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Vision education is a growing field in the area of
natural health
care. I am regularly asked where one can go to become a teacher of
the Bates Method. I personally am not yet ready to teach others to be a
teacher, although that will likely change soon.
For now, I recommend that you check out the sites listed below for
teacher training.
I do have a few basic recommendations for those wanting to become a
teacher of the Bates Method:
1. I think it is important that you
improve your own vision to 20/20 or better first. This ensures that
you teach from personal experience, and it provides a good example to
follow for your future students.
There are many good teachers who are not yet at 20/20 acuity but whose
personal vision improvement experience allows them to teach others to get
to clear vision, so it is not essential to get to 20/20 before you
teach the method, but I think you should aim for it. It simply is
a good example.
2. I highly recommend that
you read Dr. Bates' original 1920 book "Perfect Sight Without Glasses"
and, more importantly, the complete collection of "Better
Eyesight" magazines that he published monthly from 1919 to 1930. You will not find more inspiring material than in these
magazines; they will lay a very solid foundation to base your own
work on.
The original 1920 Bates book can be downloaded for free here.
I also provide the
complete unedited collection of Better Eyesight magazines
in PDF format. This enormous amount of text has been turned into an easily
searchable document!
I sincerely believe that your effectiveness as a teacher
will be greatly enhanced if you follow this advice.
I look forward to welcoming you as a colleague!
Esther
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Current teacher training opportunities:
Vision Educator Training Institute.
Classes taught by Elizabeth Abraham and Rosemary Gaddum Gordon.
Their training is in Toronto, Canada and/or Eliot, Maine,
USA, (6 weekends in one year).
Call for an application package and further information -
USA (207) 439-9821, Canada (416) 599-9202.
Vision
Training Institute
Classes taught by Jerriann Taber PhD
Eight week course in San Diego, California, USA or
by email.
The College of Vision
Education.
Classes taught by Aileen Whiteford and Margaret Montgomery.
Providing Comprehensive Education in Natural Eyesight Methods,
based on the work of Dr. Bates, to teach Bates Method Teachers.
The CVE is based in London, England and runs a course
(4 segments of one week each) which can lead to membership
of the Bates Association for Vision Education.
Methode
Bates in France
Classes in french, taught by Brigitte Cavadias and Nina Hutchings
Similar in content and structure to the British training of
the CVE, the French teacher training takes place in Correns,
83570 Var, France
Training
in Spanish to become a Bates Method teacher.
A one-year course for Bates Method vision educators in
Barcelona and Madrid, Spain.
Natural Vision
Center.
Classes taught by Tom Quackenbush.
Tom regularly holds one month long teacher training courses
in Malden, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Janet Goodrich
Method.
Classes taught by Carina Goodrich.
Teacher training takes place in Maleny, Queensland, Australia
Christopher
Lane provides teacher training courses in Capetown,
South Africa.
If you let me know about your interest in becoming a teacher,
I can keep you informed of other training opportunities.
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