Eating Disorder training for Dietitians

Your hosts - Fiona Sutherland and Shane Jeffrey with guests terrill bruere, anjanette casey, claire toohey and jodie sheraton

 

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If you are considering pursuing the ANZAED ED Credential (more information here), this course has been approved as meeting the NEDC Core Competencies and the ANZAED Practice Standards for

Introduction to Eating Disorders

Evidence-Informed Dietetic Care

 

About the course:

This comprehensive course is equivalent to a 3-day training, and is designed to prepare you to work more safely, confidently and ethically with clients presenting with a range of disordered eating presentations, elevating your knowledge, insights and skills. We are committed to weight inclusivity and trauma-informed care, and this course will be firmly dedicated to upholding these principles from screening to treatment and beyond.

This course will be a combination of go-at-your-own-pace online recordings and recorded online live sessions where we will be getting into the more practical components.

Focussing more on the “how” and “why” rather than just the “what,” you will be provided with key learnings and opportunities to develop your skills within a supportive and reflective learning environment. At the end of this series, you can expect to leave feeling clear about a range of ways to navigate the inevitable challenges and complexities of working in this field, coupled with an ongoing curiosity to learn more from your valued colleagues and clients!

Please note that anyone, wherever you are in the world, is welcome to take this course. You will have the option of go-at-your-own pace learning AND attending the live sessions, OR doing the whole course yourself online. It’s up to you!

 

WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP SUITABLE FOR?

This series is primarily designed for Dietitians with more than two years of dietetic practice. If you are a Dietitian with less than two years of dietetic practice, you are very welcome to attend on the premise that you have completed all reading and allocated work prior to the workshop. If you are pursuing the ANZAED ED Credential, a pre-requisite is two years of practice experience.

You may have been seeing clients with clinical eating disorders for some time, and you are more than welcome too! This workshop is an inclusive, trauma-informed, very comprehensive and practical dive into dietetic care and may act as a very suitable review or update of existing skills and understandings.

There are more commonalities than differences with Eating Disorder care worldwide, and we have designed this course to be suitable for, and thoughtful about the needs of, as many Dietitians as possible wherever you are in the world. Please do reach out if you have any questions, and see other course options below to get a good idea of whether this will be suitable for you



YOU CAN EXPECT TO LEAVE WITH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF:

  • The role of the Dietitian in ED care, including scope of practice

  • Inclusive, thoughtful Dietetic screening and assessment

  • Working thoughtfully with diverse groups of people

  • Evidence based practice AND practice-based evidence

  • Optimising inclusivity in Eating Disorder spaces - what’s your role?

  • “Where do I start?” - setting up your Dietetic care with a solid foundation

  • Communication skills, working & collaborating with a health team

  • Trauma-informed Dietetic practice - developing awareness

  • Specific counselling skills and modalities that are essential in ED work

  • Inter-personal processes that are critical to the work we do

  • Aligning your practice with stages of change

  • Pacing & flow of sessions over time, setting expectations and boundaries

  • Medical monitoring & tracking of client progress

  • Working with adolescents, families, adults

  • “What do I say when….” troubleshooting

  • Cases to bring presentations to life, and offers more realistic opportunities to learn.

  • How to address uncertainty, fear and anxiety effectively instead of going into “Dietitian fixing” mode

  • Understanding our own stuck-points and what gets in the way for us doing this work

  • The importance of Supervision and ongoing support for Dietitians

The sequence of the learning will be

Pre-Recorded Online Modules: Go at your own pace online, approximately 15 hours

Recorded Live Training (2022): Total 15 hours

Total - approximately 30 hours of training

Course Fees:

AUD $550 (+GST) for Australians

AUD $550 (no tax) for non US and non Australians

USD $425 (no tax) for US and anyone who wishes to pay in USD

Accessibility and equity is important to us. Equity pricing available for Dietitians from marginalised communities and low income countries. Please contact me directly at themindfuldietitian@gmail.com for more details.

FAQ’s

When will this course be open for registration?

This course is open for registration at any time, as of the end of March 2023, all modules are now self-paced.

I am not applying for the ANZAED Credential but am interested in this course - is that ok?

YES, absolutely. This course will be open to anyone who would like to do the training from any country.

is this course suitable if i am not australian?

Yes, absolutely, a vast majority of this content would be internationally applicable. Another course I highly recommend if you’re looking for options is Marci Evans Counselling Skills for Eating Disorders