Janet Stevens - The Bobath Concept

We chat with founding member of the Australian Bobath Training Association Janet Stevens about her career and inspirations for working hard everyday to be a better physiotherapist. We touch on what the Bobath concept is, hear her take on some of the key components of the concept and how she is implementing the concept in world of telehealth.   
1.55 Introduction
2.56 Career pathway 
10.30 Bobath instructor training 
13.01 Clinician as limiting factor to patient potential 
15:06 Short career span of neuro physio
17:10 What is Bobath?
19:14 What is facilitation
21:58 Repetition in Bobath 
24.30 Neurophysiology 
28.26 Bobath publications 
29:08 Telehealth with Bobath
33:38 Carers to help treatment 
36:50 Teaching during covid
40.33 Careers in the Bobath Concept 
43:31 Pathways to learning Bobath 
45:04 Tutor training 
46:48 IBITA as an organisation

Links

https://www.bobathaustralia.org/

Papers and References Discussed

The Bobath Concept in Contemporary Practice

The Bobath concept – a model to illustrate clinical practice

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