MINDFULNESS-BASED CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT (MBCPM™) CURRICULUM 

IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (CID:  3503 Click Here)

DESCRIPTION

This online training, which usually follows PT and CTI training, includes developing concepts presented in the course in more depth.  It includes:  Practicing preambles and delivery of formal practices; deeper scrutiny and discussion of trauma -informed facilitation strategies; pain and neuroplasticity; starting up courses; administration of courses; validated outcome-measuring instruments for application to a chronic pain population; use of distance delivery methods; immunity and pain; plus further opportunities to practice and deepen skills of enquiry. PowerPoint presentations will be included for many of the topics.

There will also be discussions of further certification levels: recognizing increasing skills following the Bangor, Exeter & Oxford mindfulness-based interventions teaching assessment criteria (MBI-TAC)* for assessing the competence and adherence of mindfulness-based class-based teaching.  These classes are mostly interactive in real time and constitute ongoing education and mentorship.  Sessions are recorded for later study.

WHAT YOU’LL BE LEARNING

• Recognizing overt and subtle strategies developed in the course in facilitating in a trauma-informed way
• Organizing strategic approaches to introducing the concepts of Neuroplasticity into pain management
• Demonstrating increasing expertise in delivering formal practices
• Applying increasing competence in use of preambles before delivering formal practice guidance.
• Identifying appropriate tools to evaluate outcomes in a chronic pain population
• Identifying qualities for facilitators in embodying and role-modeling Mindfulness attitudes and practice
• Recalling the role of the immune system in exacerbating pain when under chronic stress
• Identifying strategies and challenges in enrolling and administration of the MBCPM courses

PREREQUISITES RECOMMENDED

• The MBCPM™ PTI and/or CTI training

This course is aimed at health-care professionals with a daily mindfulness practice wishing to facilitate the MBCPM™ course for pain and/or stress management.  A degree in a biological/clinical/counseling discipline is recommended.

RECOMMENDED READING

Materials are provided with enrollment.

APPLICABLE CERTIFICATES

This works toward the requirements for the Applied Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM™) Facilitation.