dear jorge yes, i absolutely agree with you that there has to be common ground concerning nf education. as soon as it comes to treatment of patients, i also agree that there have to be set standards and specific diplomas/degrees for nf-therapists must be required. still i think that in the educational field and in the field of peak-performance, there is room for nf-practitioners having other backgrounds. in these areas, i don't quite see a point (which you might not make...) in having prerequisits, like university diplomas, etc. to actually start with the nf-education, which may be provided by san. so i see quite an advantage in forming different groups of practitioners within san as has been suggested before. best regards stephan __________________________________ raum fuer kinesiologie & nf stephan odermatt thoerigenstrasse 5 ch-3360 herzogenbuchsee phone: 0041 (0)62 961 65 55 e-mail: rfk@xxxxxxxxxx web:www.rfk.ch co-director neurofeedback institut schweiz dollfus & odermatt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Alvoeiro" <ex_ip276239@xxxxxxx> To: <esnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: [esnr] Re: regulations > Dear Stephen, > > This is my point of view but, taking into consideration that there is a strong > initiative to regulate training in all health matters in Europe, there should > be some consensus for everybody. Yes, each European country has its own > point of view and regulations regarding health matters, but if we go that way > it is no use to have a body which represents all European nations but > without some common requisites to them all, in particular regarding NF. > > Jorge > -- > ------- > Prof. Dr. Jorge Alvoeiro, Ph.D.(Hull,UK), C.Psych.(BPS,UK) > 2000-119 Santarem > Portugal > URL: http://www1.terravista.pt/Enseada/8146/ > E-Mail: ex_ip276239@xxxxxxx > > On Monday 21 Jun 2004 11:38, you wrote: > > dear members > > > > concering the degree one needs to achieve before being able to offer > > nf-services, much i wanted to write about has already been pointed out by > > cornelia dollfus. personally i do favour an independent european society > > which takes the special european situation into account. i see that there > > are various prerequisits in different countries concerning regulation of > > offering nf-services. in switzerland, for instance, there is a possibility > > for people out of the complementary medicine sector to work with nf and to > > be even covered by health insurance. so by just accepting practitioners > > with certain degrees, these folks (including myself) would not have the > > chance to get under the roof of san. > > > > so my suggestion is to take into account the different country's laws and > > make membership available for all those who meet the regulations of their > > own countries, apart from the neurofeedback-education they went through, > > which standards will be set by san. > > > > best regards > > > > stephan odermatt, switzerland > > > > >