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BCST or “Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist” is a designation that is now available to IABT school foundation training graduates.

BCST is based on an academic model in which a school confers a one-time event acknowledging completion of a specific level of education. Graduates can apply that designation however they want, without further regulation. The concept is similar to attainment of  status which applies permanently and can be used in a wide range of professional applications. This approach reflects a growing trend in education for manual therapy vocations.

Features of the new approach include:

  • BCST indicates completion of the 700-hour curriculum originally developed by Franklyn Sills and currently employed at IABT member schools. Quality assurance measures such as classroom and curriculum details, competency assessment and post-graduate activities including continuing education and supervision are established and implemented by the schools individually and their collective of IABT Schools, rather than from a central practitioner membership organization.

  • IABT and the BCST designation have the active support of Franklyn Sills.

  • The BCST is not exclusive and will not be trademarked. BCST does not imply legal right to practice. Legal considerations for right to practice vary widely in different locations and deserve every practitioner’s thorough study.

  • The IABT is not a regulatory group or a practitioner membership organization; graduates will not have an annual IABT fee or renewal process.

  • Each IABT school will develop its own support systems. The BCST status will not have an annual renewal fee. Fees may be associated with particular one-time voluntary services and activities, such as requested website data entry.

  • IABT schools have common foundational documents including Code of Ethics, Standards for Practice and procedures for handling complaints.

  • BCST status is recognized and supported by all IABT schools. 

  • IABT schools may offer an advanced level of recognition, ABP (Advanced Biodynamic Practitioner). This status will reflect an additional 300 hours of study and clinical experience. For further information, BCST practitioners may contact individual schools to learn about post-graduate offerings.

ABD or “Advanced Biodynamic Diploma” is yet another designation that is now available to IABT school foundation training graduates.

Features include:

  • IABT schools offer an advanced level of recognition, the ABD (Advanced Biodynamic Diploma). This status reflects an additional 300 hours of study and clinical experience beyond the 700-hour BCST foundation course.

  • The 300 post-graduate hours may consist of a combination of special-topic seminars (five 5-day seminars or their equivalent), study groups, supervised practice, research, independent study, assisting in a foundation training, thesis or similar academic publication, and/or related work in the field of biodynamic craniosacral therapy.

  • Only BCST practitioners are eligible for the Advanced Biodynamic Diploma status.

  • Each IABT school creates and manages its own ABP process. For information, contact the individual school.

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