Basic Course

"The Assessment and Treatment of Adults with Neurological Conditions - The Bobath Concept."

Medical doctors, speech therapists and registered nurses may be allowed to participate fully, at the discretion of the individual course leader.

In order to be accepted for the basic course, participants must be fully qualified graduates of their respective professional schools.

All participants who successfully complete the basic course on "The Assessment and Treatment of Adults with Neurological Conditions - The Bobath Concept" will receive the IBITA certificate.

If a course-member is absent for more than one day (= 8 hours) from a basic course, the IBITA certificate will not be given.

1.	The basic course is to be given in a minimum of 110 hours of teaching. (one hour = 60 minutes)
2.	The Instructor/student ratio should be an optimum of 1:10 and a maximum of 1:12.
3.	The number of students to be allowed in any basic course will be as follows: a. Per qualified Instructor - optimum of 10 students maximum of 12 students. b. Per 1st level assistant - maximum of 4 additional students. c. Per Instructor-candidate - maximum of 8 additional students. d. The total number of students is never to exceed 24, in anyone basic course.
4.	The maximum ratio of students to patients will be 2:1 for assessment and treatment.
5.	Core curriculum The course content is described in the Core Curriculum for the Basic Course as part of the Procedural Manual, Part III - Courses. Click this link for the PDF document.