Strategic Plan Sets the Path

The NCBTMB now has a clear future. Goals, objectives, and directives are part of a detailed document that will give the NCBTMB a big picture, future direction for the next several years.
The document, titled “Creating the Future—Strategic Plan of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork,” was created with input from leaders from a variety of professions associated with massage therapy and bodywork, with the effort being driven by the NCBTMB Strategic Planning Task Force. For nearly three years, many individuals have participated in activities designed to help define goals to give the NCBTMB planned, directed objectives to achieve for the next several years.
The Strategic Planning Task Force members led the effort to develop and implement the Plan so as to create a process that will allow the NCBTMB to evaluate, assess, and budget NCBTMB activities on an annual basis. Marlene Cohen, a Nationally Certified practitioner based in Falls Church, VA, led the task force through the document’s creation. “The Strategic Plan will allow the NCBTMB to be driven by something greater than any individual leader, and it will allow us to move forward regardless of the cycle of leadership,” Cohen said.
She explained further that Nationally Certified practitioners from around the country will see more directly how National Certification impacts their profession, and their relationships with other health and wellness professionals. She said that the Strategic Plan will help the National Certification Program to become more “visible, recognizable and respected. I hope that will translate into jobs and money for Nationally Certified practitioners.”

Background
Several factors led NCBTMB Board members to develop the Organizational Improvement Task Force (OITF), including a rapidly growing profession, a rapidly growing certification program, organizational changes, and the need for direction. During 1998, OITF members conducted a six-month study of the NCBTMB. They met in December of that year to develop recommendations to the Board based on the results of their study. The results of their work focused on the following areas of NCBMTB:

• Board development and leadership;
• Communication (internal and external);
• Committee function; and
• Leadership training.

The following month, the NCBTMB Board members adopted all of the OITF’s recommendations.
After reviewing organizational operations, the NCBTMB Board members decided to better define their direction and role in the profession of massage therapy and bodywork. They turned to the Strategic Planning Task Force members to develop the draft document. In developing the Plan, the Strategic Planning Task Force members reviewed those OITF recommendations, interviewed committee chairs and members, studied feedback from surveys of the certificant population, conducted telephone interviews with various individuals regarding NCBTMB strategies, and communicated at great length with Board members. In May 1999, they invited about 90 leaders from the massage therapy and bodywork profession to a two-day summit to help formulate the framework of the Plan, and to gather information that helped the task force members to develop the goals and objectives for NCBTMB’s future. The summit participants discussed issues surrounding the National Certification Program, the future of National Certification, and its impact on the massage therapy and bodywork profession overall. Participants in the industry summit included regulators, educators, board members, committee chairs, and leaders from related national organizations. “The group was a good cross-section of leaders in the stakeholder population. Discussion geared specifically toward NCBTMB issues,” Cohen explained. “They were energetically and enthusiastically participating in the process of creating goals, direction, and a vision for National Certification and the profession.” Certificants who responded to the surveys provided qualitative and quantitative data, and a great deal of feedback, which the task force incorporated into the Plan.
The task force members then gathered information about the NCBTMB’s future and direction from various stakeholders and certificants. They conducted several data gathering activities including interviewing committee chairs and committee members, conducting telephone interviews, and quantitative and qualitative surveys of the certificant population. They based the draft document on factors such as:

• What certificants are doing today;

• What the different employment settings are for certificants;

• How certificants interact with other professions;

• Where the industry is headed tomorrow, both in reality and in the trends;

• What issues certificants are dealing with on a day-to-day basis; and

• What factors will drive and influence the future of practice.

Finally, in July 1999, the task force members completed the draft document and Board members approved it at their October 1999 meeting held in Seattle, WA.

Going Forward
Board members have prioritized the objectives of the Plan and have identified the activities that they will address first. In addition, the task force members and NCBTMB office staff are currently working to create a training program that will instruct committee chairs and members on how to create an action plan, or an action agenda. These committee action plans will help NCBTMB staff and committee members to specifically incorporate the goals and objectives of the Plan, as prioritized by the Board members. “This will give committees a clear direction of what they need to focus on in their committee work,” Cohen said.
To fulfill the requirements of the Plan, committee members and office staff will hold face-to-face meetings before the May 2000 Board meeting, during which they will create their action agendas and define strategies toward those objectives. They will present their action plans to the Board members at the May meeting.
“The Strategic Plan is the big picture of the NCBTMB,” Cohen explained. “Many times, we get lost and focused in the detail work. This plan will keep us focused on the big picture during the next 3-5 years.”
Members of the Strategic Planning Task Force who worked on the development of the draft Plan include: Cate Bower, CAE, Facilitator; Marlene D. Cohen, NCTMB, Chair; Neal Cross, PhD, NCTMB; Nancy W. Dail, NCTMB; Cliff Korn, NCTMB; Pam Laubscher, DO; Ray Moriyasu, NCTMB; Christine Niero, PhD; Michael Pizzuto, NCTMB; and Jerry Weinert, NCTMB.
Editor’s Note: In the next issue of the NCB Connection will be excerpts of the Strategic Plan, including the Vision Statement, Core Ideology description, and the five main goals defined in the Plan.

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FROMTHECHAIR

As this issue of the NCB Connection is packed with election information, I will keep the column more brief than usual. I encourage all certificants in good standing to pay particular attention to the biographies and vision statements of the candidates for election to the Board of Directors. Select those candidates whom you believe best exemplify the experience and ideas that you want the leaders of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) to possess. Then vote!
I also encourage all those who wish to personally meet us, the members of the NCBTMB Board of Directors, to take advantage of the various opportunities we provide to do so. At each Board meeting, we try to host a reception to meet certificants in the area. Last October we enjoyed meeting many certificants from the Seattle, WA area. This month, we hosted a reception in New Orleans, LA, and in May we will be in Santa Fe, NM. Several Board members will also be on hand at the California Massage and Bodywork Convention. Please come say “Hi” and let us know what we’re doing well and where we still need to improve!
And in case I forgot to tell you—VOTE!

Cliff Korn, NCTMB
Chair, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

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NCBTMB 2000 ELECTION
Click here for the Election Ballot!

Nominee Profiles for Board Members

Leena S. Guptha, NCTMB
Director, Medical Massage Program Development and Research, CCMT, Newington, CT
Practicing Massage Therapist, Medicina Holistica, Health Focus, Westerly, RI

EDUCATION:
PhD, Natural Medicine, Medicina Alternativa Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
LAc, Acupuncture, British College of Acupuncture, London, England
ND, Naturopathic Medicine, DO,
Osteopathic Medicine, University of Westminster, London, England

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Member of many international organizations related to holistic and medical health, massage therapy and bodywork.

• Award of Appreciation presented by the President of Zoroastrian College, affiliated with the Albert Schweitzer Society, for services rendered to Education and the Universal Benefit of Humanity, November 1997.

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:

• Hospital-based medical massage programs in cardiology, orthopedics, and oncology. Legislative and professional development issues for massage therapy.

VISION STATEMENT:
In my current work, I am responsible for teaching basic sciences and I am the director of the hospital based medical massage and research program. The objective of this program is to integrate massage therapy in clinical settings in the hospital and primary care centers. As an NCBTMB Board Member, I intend to continue to foster its philosophy and contribute to the profession.
The development and progress of massage therapy and bodywork in the United States epitomizes the pioneering work credited to the leaders both past and present. As we move in to the next millennium, our dynamic profession needs to gear up to the next step of progress: integration in modern medicine and primary care settings. My current role and responsibilities and my global and diverse expertise puts me in a unique position to realize the goal and mission of our profession, which is a responsibility of all of us. To this effect I offer myself for election and request your vote to be our ambassador in pioneering the profession and maintaining a role at the cutting edge to bring all our vision into reality through the NCBTMB.

Sue Kozisek, NCTMB
Massage Therapy Professor, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Owner and Director, Myotherapy Institute School of Massage Therapy, Lincoln, NE
Owner and Practicing Licensed Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy Associates, Lincoln, NE

EDUCATION:

• Master of Arts Degree candidate, Adult Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

• Massage Therapy Diploma, Midwest Institute of Health Sciences, Council Bluffs, Iowa

• BS, Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Director, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork

• Director, Nebraska State Department of Health, Massage Licensure/Credentialing Board

• Past Vice President, AMTA National Massage Foundation

• Meritorious Award Recipient-1999, Nebraska AMTA

• National Sports Massage Therapist Achievement Award-1996, AMTA

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:

• Massage/bodywork education; medical/hospital based massage treatment programs; massage/bodywork research; spa industry

VISION STATEMENT:
The massage profession has expanded and changed rapidly in the last decade and therapists have been given a tremendous opportunity to grow personally and professionally. My experience in the last 12 years as a massage educator in diverse settings, and my experience while serving as a director with the NCBTMB, has allowed me to work with varied educational and professional perspectives. As a result, the vision I see for the NCBTMB is to be mindful, and to respectfully listen to the wisdom and needs of therapists across the country as we work to identify and validate the many talents and skills of our emerging profession. The NCBTMB should continue to provide and improve a system that helps to confirm the body of knowledge of our profession so that consumers and employers better understand and value our work.
In an ongoing effort, I believe that the NCBTMB needs to review and update its certification and recertification programs while looking at expanding its own role as our profession continues to grow.
I would like to continue contributing to the exemplary work of the NCBTMB by offering my service to help it meet its goals and the needs of the therapists it serves.

Whitney Lowe, NCTMB
Owner and Director, OMERI Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute, Bend, OR
Owner and Director, Cascade Therapeutic Massage, Bend, OR

EDUCATION:

• BA, Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

• Graduate study in counseling psychology, sports medicine, biomechanics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

• Certified Massage Therapist, Atlanta School of Massage, Atlanta, GA

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

• Instructor of continuing education workshops nationwide

• Writer and editor, various massage trade publications

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:
Contemporary Western, Structural or Movement Integration

VISION STATEMENT:
I feel that it is very important to establish unified standards of training that are consistent among all the states. This is not easy. Many individuals are opposed to the National Certification Board. However, in speaking with some of them, I feel that this is mostly due to a lack of accurate information about what the National Certification Program is about.
Massage therapy is now considered by many to be a health care profession. As such, we must take a strong stance to improve the quality and training of the practitioners in the field. Also, I believe it is in the Board’s best interest to protect the right to practice for those practitioners who operate under other models of practice (such as the personal care service approach).
I see interesting challenges ahead for the Board. It will be necessary to balance the divergent interests of different groups, some of whom are strongly opposed to each other. In addition, the Board must continue to become introspective about various issues of education and training validation. I also think that the Board will lead the way in educating the public about the different types of massage—from general wellness approaches to medically orientated practices.

Lynda Solien-Wolfe, NCTMB
Owner and Massage Therapist, Private Practice Massage Therapy Clinic, Merritt Island, FL.
Instructor, SpaceCoast Health Institute, Melbourne, FL
Public Relations Consultant for the Massage Therapy Industry.

EDUCATION:

• Massage Therapy Diploma, Space Coast Massage Institute, Melbourne, FL

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Chair, NCBTMB Communications Committee

• First Vice President, Public Relations and Communications, Florida AMTA

• Massage Therapist of the Year, Florida Chiropractic Association, 1998

• Florida State Massage Therapy Association National Achievement Award, 1998

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:

• Medical Massage, Chair Massage, Pregnancy/Infant Massage, Spa Therapies, Massage Therapy Public Relations/Marketing

VISION STATEMENT:
Serving our profession is a privilege and honor for me. I have been challenged and rewarded as chair of the NCBTMB Communications Committee during the past two years. In addition, I have contributed to this profession through the FSMTA and the AMTA Florida chapter. These efforts included increasing public awareness to therapists, employers and consumers as well as legislative initiatives. I have worked to facilitate communication among the traditional medical community, the chiropractic community, the massage community, and the general public. My vision for this profession is to attain a greater public and professional awareness for the work we do as massage therapists and bodywork practitioners.
I respect the work and vision set forth by the Strategic Planning Committee and the Board of Directors in creating the new five-year Strategic Plan, and I look forward to taking a larger role in the implementation phase of this process. Especially, I would like to contribute to making the NCTMB credential more valuable in employment situations, insurance carrier coverage, and in public recognition.
I am very proud that I am Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and I welcome the chance to be part of your next Board of Directors. Thank you for your support.

Nominee Profile for Public Member

William F. Stoehs
President, Chief Operating Officer, Witley Secured Services, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL

EDUCATION:

• MBA, Marketing, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

• BBA, Management, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

• Sprint Leadership Development Program

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Telecommunications Company Founder, Strategic Planning Executive

• Retired, U.S. Naval Reserve Captain

VISION STATEMENT:
Ensuring professional competency is critical to the well being of the public. Certification standards help to insure that a well educated, capable practitioner is delivering the highest quality services.
I have long been a proponent of valid credentialing in professional roles and am excited at the opportunity to add my thoughts and management expertise to the credentialing of massage therapists and bodyworkers.

Click here for the Election Ballot!

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NCBNEWS

Area Board Receptions Continue to Thrive
The most recent “meet your board members” wine and cheese reception was held in New Orleans at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel, February 4. During the two-hour reception, the NCBTMB Board of Directors met with many certificants who shared their thoughts about the National Certification Program, asked questions about being involved in the NCBTMB leadership, and shared their experiences about the massage and bodywork profession. Board members have said that they enjoy interacting with certificants at the receptions, and their discussions help them to better serve the certificant population.
The next area reception will be held in conjunction with the Board of Directors meeting in Santa Fe, NM, in May. If you live in the Santa Fe area, or will be visiting during that time, and would like to attend the reception please call Sheila Deane at 703-610-0281 for details and reservation information.

Fax-On-Demand
The NCBTMB toll-free automated information line features “Fax-on-Demand.” This service allows the caller to request a document to be faxed to them instantly. Information available through Fax-on-Demand includes duplicate certificate requests, a current list of states that recognize the NCE, a current list of approved providers of continuing education, the recertification application, mailing label request forms, and many other documents.
For immediate access to NCBTMB documents, call 800-296-0664, select option #3, then follow the voice prompt for your selection, enter your fax number (area code and number only) and receive your requested item(s) immediately.

Address Changes—Returned Mail Decreasing
The NCBTMB office staff members continue to receive address changes from certificants, and have noticed a decrease in the amount of returned mail. Please continue to support this effort, and remember to contact the NCBTMB office when your address changes.
To submit address changes to the office, please send complete and accurate information by e-mail to mdownes@ncbtmb.com. Include the following information:

• complete name,

• certification number (found above your name on the mailing label of this newsletter),

• social security number (for verification purposes),

• new address,

• new telephone number, and

• any new e-mail, fax number or web site address.

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COMMITTEEUPDATES

Communications Committee
Lynda Solien-Wolfe, Chair
The committee members welcomed their newest member, Michael McGillicuddy from Winter Park, FL. McGillicuddy owns the Central Florida School of Massage Therapy and will serve the committee as a representative of the school population.
The Committee held a face-to-face meeting last July. At the meeting, the committee members decided to better reflect the stakeholder population by incorporating members from each of the following areas: Bodywork, Clinical, Spas/Employers, Schools, and Media/Writer/PR.
The committee members meet monthly by teleconference, and are currently initiating programs to promote the value of National Certification to consumers, employers, potential certificants, Nationally Certified Practioners, and certificants who are eligible for recertification. The committee members will be working with a new public relations firm to help increase and broaden marketing efforts to the consumer and employer population. After an intensive search process, Environics Communications, Inc., was selected to help the NCBTMB achieve its public relations goals. Effective immediately, they will reach out to the general consumer and employers of massage therapists and bodywork practitioners.

Eligibility Committee
Elliot Greene, Chair
Elliot Greene was appointed chair of the committee last November. The committee’s work focuses on the eligibility requirements for the National Certification Examination (NCE). They also review the Portfolio Review and Appeals Panel policies and procedures, and recommend policies to the NCB Board of Directors regarding NCE eligibility issues.
Members of the Portfolio Review Subcommittee and the Appeals Panel have met regularly to discuss various issues regarding the Portfolio Review applications.

Ethics & Standards Committee
Garnet Adair, Chair
The committee members have prepared a draft document of the NCBTMB Standards of Practice and submitted it to the NCB Board of Directors at their meeting this month. The committee members revised the document according to suggestions submitted by Nationally Certified Practitioners who responded to the committee’s Standards of Practice Survey.

Nominating Committee
Claudette Laroche, Chair
Committee members Claude Gagnon, George Glass, Susan Hollister, and Vickie Strickler completed the interview process and preparation of the current slate of candidates for the 2000 election of directors and public member to the NCBTMB. Committee Chair Laroche thanks the committee members for their dedicated work in the election process.
The ballot is located in this issue of the NCB Connection. PLEASE VOTE TODAY!

Recertification Committee
John Kelley, Chair
John Kelley was appointed chair of the committee last November. Future projects of the committee will stem from the results of the work of the Continuing Education/ Recertification Task Force and subsequent actions of the Board of Directors.

Regulatory/Legislative Committee
Sally Hacking, Chair
The committee members have participated in several venues during the last few months, the most recent being the National League of Cities Annual Congress held in Los Angeles CA, last December. NCBTMB Board and staff members had help covering the NCBTMB exhibit booth from Nationally Certified Practitioners John Stickle, NCTMB and Deja Prem, NCTMB. They provided on-site massage and bodywork to those who visited the exhibit site. The committee and Board extend a special thank you to them for their time and effort.
The Regulatory/Legislative Committee members are now in receipt of the adopted Strategic Plan for the NCBTMB, which will provide the committee the opportunity to revisit the language of the NCBTMB Position Statement, and consider revisions should they be appropriate to reflect the new NCBTMB Strategic Plan direction. During the next several weeks, the committee members will discuss the rationale of changing the existing name of the Regulatory/Legislative Committee, and are planning a face-to-face meeting this spring.
Sally Hacking, committee chair, recently spent a day at the NCBTMB office reviewing the current data in the State Legislative Files, and updated them to reflect new information or amendments to current State Statutes in order to maintain accurate massage/bodywork legislative information in the NCBTMB office. Massage Policy Writer Jack Thomas of Massage Magazine assisted Hacking with this project.
“Jack and I have worked together for 11 years and have constantly updated each other on what’s going on in legislative policy, initiatives, and changes in the world of massage therapy and bodywork laws.” Hacking said. “Both of us are trying to play catch up.”
The Regulatory/Legislative Committee members welcomed new Board Liaison, Kate Jordan, and accepted the resignation of its member, Barbara Benson, from NJ, with regrets and congratulations. Barbara has been appointed to the newly formed State Regulatory Board in New Jersey to oversee her profession. “Barbara had mentioned to me that if she were to be appointed to her State Regulatory Board, she would immediately resign from her position on our committee, as she felt it could be perceived to create a conflict serving both on a State Regulatory Board, and the NCBTMB Regulatory /Legislative Committee.” Hacking said. Hacking added that she wished to “thank Barbara for her invaluable input during her service to our committee. I am confident that Barbara will continue to represent and serve NCBTMB interests from her newly appointed state position.”
Hacking reported an increase in the number of requests fielded by her and individual committee members, which reflects the increased recognition and utilization of the NCBTMB in both local and state regulatory arenas. The goal of the Regulatory /Legislative Committee is to increase educational outreach opportunities about the NCBTMB and the NCE. This goal is now reflecting positive results, Hacking said, and “as chair I wish to thank my committee members for their precious volunteer time, and the NCBTMB staff members for the tremendous job that they do in support of all our Committee work.”
Hacking reported further that all requests directed to her by Massage Regulatory Board officials regarding the purchase or lease options regarding the usage of the NCE as their adopted State examination are always redirected to the NCBTMB office staff.

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New Category A Providers

Dale Alexander, PhD
3410 Eagle Avenue
Key West, FL 33040
305-296-7339
tropical@aol.com
Various courses

AMTA-Alabama Chapter
3216 Gaylark Road
Hoover, AL 35216
205-979-2668
advnmt@aol.com
Various courses

ArcAncient
2024 West Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44102
216-631-4496
Aromassage

Gwen Beyer
PO Box 421
St. John, USVI 00831
340-776-6080
thespa@worldnet.att.net
Spa therapies

Jack Blackburn
5762 27th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-527-0903
jackblac@oz.net
Trager, Advanced Side-Lying Trager

Blue Sky Educational Foundation
220 Oak Street, Manchester Mall
Grafton, WI 53024
414-376-1011
bluesky@execpc.com
Various courses

Center of Advanced Therapeutics
1221 South Clarkson Street, #414
Denver, CO 80210
303-765-2201
center@netsavant.com
Various courses

Karyn Chabot
The Ayurwell Healing Center
457 Tuckerman Avenue
Middletown, RI 02842
401-846-6380
ayurwell@aol.com
Ayurvedic Bodywork

Deborah Conners and Steve Roberts
2544 NE Roberta Street
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
561-223-0447
Massage Techniques & Movement Therapy

Chad Craig, DC
7107 South Yale
PMB 252
Tulsa, OK 74136
918-610-5200
dccraig@juno.com
Myofascial Release Therapy

China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
8839 Knox Avenue
Skokie, IL 60076
708-676-9891
info@chinausa.net; www.chinausa.net
Sports Tuina and Qigong

ETPS Education, Ltd.
44 Royal York Road
Toronto, Ontario M8V 2T4
Canada
800-567-7246
acumed@globalserve.net
Various courses

Gail Felts
3202 Belmont Boulevard, #C
Nashville, TN 37212
615-386-3198
Touch Therapy & Awareness Courses

Edith Gallenbeck, PhD
1778 US Highway 50
Delta, CO 81416-8706
970-874-8022
Self Help Jin Shin Accupressure

Daniel Giovcahini
PO Box 103
Waterville, ME 04901
207-873-2170
dangiova@mint.net
BioSymetrics & Applied Occupational Ergonomics

Nelson Gregory
2901 Stonewall Avenue
Richmond, VA 23225
804-741-4525
Ci@richmond.net
Various courses

Ruthie Hardee
2317 South Locust Street, #B
Denver, CO 80222
303-300-2511
www.deepfeet.com
Ashiatsu Bar Therapy

Ann Hoeffel
1816 North Wells Street, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60614
312-280-1070
Ortho-Bionomy courses

Daniel T. Higgins
2505 South 35 Street
Lincoln, NE 68506-6622
402-489-1120
ikneadu@navix.net
Lomi Lomi course

International Massage Therapy Associates, Inc.
1169 Eastern Parkway
Medical Arts Building, #3450
Louisville, KY 40217
502-458-7411
imta_inc@yahoo.com
Massage Therapy/Functional Assessment

Jenings Seminar Group
63A Herring Cove Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3N 1P9
Canada
902-475-1043; 888-502-0222
Various Myofascial Treatment Approaches

Judith Koch
4909 Stockdale Highway, PMB 180
Bakersfield, CA 93309
661-328-9703
judikoch@etcrier.net
Massage for the Mother-to-be

Cynthia J. Loving
3106 Hayden Street
Greensboro, NC 27407
336-294-7727
Clinical Phyto-Aromatherapy

Wolfgang Luckman
741 University Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305-443-0341
AD/HD Massage Therapy Workshop

Karen Miller
405 Theresa Avenue
Nashville, TN 37205
615-292-6550
kmillerk@aol.com
Various Reiki courses

Nancy Culver-Morgan
649 US Highway 1, #17
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
561-844-4520
www.AtlantisReflexology.com
Reflexology Certification

The Myopractic Institute
5644 Westheimer
PMB 217
Houston, TX 77056
888-696-9898
Various Myopractic courses

North Jersey Massage Training Center
3699 Route 46 East
Parsippany, NJ 07054
973-263-2229
Various courses

Optimal Breathing
181 Bryson Avenue
Bryson City, NC 28713
828-488-1254
www.breathing.com
Optimal Breathing Work

Janice Lynn Post
6332 Lanning Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89108
702-245-6363
LynneLMT@aol.com
Sports Massage course

Reflexology Seminars of New York
1173A Second Avenue, #264
New York, NY 10021
212-517-5532
Various Reflexology courses

Riverwood Health Services
370 Star Lane
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
501-253-6056
amstar7@aol.com
Integrated Myofascial Balancing
Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

SpaceCoast Massage Institute
1333 Gateway Drive, #1003
Melbourne, FL 32901
Schealth@aol.com
Ethics course

SunCoast Reiki, Inc.
7045 Lenox Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34653
727-849-5130
Various Reiki courses

Synergy Therapeutic Massage Center and Training School
13593 Monterey Lane
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214
800-286-1931
www.cermak.com/synergy
Various courses

The Veldon Institute
915 Cole Street, PMB #354
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-289-6508
www.veldoninstitute.org
Various courses

Elizabeth Ventre
731 Bragg Drive, #E
Wilmington, NC 28412
910-232-1390
BethV5@juno.com
Various courses

Tracy Walton
10 Sargent Street
Cambridge, MA 02140
617-661-5800
tracywalton@msn.com
Various courses

Ruth Werner
998 East Snow Creek Drive
Layton, UT 84040
801-547-8044
cwerne19@idt.net
Pathology for Massage Therapists

Elka Wlodarczyk
9346 East Carmel Drive
Tucson, AZ 85747
520-574-8468
Various courses

Karen Zaharatos
6040 NW 3rd Street
Margate, FL 33063
954-971-7767
1kzworld@bellsouth.net
Various courses

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RECERTIFICATIONCORNER  

New Way to Locate an Approved Provider in Your Area
The NCBTMB office has made it easier to search through the newly-approved provider list.
The list, which is posted on the web site—www.ncbtmb.com—behind the Continuing Education icon, can now be searched by specific criteria, such as a specific state, a type of specialty, or a specific provider’s name. For example, to search for an instructor of a specific technique, specify that specialty in the criteria.
In addition, many providers have provided the NCBTMB with a link to their web site to allow browsers to view their course offerings.
The NCBTMB office staff updates the web site’s newly-approved provider list every six weeks.

Correction
Editor’s note: Judy Silcock, member of the NCBTMB Recertification Committee, was the author of the article about being audited that was published in the Fall issue of the NCB Connection. The byline was mistakenly left out of the story and we apologize to the author and Connection readers.

Plan Ahead—Note Your Recertification Date! Please check below for the correct date of your recertification. If you took the exam in:    You must recertify by: January, February or March 1996 March 31, 2000 April, May or June of 1996 June 30, 2000 July, August or September of 1996 September 30, 2000 October, November or December of 1996 December 31, 2000 As a certificant, you will receive two letters reminding you of your recertification date: one year before the expiration date, and 6 months before the expiration date. In addition, six months prior to the expiration date, you will receive a copy of the Requirements for Recertification Handbook and a recertification application. Please make sure that the NCBTMB office has your correct address to ensure timely delivery of these reminders.

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CALENDAROFEVENTS    

New England Regional AMTA Conference
Framingham, MA
March 23-26, 2000

American Academy of Osteopathy
Cleveland, OH
March 23-26, 2000

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
Maui, HI
April 25-29, 2000

NCBTMB Board of Directors Meeting
Santa Fe, NM
May 19-21, 2000

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NCBTMB
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
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