The cover of this Fall issue of Biofeedback shows a view of the beautiful Town and Country Resort Hotel in San Diego, the scene for Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback's 2010 Annual Meeting. Mark your calendars now for the Workshops (March 24–25, 2010) and the Annual Meeting (March 25–27, 2010).

Each year in the United States, approximately 1.5 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). About 5.3 million Americans live with a disability related to TBI, and each year 80,000 additional persons become disabled with TBI (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999). Today's

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The Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA) board has actively involved our certificants in strategic planning designed to strengthen our advocacy for the issues that concern them, improve an already successful certification process, and identify initiatives that will add value and recognition to our credentials. This article details the exciting actions that we have taken to protect the welfare of biofeedback consumers, to provide credibility to biofeedback practitioners, and to advance the field of biofeedback.

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Traumatic brain injury is a frequently occurring event. Often it is not diagnosed in a timely manner. Neurofeedback interventions have not yet been recognized as a treatment of choice. This lack of acceptance of neurofeedback as a treatment of choice may well be due to a scarcity of published control group studies. In addition, the use of the quantitative electroencephalography, one of the most promising diagnostic and treatment planning tools, has been opposed by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Yet sufficient clinical and published research data exist to warrant the use of the quantitative electroencephalography as a supplemental tool for diagnostic and treatment planning purposes and the use of various neurofeedback interventions for overcoming many of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Practitioners must remain current on both clinical and research data if they are to practice both ethically and competently. In addition, they must attend to other ethical issues such as informed consent, competence, and practice guidelines and standards.

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The author discloses a personal history of undiagnosed mild traumatic brain injury (MBTI) and identifies a typical course and progression of this condition. He advocates a careful inquiry for possible head injury whenever the clinical history shows an original period of normal functioning, a progression of disturbance over time, multiple diagnoses, and poor response to treatment with medication. He discusses the use of quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) in assessing possible mild traumatic brain injury, describes typical features of quantitative electroencephalography in mild traumatic brain injury, and cautions about the frequency of false negatives. He provides two case histories showing the progression of disturbing cognitive, personality, and impulse control problems following early head injuries.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: Establishing a University-Based Biofeedback Clinic for Practice, Education, and Research

Linda P. BolinPhD, MSN, RN, ANP, BCB, FAHA,

Amelia D. SaulPhD, CTRS, BCB, and

Carmen V. RussonielloPhD, LCMHC

Advances in the Use of Neurofeedback with Traumatic Brain Injury

What Has Biofeedback Certification Institute of America Been up to?

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Ethical Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

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The Elusive Nature of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

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The Rehabilitation of a Traumatic Brain Injury With the Coordinated Allocation of Resource Model

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Low Energy Neurofeedback System Treatment of an Acquired Brain Injury due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest

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The Special Applicability of the Low Energy Neurofeedback System Form of Neurofeedback to Traumatic Brain Injury: I. The Theory

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Serendipity and the Subdural Hematoma

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Limb Position Biofeedback for Patellofemoral Pain

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Keep Cell Phones and PDAs Away From EMG Sensors and the Human Body to Prevent Electromagnetic Interference Artifacts and Cancer

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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: Establishing a University-Based Biofeedback Clinic for Practice, Education, and Research

SPECIAL ISSUE: Pain—There Is Hope

REPORT: Report from FABBS Meeting

SPECIAL ISSUE: The Impact of a Romantic Partner on Patient Experience of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback

ABSTRACTS: Abstracts of Posters Presented at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of AAPB