IATF, IHTN, IHF, Members and Lecturers
International Halliwick Therapy Network (IHTN)
The IHTN is a body that manages the quality of the Halliwick Concept as a (physio)therapeutic approach. It is one of the bodies of the Association "International Aquatic Therapy Foundation" (IATF), regsitered in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland.
IATF consists of:
- The International Halliwick® Therapy Network, see the IHTN website
- The Bad Ragaz Ring Method® Foundation, see the BRRM website
- The Clinical Ai Chi® group
- The Aqua-T-Relax group
The board of IATF consists of:
- Urs Gamper, chair person
- Johan Lambeck vice-chair person
- Kurth Birri and Marcel Hulselmans, members
IATF is responsible for various courses, all related to the "golden standard" course in Valens .
This course is supported by various partners like the:
- Dutch Institute of Allied Health Care (NPI).
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences.
- Australian Physiotherapy Association Aquatic Group.
- Aquatic Therapy Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (UK).
- South-African Society of Physiotherapy Aquatic Physiotherapy Group.
- Spanish aquatic therapy network (Retaqua).
- Liga Portuguesa de Terapia Aquática
- IATA-Korea
IHTN uses both the Ten-Point-Programme and Water Specific Therapy as an integrated system: Halliwick®-Therapy, and relates this system to health problems as formulated in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF, World Health Organisation 2001). See also the "course contents".
A group of mainly physiotherapists, of whom some were previously trained as Halliwick lecturer in the Rhine system of the International Halliwick Association, have been selected to participate in the IATF. These physiotherapists cooperate to develop Halliwick (and other concepts) according to the ideas that have been described above. The group is growing and continues to develop the state-of-the art Halliwick in therapy, based on the original ideas by James McMillan.
Members and (Senior) Lecturers
- Johan Lambeck, Senior Lecturer Halliwick / Bad Ragaz Ring Method, Malden, Netherlands
- Urs Gamper, Senior Lecturer Halliwick / Bad Ragaz Ring Method, Valens, Switzerland
- Marcel Hulselmans, Senior Lecturer Halliwick, Bad Wildungen, Germany
- Anne Bommer, Senior Lecturer Clinical Ai Chi / Aqua-T-Relax, Geneva, Switzerland
- Thomas Schick, lecturer Halliwick Ten Points, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Malú O.V. Garcia, Lecturer Halliwick Ten Points, Goiania, Brasil
- Rosane Barroso. Lecturer Halliwick,São Paulo, Brasil
- Javier Gueita, Senior Member and Assistant Lecturer Halliwick, Madrid, Spain
- Conceição Graça, Member Halliwick, Ovar, Portugal
- Marco Barile, Member Halliwick, Ischia, Italy
- Eliana Lopéz, Member Halliwick, Mendoza, Argentina
- Jihye Lee, Member Halliwick, South-Korea (presently in living Canberra)
- Gaby Wiklund-Schmid, Lecturer Halliwick Ten Points, Aarau, Switzerland
- Ben Waller, Member Halliwick, Jyväskylä, Finland
International Halliwick Foundation (IHF)
IHTN is a network recognized by, and acting under, the International Halliwick Foundation. IHF holds the intellectual property (the Halliwick trademark) for the European Union and is responsible for the quality of Halliwick, based on the original Halliwick Concept by James McMillan.
The other body that acts under the IHA is the International Halliwick Association.
