about interviews with our founders. Throughout the conference, you might have seen the debut of short video messages from our pioneers. All these short video messages, along with the full interviews will be available to view on the ISNR website in the coming weeks. I feel honored for the opportunity to listen, learn, and be inspired from the greats. Most importantly, they have helped me become a better neuroregulation practitioner and a better person. I encourage everyone to watch them; it is well worth the time. We will be sure to let you know when the videos go live.

The third project is the ISNR Website re-design: Again, here we are building upon the original website and finding ways to improve it. The new website is a big improvement, with faster response times, friendly user interface, multi-lingual, and new content that will continue being added. The exciting news is that the new website was just launched!

These projects are part of our vision of raising our (already high) professional standards and increasing our diversity. Diversity is a fundamental value of ISNR. Over the past year, we increased the number of our affiliates bringing the number up to nine international societies from all over the globe; from Australasia (ANSA), South Africa (BFSA), Italy (SINQ), Mexico (SMBN), Spain (SEBINE), Spain (SENT), Brazil (ABBIO), Asia Pacific (APNA) and the International Organization for Psychophysiology (IOP). Diversity also includes students and universities, and this year we had a record number of student participation and submissions for the conference.

As an international leader in the neuroregulation field, ISNR strives to continuously raise the high professional standards of our field. Our Board of Directors and the Committees are developing transparent and clear criteria, guidelines and standards. For example, jargon-free definitions of technical terms (by the Neuroregulation Guideline Committee), explicit criteria for student awards. Moreover, this information is easy to access from our website.

All this progress would not have been achieved without the many ISNR member volunteers. We are grateful for their dedication, hard work, and support. We would love to have you join us! You don’t need to be a board member to get involved.

I would like to give a shout-out to some specific people (and I apologize for any of those I might have inadvertently overlooked) that I have been lucky enough to work with over the past year. I will start with our loyal and reliable treasurer and member of the executive committee, Dr. Nick Colosi. Nick has tons of common sense; it seems we always agree to every Nick suggestion. We all can sleep well knowing that Nick is our treasurer. While on this topic, I am happy to report that ISNR is financially stable, and secure.

Thank you to Dr. Diana Martinez, ISNR Secretary and the chair of the Ethics committee. The ethics committee includes Dr. Leslie Sherlin and myself. Ethics committee is essential for all organizations including ISNR. The committee members handle ethical issues with sensitivity and high professionalism and developed a confidential complaint process that will protect any individual who files a complaint.

Thank you to Ms.Tanya Morosoli, our International Member-At-Large and the chair of the Membership Committee, Dr. Rusty Turner, Dr. Dick Genardi, and Dr. Michael Trayford . Thanks to Tanya’s outreach and hard work, currently, ISNR is affiliated with nine international organizations. In addition, ISNR has almost 700 members from all over the world. The membership committee are continuing to grow the ISNRU project.

Thank you to Dr. Dick Genardi, our Member-At-Large, who organizes the ISNR-U. Dick’s critical view and thoroughness has been a major and welcome asset. Dick’s endless knowledge and insight about our field is valuable and inspiring to all of us who worked closely with him.

Thank you to Dr. Robert (Rusty) Turner, our energetic Member-At-Large and a member of the CPT committee. Rusty’s common sense and plethora of knowledge has been an essential contributor as well as an integral part in the “From Feedback to Feedforward” project conducting many of the founder’s interviews.

Thank you to Dr. Michael Trayford, our Member-At-Large and the chair of the Neuroregulation Guideline committee, and to the committee members Dr. Claire Gregory, Ms. Michelle Aniftos, Dr. Mirjana Askovic, Dr. Diana Martinez, and Mr. Tyler Mark. The committee brings a refreshing perspective to ISNR with their engaging approach to educating with jargon-free definitions of technical terms, to make them simple, interesting, and relevant.

As the chair of the Student Advocacy Committee (SAC), I would like to thank our SAC members, Dr. Nick Colosi, Dr. Mark Jones, Dr. Diana Martinez, Ms. Tanya Morosoli, and Dr. Tato Sokhadze. I am proud to report that we had a record number of student submissions, attendees and members to our last conference. SAC set up guidelines for submissions and awards, simplified the application process, and provided both financial support and student academic awards.

Thank you to Dr. Cynthia Wilson, who stepped in as the new chair for the Public Education committee. For those of you who haven’t met her, Cynthia very quickly mastered her responsibilities. The Education Committee is currently running our ISNR webinars and is responsible for planning the webinars.

Thank you to Dr. Mark Trullinger, chair of our newly formed CPT committee and the committee members Dr. Rusty Turner, Dr. Mark Jones, Dr. Nancy Wigton, Susan Alvarez, Dr. Ainat Rogel, and Dr. Nick Colosi. They continue to work with health insurance providers. I can speak for all of us that we hope one day our treatments will be universally covered. Mark and the CPT committee are actively working to make that wish a reality.

Thank you to our Journal committee Dr. Rex Cannon, the editor of our NeuroRegulation journal and Dr. Nancy Wigton for your many years of associated with the journal.

Thank you to Ms. Alissa Paramo, chair of the ISNR Vetting committee. Alissa communicates with our vendors to assure the high standard of our vendors, making sure that each vendor and every item being displayed at ISNR conference will meet ISNR criteria for quality, honesty, and reliability.

Thank you to all the presidents of our affiliated societies around the globe, both for your input and help in forming relationships with the international societies – these relationships are priceless. Thank you to Ms. McGill Scott, president of BFSA, South Africa, our voting member from the international societies and Dr. Mirjana Askovic, the president of ANSA from Australia, who participates in our board meetings. Both McGill and Mirjana joined our meetings that are held at, let’s just say, unusual times for them.

Thank you to the ISNR voting member of the Advisory Board and past president, Dr. Dave Cantor. Thanks also to Mr. Rob Longo, who stepped in as the voting member when needed. Thank you to all the advisory Board members Dr. Leslie Sherlin our past President, Dr. Ruben Perez, and Ms. Theresa Hubbard.

Thank you to Dr. Tato Estate Sokhadze, Ex- officio and SAC committee member, for the many years in this position who hardly ever misses a meeting and is always willing to volunteer in committees.

Special thanks to all our members and everyone who attended the conference – it wouldn’t be a conference without you. There are many ways you can get involved. We would love to have you join us!

Thank you to the ISNR conference committee chair, Ms. Noel Larson Ford and the conference committee members Ms. Lexi Meinhold, Ms. Susan Alvarez, Ms. Alissa Paramo, Dr. Leslie Sherlin, Dr. Ainat Rogel, Dr. Nick Colosi. Three years ago, Noel was able to quickly adjust to the pandemic challenge by creating an entirely new virtual conference. This year, with the pandemic restrictions being relaxed, Noel helped create a new hybrid model allowing people to gather in-person or entirely online. Without Noel and the conference committee, we would not be here today. I would like to acknowledge the conference committee members and our volunteers who made the conference such a great success. A special mention to Ms. Angela Farrar, who provided immense support for the conference success, although not officially part of the committee.

I would like to thank in advance Dr. Mark Jones, our president-elect, who will start his term as president in September. Mark has the perfect combination of skills to be an excellent president. His common sense, wisdom, curiosity, and focus will serve ISNR well. In addition, Mark’s calming manner and ability to make everyone feel appreciated and welcome. I am confident that I am leaving ISNR in good hands.

Last but not the least, I would like to give a huge thank you to Ms. Susan Alvarez, our legendary director. Susan is the anchor of ISNR. On the backend, Susan takes care of all the small details it takes to run ISNR smoothly year after year. We know how much effort it takes to make it seem easy. On the front end, Susan interacts with everybody from ISNR members to people who contact us to board members. She keeps everything together, follows up with conversations, and is the face of ISNR.

I am pleased to announce the winners of ISNR 2022 awards:

• Faryal Raees: The Bio-Medical sponsored FNNR mini-grant
• Dr. Rubén Pérez: The FNNR mini-grant
• Andrea Reid-Chung: The Consolation student project award to runner-up in FNNR mini-grant competition
• Ms. Matida Stirner & Dr. Christian Paret: The Kamiya First Person Science Award
• Dr. Rogene Eichler West: The Joseph and Ann Marie Horvat Award
• Dr. Dick Genardi: The Joel F. Lubar Award
• Dr. Steve Stockdale: The M.B. Sterman Career Achievement Award
• Mr. James “Ross” Spears: The ISNR In Memoriam Award
• Mr. Rob Longo: The Presidential Award of Merit
• Dr. Ainat Rogel: The ISNR Fellow Award
• Dr. Nick Colosi: In recognition of your dedicated service on ISNR Board of Directors
• Dr. Dick Genardi: In recognition of your dedicated service on ISNR Board of Directors
• Ms. Tanya Mosoli: In recognition of your dedicated service on ISNR Board of Directors
• Dr. Robert (Rusty) Turner: In recognition of your dedicated service on ISNR Board of Directors
• Dr. Ainat Rogel: The ISNR Past President’s Award

Student Awards:

• Mr. Mohammad Sendi: The Gerry Gluck Award
• Ms. Lisa Bortolotto: The Presentation Award – 1st Place
• Ms. Bettina Poe: The Presentation Award -2nd Place
• Mr. Ross Spears, Ms. Whitney Rich, and Ms. Emily Surratt: The Presentation Award -3rd Place
• Ms. Natalia Milakhina: The ISNR Student Poster Award
• Mr. Mohammad Sendi: The ISNR Student Poster Award
• Ms. Jessica Gregory: The ISNR Student Poster Award
• Ms. Lisa Bortolotto: The iQEEG Scholarship Award
• Ms. Johanna Rodriguez Beato: The iQEEG Scholarship Award

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The conference is made possible by the students and professionals who generously take the time to submit and present their scientific findings to our membership. Only standing oral presentations must be at least 60-minutes in length to be considered for the conference.

You must register to attend the conference and present your material, but authors are not required to be onsite to present. Authors may present via ZOOM.

Submit your abstract HERE.

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If you are interested in volunteering for any of the positions below, please contact Susan Alvarez at office@isnr.org.

PR Committee Chairperson provides monthly updates to BoD (social media: FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn), post ISNR content (webinars, newsletter segments), Research/Science Daily (Rob Longo)
Compensation:  To be determined

Listserv Moderator (moderated a minimum of twice a day, including weekends)
Compensation: ISNR free membership and conference registration (workshops not included)

Website person (adding events to calendar including sponsors’ events, any changes to website like annual board member changes, advisory members, ISNR members only documents, additions to Mentors section, blog page)
Compensation: ISNR free membership and conference registration (workshops not included)

Student liaison provides updates to SAC Chairperson, set up student meetings, engage students for annual conference, participation in SAC meetings
Compensation:  Free student membership and free student conference registration and workshops

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To view the ISNR Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and International Advisory Board, please visit THIS LINK. 

Please join us in welcoming the incoming ISNR BOARD MEMBERS whose term starts as of September 1, 2021:

Ainat Rogel, PhD, ISNR President
Mark Jones, Dmin, LPC, LMFT, President Elect
Diana Martinez, MD, PhD, Secretary
Dr. Michael Trayford, Member-at-Large

New members of ISNR’s Advisory Board are as of September 1, 2021 are:

Leslie Sherlin, PhD
Rubén Pérez, PhD
Theresa Hubbard, LMFT (MO), LCMFT (KS), ACCH

Please view ISNR’s “INTERNATIONAL” tab to our website which outlines our International Affiliates and provides links to the corresponding websites.  Please take a moment to visit it at THIS LINK.

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The Asia Pacific Journal of Neurotherapy is a free online non-profit journal that is sponsored jointly by ANSA (Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia) and APNA (Asia Pacific Neuro-biofeedback Association). The journal is linked to the APNA and ANSA websites. There are two issues per year (May and November). The Editorial Board is made up of clinicians and researchers with an interest in Neurotherapy. Following submission of articles there is a standard peer-review process. Submissions with respect to this journal have been made to top indexing agencies.

This journal has a focus on research and clinical practice in the field of neurotherapy. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, topics relating to biofeedback, neurofeedback, assessment using Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG). The journal also has an interest to publish papers with a focus on other forms of neuromodulation such as Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), photobiomodulation and Transcranial Electro Current Stimulation (tECS).

The journal will accept research articles and clinical case studies and review articles. We invite people to access the journal online and also to submit papers for publication.(More details regarding categories of articles and templates for publication are provided on the journal website). CLICK HERE to the journal.

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