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Course Overview
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Page 1 |
Introduction to Electroencephalography
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Page 14 |
History of the EEG
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Origins of the EEG
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EEG recording
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Common band frequencies
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Lunch
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Electricity
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Page 37 |
10-20 System
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Page 41 |
Electrode placement
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Scalp preparation
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| Lab 1: Preparing your client, obtaining a quality signal, troubleshooting connection problems |
Measuring the EEG
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Page 45 |
Differential amplifiers
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Common mode rejection
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Monopolar (referential) montage
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Bi-polar (sequential) montage
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Brain communication measures
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Evening Studies: Review Blinded, multi-center validation of EEG and rating scales in identifying ADHD within a clinical sample, S.M. Snyder et al. / Psychiatry Research 159 (2008) 346–358
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Discuss Snyder article
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Common Artifacts
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Page 51 |
Lab 2 Screen Building Exercise
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Assessment 1
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Page 57 |
Neurophysiological assessment tools
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CPT
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EEG and physiological measures
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Lunch
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Lab 3 Simple 1 or 2 Channel EEG Assessment with peripheral measures
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Discuss Lab 3 Results
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Training Approaches 1
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Page 71 |
Reward and inhibit strategies
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Utilizing multiple information sources
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Protocol development
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Evening Studies: Complete intake forms in manual, score Wender-Utah and determine appropriate training protocol based upon symptoms, history and Lab 3 results
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| Day 3 |
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Discuss assessment and protocol selection
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Lab 4 Single channel training using site and frequency choices from assessment
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Assessment 2
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Page 75 |
Assessment / Diagnostic use of Multi-Site EEG and QEEG
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Measures of interest
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Localization of dysfunction
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Lunch
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Lab 5 Utilization of a QEEG database (NeuroGuide)
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Training Approaches 2
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Page 91 |
Training based upon 19 channel EEG assessment
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Use of database information
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Phenotype assessment
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Z-score training
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Additional interventions
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Evening Studies: Read First, Do No Harm: Adverse Effects and the Need for Practice Standards in Neurofeedback by D. Corydon Hammond, Ph.D. ECNS, QEEG-D, BCIA-EEG and Lynda Kirk, MA, LPC, QEEG-D, BCIA-EEG
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| Day 4 |
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Discuss Hammond and Kirk article
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Lab 6 Z-score training
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Alpha/Theta Training
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Page 106 |
Applications
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Theory
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Optimum performance training
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Conducting an alpha/theta training session
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Lunch
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Lab 7 Alpha/Theta Training
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Practice building, practice guidelines, ethics
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Page 113 |
Recruiting clients
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Which clients?
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Certification
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Mentoring
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Negative and positive effects of neurofeedback training
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Questions and final discussion
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