Presented
by Richard Sherman, PhD
Objectives: Behavioral interventions for adult urinary and
fecal incontinence are simple, quick, and can be
highly effective. This course discusses the basic
mechanisms underlying the problems and explains
the common behavioral assessment and
interventional strategies including biofeedback,
home strengthening exercises, timing,
etc.
This
course is not intended for people who want to do
general work with pelvic floor disorders nor for
people who want to take BCIA's certification in
pelvic muscle dysfunction biofeedback. For this,
you should take our course on Behavioral
Assessment and Treatment of Pelvic Floor
Disorders.
Format: Home
study supported by e-mail chats after each unit is
completed. The lecture portion of the course is
presented through a series of audiovisual lectures
profusely illustrated by power-point slides. You
will receive CDs containing both the audiovisual
lectures and a copy of the slide set upon which
the lectures are based so you can make notes on
your copy of the slides as you attend the lecture.
After watching each lecture and reading the
corresponding material in the assigned texts,
chapters, and articles, you will answer a brief
series of questions. The answered questions are
then e-mailed to the instructor. You and the
instructor will discuss each unit via e-mail chat
after your answers are assessed. After the
discussion, you will proceed to the succeeding
lecture & reading material.
Strongly
recommended reading:
a. All of
section IX (pages 597 – 682) in Mark Schwartz's
Biofeedback,
Guilford
1995.
b. Compendium of articles on CD.
c.
The female pelvic floor by L. Brubacker and T. Saclarides. Published by F.A.
Davis
of
1915 Arch
St.
Philadelphia
,
PA
19103
; 1996.
ISBN 0-8036-0075-5
Topics:
a.
Overview of pelvic floor disorders treated by
behavioral interventions
b. Anatomy and
physiology of the pelvic floor relevant to adult
urinary and fecal incontinence disorders treated
by behavioral interventions.
c. Causes of
urinary incontinence (e.g. drugs, physical
debilitation, time demands)
d. Research on behavioral
treatments for urinary incontinence.
e.
Research on behavioral treatments for fecal
incontinence.
f. Non-behavioral interventions
for adult urinary and fecal incontinence
including
weight training, plugs, electrical
stimulation, surgery, and medications.
g.
Clinical protocols for behavioral treatment of
adult fecal incontinence.
h. Clinical protocols
for behavioral treatment of adult urinary
incontinence.
Protocols
include:
(1)
Scheduled voiding (bladder training, habit
training, timed voiding, & prompted
voiding).
(2) Pelvic muscle training with and
without biofeedback
(3) Pelvic
muscle exercises
(4) Environmental and physical
awareness.
Schedule &
Registration: You can begin
the course any time you want to and proceed at
your own pace.
CE Credit: This is
a continuing education, not an accredited course.
CE credits are given through the state of
California's Board of Behavioral Sciences
(Approval # PCE1895).
BCIA
credit: This course is approved by the
Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
(BCIA) and can be used toward recertification in
both general biofeedback and neurofeedback. It
does not yet meet BCIA's requirements for
certification in Pelvic Floor Disorders.
Cost: $250
in US dollars payable by check to the Foundation
or by credit card (Master Card, Visa, or
Discover). This price does not include the cost of
recommended texts.
If you also
take our course in general biofeedback, you will
save $100 on both courses (a total of $200).
Refund
and cancellation policies: Full refund until the CDs are mailed
to you. After the CDs are mailed, there is no
refund at all as the Foundation has committed its
resources to you. A course would only be cancelled
due to an extreme emergency on the part of the
course instructor or the Foundation. In the highly
unlikely event a course is cancelled, you would
receive a full
refund.
Faculty: Richard A.
Sherman, PhD is certified by BCIA, approved by
BCIA to teach the general biofeedback
certification course, and currently teaches
A&P for the Behavioral Medicine R& T
Foundation. He is a professional
psychophysiologist with extensive training (his
PhD is in biology / physiology) and has nearly 30
years of experience in the field.
Ordering
Information:
If you wish to pay by check
please send it, payable in U.S. funds,
to:
Allied Products/Biofeedback Instrument Corp.
255 W. 98th Street
New York, N.Y. 10025 |
