Clinical ILF neurofeedback with children and adolescents - Part 2

The second part of the article ‘Clinical ILF neurofeedback with children and adolescents’ has now been published in the current issue (1/2025) of the forum für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie (forum for child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatics and psychotherapy) of the bkjpp  (Professional Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy in Germany e.V.).

Building on part 1 of the article, which deals with the scientific foundations of (ILF) neurofeedback, our lecturers Ute Bolduan (occupational therapist), Andrea Icking (qualified psychologist), Horst Schneider (qualified biologist and doctor of neurophysiology) and Gernot Wührer (qualified psychologist) shed light on the current study situation and various case studies on the use of ILF neurofeedback in occupational therapy practice in this second part of the article. The article presents a detailed case study of an 11-year-old boy with post-traumatic stress disorder and explains in detail both the individual training plan and the course of therapy. It also describes the treatment of two 17-year-old girls with anxiety disorder. Finally, the article provides an overview of the options for prescribing and reimbursing neurofeedback as part of occupational and behavioural therapy in ther German health system.

You can read the full article on the website of the forum for paediatric and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomatics and psychotherapy: 

https://www.kinder-psychiatrie.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/web_forum_1-25_.pdf

Please note: the article is in German language.