Certification
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Mission Organization Certification Workshops About Breathing Professional services Instrumentation Business Opportunity Downloads Links Contact us Are you overbreathing? Which brain is yours?	CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS The requirements of the certification program includes 30 hours of coursework, 30 hours of practicum experience, 10 hours of case conference, and 5 hours of personal training, for a total of 75 hours as follows: 1. Coursework: Breathing is Behavior (4 days, 30 hours) The program is organized into five sections, including case histories and demonstrations: 1. Overview (1 hour) 2. Physiological mechanisms (6 hours) 3. Behavioral principles (5 hours) 4. Behavioral analysis (9 hours) 5. Behavior modification (9 hours) The five sections are broken down into the following 20 modules, each of which includes a set of Power Point slides for the trainee’s personal use: Module 1: overview Module 2: hypocapnia Module 3: external respiration Module 4: air and gases Module 5: oxygen Module 6: carbon dioxide Module 7: acid-base balance Module 8: renal physiology Module 9: cellular respiration Module 10: behavioral physiology Module 11: biological learning Module 12: origins of deregulation Module 13: measurement-instrumentation Module 14: coaching and teaching Module 15: interviewing Module 16: testing Module 17: learning Module 18: education Module 19: mechanics Module 20: phenomenology Certification trainees are required to pass a take-home open-book examination, designed to provide useful feedback to both the trainee and the Institute. The trainee turns in the examination by email to s.reamer@bp.edu upon its completion. 2. Personal Practicum: 5 hours Trainees are required to be recipients of the services they plan to render to their clients, including assessment and coaching. Trainees learn how to do Internet coaching through remote operation of instrumentation used by clients in the field. 3. Case Conference: 10 hours Trainees attend five two-hour Skype.com based case conference sessions, during which time they present at least two cases of their own. 4. Assessment Practicum: 10 hours (10 trainees) Trainees are required to do 10 breathing behavior assessments, and to document these sessions on the Practicum Record form. 5. Coaching Practicum: 20 hours Trainees are required to complete 20 one-hour sessions with five different trainees, and to document these sessions on the Practicum Record form. End