iLs offers two types of training: Professional Certification and Practitioner Certification

Both courses are designed for professionals – clinicians, educators and counselors – working with children and adults in the areas of

• learning & attention difficulties
• sensory integration
• auditory processing
• the autistic spectrum

Examples of the types of professionals we train include speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, educators, counselors, neurofeedback practitioners, chiropractors, naturopaths, athletic trainers, psychologists, neuropsychologists and other clinicians.

Registration Criteria: a professional degree and 2 years of experience in your field

iLs TRAINING REGISTRATION FORM*

* Please fill out the registration form electronically and email to jenny@integratedlistening.com

PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION: a 1-day course (also available via distance training) which covers the curriculum* in a hands-on interactive format. Trainees experience iLs systems, and are qualified to purchase the iLs Focus and Kick Start as a result of this training. The Expressive Language phase is also now taught in the Practitioner training. Trainees may become resellers of home systems after they have completed the training requirements as well as their own listening program, and demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of the equipment and method in post-course correspondence with iLs trainers.

DISTANCE COURSE: A distance version of the Practitioner Certification course is available at any time; the course fee can later be applied to any iLs training. In other words, one can take the distance course now for $250 and come to a 1-Day Practitioner training at a later date with no additional cost.

UPCOMING 2009 PRACTITIONER TRAINING DATES

January 30 Fri - Charlotte, NC
February 1 Sun - Miami, FL
March 1 Sun - New York, NY
March 7 Sat - Sacramento, CA
March 12 Thu - Denver, CO (Day 1 of SPD Conference)
March 28 Sat - Irvine, CA
April 16 Thu - Minneapolis, MN
May 1 Fri - Kansas City, KS
May 9 Sat - Austin, TX
May 30 Sat - Seattle, WA
July 10 Fri - Toronto, Canada
July 18 Sat - Boston, MA
Sept 26 Sat - Denver, CO
Oct 2 Fri - Calgary, Canada
Oct 17 Sat - Atlanta, GA
Nov 14 Sat - San Jose, CA

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION begins with a 3.5-day course training professionals in the iLs methodology, Tomatis history, clinical assessments, client program customization and hands-on practice with iLs professional equipment, the 1000 and iLs Pro. Training covers all iLs systems as well as the Receptive and Expressive phases of an iLs program. Certification is granted after successful completion of the course and three mentored case studies. Professional Certification also authorizes the use and resale of iLs Focus and Home Systems.

UPCOMING 2009 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DATES

April 1-4 Wed-Sat - Denver, CO
July 22-25 Wed-Sat - Denver, CO
Nov 4-7 Wed-Sat - Denver, CO

*For specific information on the training curriculum, the distance training course, costs, etc. or to obtain a registration form, please contact iLs: info@integratedlistening.com; Tel: 303-741-4544.

iLs Trainers

Ron Minson, M.D.

Ron Minson received his medical degree from UCLA medical school and is board-certified in Psychiatry and Neurology. He is the former Chief of Psychiatry for Presbyterian Medical Center and Director of Behavioral Sciences at Mercy Hospital in Denver.

In 1990, Dr. Minson studied under Dr. Alfred Tomatis in Europe and returned to the States as one of the first Americans to be certified in the Tomatis Method. For over 15 years, Dr. Minson and Kate O’Brien-Minson operated The Center for InnerChange, a clinic offering Tomatis-based listening therapy as well as psychiatric counseling. During that period, Dr. Minson also trained in the auditory programs Samonas and AIT. In 2001, he and Kate O’Brien Minson co-founded Dynamic Listening Systems, Inc. a provider of professional listening systems. In 2005, the Minsons collaborated with Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D. to found the STAR Center (Sensory Therapies and Research), where iLs is combined with occupational therapy. Dr. Minson maintains a clinical psychiatric practice while training domestically and internationally on the therapeutic application of sound.

Kate O’Brien Minson

Kate has lived and breathed Tomatis’ work for nearly two decades. She has managed numerous centers over the years, trained dozens of therapists in her centers on the application of listening therapy, developed guidelines and protocols for listening equipment, and in the process developed a rare level of experience in clinic management. Most recently she co-founded Integrated Listening Systems (iLs) for which she oversees the Administration, Training and Program Development. Kate’s intimate knowledge of all facets of listening therapy and clinic management serve to make her Practitioner training course very popular among clinicians and educators.

Ann Brownstone, MS, OTR/L

Ann is an occupational therapist with 15 years of experience in pediatrics specializing in sensory processing disorders and sensory motor integration. She has worked in a wide range of settings treating many populations, from premature infants in the neonatal ICU to teenagers and adults with anxiety and chronic pain disorders. Ann became certified as a Dynamic Listening Systems provider 5 years ago while working in the UK with children on the autistic spectrum. She currently works as a pediatric therapist at Stanford’s Children’s Hospital, and runs her private listening practice for all ages on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.

iLs Training in Australia & New Zealand

Please contact Hillside Health Centre, iLs distributors in the region, for specific training dates and locations.

Hillside Health Centre 51 Learmonth Drive Kambah, ACT Australia 02902

TEL: 61 2 6231 9111
http://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/therapist/1640 mmfraval@ozemail.com.au