About this course

Learning Objectives

• Participants will gain an understanding of the risk factors and prevalence of eating disorders, as well as the most common eating disorder diagnoses.
• Participants will be able to define the Health At Every Size paradigm and explain why it is an important underpinning of eating disorder treatment approaches.
• Participants will be able to articulate the principles of the neurodiversity paradigm and how this paradigm differs from conventional therapy modalities.
• Participants will be able to name at least three ways that neurodivergence and the ableism that neurodivergent people experience can increase the risk of disordered eating.
• Participants will learn at least three strategies for implementing neurodiversity affirming eating disorder care.

Learning Levels

• Beginner

Course Instructor(s)

• Shira Collings, MS. NCC LPC

  Shira Collings is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image, as well as reproductive mental health concerns. She is passionate about providing feminist, LGBTQ+ affirming, neurodiversity affirming, and Health At Every Size aligned therapy. Shira lives in Philadelphia, PA with her husband, two cats, and son.

Disclosure

References

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• Robison, J. (2005). Health at every size: toward a new paradigm of weight and health. Medscape General Medicine, 7(3), 13.