A Framework Built for the Complexity You're Already Facing

Most training teaches you what to do. The IWBMC™ teaches you why — and that changes everything. Rather than addressing isolated symptoms or layering intervention on top of intervention, you'll learn to evaluate the whole person across neurological, physiological, relational, emotional, and learning variables, and build individualized pathways from what you find. More than 1,500 providers have been trained in this model. The outcomes speak for themselves.

Your First Step Toward Certification

The Provider Course is the entry point into TJLG's full certification pathway. Completing it makes you eligible to pursue evaluator training and formal IWBMC™ certification — a credential that signals clinical depth, fidelity to the model, and a standard of care families and organizations can trust. One course. A clear path forward.

Built for Providers and the Families Who Need More

Whether you're a therapist, educator, or clinician who has hit the ceiling of what your current tools can offer, or a parent who has become the de facto care coordinator and needs a real framework to work from, this course meets you where you are. You'll leave with practical implementation tools, access to AHAVA, and a methodology you can use immediately — not after years of additional training.

About The IWBMC™ Provider Training Course

You've spent years showing up for the people in your care, and you know something most systems never taught you: isolated interventions aren't enough. The Provider Course equips you with the Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care® — a systematic, relationship-centered methodology built on 30 years of real-world outcomes — so you can stop guessing and start identifying the root barriers that drive behavior, stall progress, and leave families feeling like they've tried everything. This is not another certification to add to a shelf. It's a framework you'll use the next day, with the next person, in the room where you already work.

The Jacob's Ladder Group

Amy O'Dell, M.Ed., LPC, founded The Jacob's Ladder Group in 1998 — not just as a clinician, but as a mother. After receiving a life-altering diagnosis for her son Jacob, Amy refused to accept the limitations others placed on him. She built a new path — and then opened it to thousands of others. That path became the Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care® (IWBMC™) — a groundbreaking methodology that treats the whole person, not just the diagnosis. It draws from neuroscience, relational care, physiological health, and more than 6,000 individualized program activities to identify the root barriers holding a child back — and build the neurological foundation for real growth. Today, The Jacob's Ladder Group is more than a school. It's a model, a training system, a technology platform, and a research engine — equipping families, professionals, and organizations worldwide to deliver whole-person care that works.

Curriculum

13 Chapters · 402 Lessons

  1. 1

    IWBMC™ Provider Training Course (2026)

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Course Introduction

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      User Terms and Agreement

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      Participant Identity and Eligibility Verification - Part 1

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      Participant Identity Verification - Part 2

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    Module 1: Introduction and Background of the IWBMC™

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      Module 1: Intended Learning Objectives

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      What is The Jacob's Ladder Group?

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      The Ladder Program

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      The Hope School Program

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      The Compass Program

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      Module 1 Questionnaire

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    Module 2: Populations that the IWBMC™ Serves

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      Module 2: Intended Learning Objectives

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      Who Do We Serve?

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      Autism Spectrum Disorder

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      Emotional, Behavioral, and Relational Disorders

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      Brain Injury

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      Genetic Syndromes

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      Intellectual and Developmental Delays

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      Learning Differences

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      Module 2: Populations the IWBMC™ Serves Quiz

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    Module 3: How the IWBMC™ Supports the Populations Served

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      Module 3: Intended Learning Objectives

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      How the IWBMC™ Supports the Populations Served

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      Autism Spectrum Disorder and the IWBMC™

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      Emotional, Behavioral, and Relational Disorders and the IWBMC™

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      Brain Injury and the IWBMC™

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      Genetic Syndromes and the IWBMC™

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      Intellectual and Developmental Delays and the IWBMC™

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      Learning Differences and the IWBMC™

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      Module 3: How the IWBMC Supports Neurodiverse Populations Quiz

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    Module 4: Understanding Brain Based Principles

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      Module 4: Intended Learning Objectives

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      The Nervous System

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      Module 4: Understanding Brain Based Principles Quiz

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      Building from the Foundation Up with the IWBMC™

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      Neuroplasticity

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      Interhemispheric Communication and Cross-Lateral Movement

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      Program Intensity

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    Module 5: The Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care

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      Module 5: Intended Learning Objectives

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      The Interpersonal Whole-Brain Model of Care

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      Spirit & Will

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      Neurodevelopmental

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      Module 5: Neurodevelopmental Quiz

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      Physiological

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      The Gut-Brain Axis

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      Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination

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      Diet and Nutrition

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      Medications

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      Sleep

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      Nutritional & Physiological Consultation, Testing, and Treatment

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      Module 5: Physiological Quiz

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      Learning Style

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      Understanding Hemispheric Dominance

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      Key Academic Principles

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      Fluid Learning Model

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      Independence Life Cycle

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      Module 5: Learning Style Quiz

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      Emotional-Behavioral-Relational

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      Impacts of Screen Time

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      Socio-Emotional Toolbox

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      Socio-Emotional Readiness Levels

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      Foundational & Intermediate Mind-Body Connection/Self-Referencing Acquisition

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      Zones of Regulation®

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      Setting the day up for success

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      5-Step Process

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      Verbal Directives

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      Higher-Level Self-Referencing

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      Self-Referencing

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      Building a Flexible Mindset

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      Distress Tolerance

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      Decreasing Self-Sabotage

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      Trauma Support Model Approach

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      Perseverative Thought or Behavioral Cycles

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      Impulsivity

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      Oppositional Tendencies

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      Dysregulation

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      Poor Social Skills

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      Performance-Based Anxiety and All-or-Nothing Thinking

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      Self-Criticism and Self-Sabotage

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      Module 5: Emotional-Behavioral-Relational Quiz

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      Social Structure

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      Integration of the Whole Person

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    Module 6: Neurodevelopmental Interventions

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      Module 6: Intended Learning Objectives

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      Tactility Channel

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      Pressure Receptor Activation

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      Hand and Foot Re-Education

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      Tactile Glove

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      Arm and Leg Lengthening

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      Cosmetic Brush to Extremities

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      Pat, Chop, Tickle

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      Figure 8's on Carpet Square

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      Whole Body Vibration (Moderate Pressure Vibration)

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      Small Vibration to Hands

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      Small Vibration to Feet

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      Hand and Foot Protocol

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      Hand and Foot Tactility Protocols

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      Core Activation

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      Proprioceptive Activation

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      Deep Massage

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      Massage with Full Body Cross-Lateral Input

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      Full Body Cross-Lateral Input

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      Calf Lengthening

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      Olfactory Stimulation with Smell Jars

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      Tastes

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      Food Trials

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      Romberg

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      Manns

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      Toothbrushing Protocol

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      Haircut Protocol

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      Headphone Protocol

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      Nail Cutting Protocol

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      qEEG Desensitization Protocol

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      Auditory Channel

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      Roll with Segmental Pattern

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      Helicopter Spins

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      Sit and Spin

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      Full Body Figure 8's

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      Opposite Toe Touch

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      Lateral Swinging

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      Jump on the X

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      Structured Jumps on Trampoline

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      Wind Sprints with Object Pick-Up

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      Gentle Rocking

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      Structured Bounces on Therapy Ball

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      Jumps on Large Trampoline

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      Tilt Board

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      Three Area Balance

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      Modified Burpees

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      Burpees

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      Inversion Play

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      Balance on Balance Disc

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      Hemispheric Activation with Music

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      Auditory Workbooks

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      Module 6: Tactility & Auditory Quiz

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      Visual Channel

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      Visual Tracking Phase I

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      Visual Tracking Phase II

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      Visual Attention to Black, White, and Red Pictures

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      Visual Spot Tracking

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      Attribute Block Replication

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      Block Tower Replication

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      Pattern Blocks

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      Pinhole Occluders

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      Pinhole Glasses

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      Flashlight Tag and Stomp

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      Visual Saccades

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      Brock String

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      Visual Workbooks

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      Visual Motor Worksheet I

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      Visual Motor Worksheet II

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      Brain Gym Double Doodles

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      6-Block Visual Motor Replication

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      Letter Find Phases 1-3

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      Figure 8's on Whiteboard

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      Manual Channel

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      Fine Motor Phase I

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      Fine Motor Phase II

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      Fine Motor Phase III

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      Index Finger to Thumb Taps

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      Cortical Opposition Isometrics

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      Finger Opposition

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      Finger Opposition Isometrics

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      Finger Tapping

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      Squigz™

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      Hand Strengthening Interventions

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      Figure 8's for Writing

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      Handwriting Without Tears® (HWOT) Pre-Writing Steps 1-3

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      Handwriting Without Tears® (HWOT) Workbooks

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      Module 6: Visual & Manual Quiz

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      Language Channel

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      Facial Stimulation

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      Facial Awareness

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      Facial Vibration

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      Mirror Facial Expressions

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      TMJ Massage

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      Deep Scalp Massage

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      Bite-Roll-Bite

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      Pucker Smack Race

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      Horns

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      Straws

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      Alphabet Letter Sound Word

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      Phonemic Patern

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    Module 7: Data Tracking

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      Module 7: Intended Learning Objectives

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      The Importance of Data Tracking and Documentation

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      Implementation and Documentation

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      Individualized Weekly Schedule (IWS) in AHAVA

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      Data Tracking and Rating Scales

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      Card and Box Progressions: Testing Protocol

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      Card and Box Progressions: Flashing Protocol

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      AHAVA Features

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    Module 8: Additional Therapeutic Interventions

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      Module 8: Intended Learning Objectives

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      Integrated Listening Systems (iLs)

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      Neurotherapy

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    Module 9: Personal & Professional Development: Hope. Truth. Love. Training

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      Module 9: Intended Learning Objectives

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      Hope. Truth. Love. Training Overview

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      Walking Out the Mission and Vision of Jacob's Ladder

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      Walking out the Mission and Vision of JL Questionnaire

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      Jacob's Ladder Core Values

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      Jacob's Ladder Core Values Questionnaire

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      The Journey Forward

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      The Union of Science and Love

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      History of Jacob's Ladder

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      Protecting the Culture

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      The Power of the Tongue

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      Jacob's Ladder Leadership Principles

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      Courageous Leadership

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      Trustworthy Leadership

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      Leadership Principles Questionnaire

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      The Power of You

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      HTL Training References

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    Module 10: Application of the IWBMC™

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      Module 10: Intended Learning Objectives

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      Application of the IWBMC™

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    Independent Study

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      Independent Study Overview

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      Whole Person Revolution: Love is a Neural Highway

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      Jacob's Ladder Seminar

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      Smart Moves

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      Habitudes Book #1: The Art of Self-Leadership

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      The Brain that Changes Itself

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      Born for Love

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    IWBMC Provider Training Survey & Feedback

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      IWBMC Provider Training Survey & Feedback

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      Code of Honor

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      Code of Honor - Photo Identification

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      Code of Honor - Photo Identification Part 2

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      IWBMC Provider Final Test Overview

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      IWBMC Provider Final Test

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      Assessment Score Confirmation

What People Are Saying

Discover how the IWBMC™ is transforming lives

”
I immediately found myself wishing all of our staff could be trained in this content.
Jennifer Jones, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO of Apparo Academy

Jacob's Ladder has a strong foundation based on scientific knowledge and a mission based on love and hope
Dr. Manju George Elenjickal

Physician in India

”
It was so integrated — every need he had they could address, but they weren't addressing it in a silo. It was an integrated plan.
Hope School Parent

Jacob's Ladder School

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