This series of HRV Biofeedback Series, taught by Fred Shaffer, PhD, BCIA Board Certified in Biofeedback, will be 3 Independent Class Sessions Covering the Anatomy and Physiology, Instrumentation, and Clinical Applications of HRV Biofeedback.

This Expert Series classes are held in the NTE Real-Time Online Classroom from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time.

1. Review of the anatomy and physiology of heart rate variability: What generates the major HRV frequency bands. Why 0.1 Hz training increases HRV.
2. The BVP method of monitoring HRV: placements, controlling artifacts, and confirming signal accuracy.
3. The ECG method of monitoring HRV: placements, controlling artifacts, and confirming signal accuracy.
4. The major global indices of HRV (SDNN, HR Max – HR Min, pNN50): what they mean and when you should use them.
5. Protocol for determining a client’s resonance frequency.
6. How to train clients to increase HRV in 120 minutes: 0.1 Hz training guidelines.
7. Review of the clinical efficacy of HRV biofeedback.

Fred Shaffer, PhD, is a professor of Psychology and former Department Chair at Truman State University, where he has taught since 1975. He has served as Director of Truman's Applied Psychophysiology research program since 1977. He is a Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA) Board Certified Senior Fellow and Chair-Elect of its Board. He has served on the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) Board and as its Education Chair and Program Chair. He is a consulting editor for Biofeedback and contributing editor for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He authored Biofeedback Tutor (2010), a multimedia tutorial in biofeedback, co-authored with Donald Moss, PhD, a chapter on biofeedback in the Textbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2nd ed.) and the Heart Rate Variability Training Suite for the Biofeedback Foundation of Europe, and co-authored with Mark. S. Schwartz, a chapter in Biofeedback: A practitioner's guide (in press).