Overview
- 10 week course
- 12 hours total (12 CPD points)
- All online and self-paced
- Filled with case examples and practical strategies
- Two modules with dietitian Andrea Parker
- One lived experience module with psychologist Jaqueline Harvey
Who is it for?
This training is for psychologists and dietitians who are interested in delivering neurodiversity affirming care to clients with eating disorders and eating difficulties.
Mental Health Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and registered counsellors are also welcome to complete the training.
Assumed knowledge
Basic familiarity with neurodiversity affirming principles.
Basic level of competence in regards to working with eating disorders.
What client demographic does it apply to?
Adolescents and adults with eating difficulties, eating disorders (such Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, etc.), and ARFID, that are neurodivergent or have a strong sensory palate. It is particularly well suited to clients with complex co-occuring issues such as chronic health issues, complex PTSD, personality vulnerabilities, chronic mood disorders, suicidality, etc.
Course Outline:
- Week 1: Transform Your Practice: A Much Needed Paradigm Shift in Eating Disorder Care
- Week 2: Build Trust First Using the SAFETY Tool: Master the Art of Neurodiversity-Affirming Eating Disorder Support
- Week 3: Break Free from Labels: Help Clients Discover Where Their Neurotype Ends and Disordered Eating Begins
- Week 4: Beyond Traditional Approaches: Unlock Effective Strategies for Supporting Autistic Clients with Andrea Parker
- Week 5: Decode & Support: Essential Tools for Working with ADHD and Eating Differences with Andrea Parker
- Week 6: What Really Works? A Fresh Look at Evidence-Based Treatments That Honour (Or Don’t) Neurodiversity
- Week 7: Inside the Journey: Insights from Jacqueline Harvey's Lived Experience
- Week 8: When Stakes Are High: Confidently Navigate Risk Using Harm Reduction Strategies
- Week 9: Complex Cases, Clear Solutions: Master Your Approach to Trauma and Co-Occurring Conditions
- Week 10: Navigate the Challenges: Handle Client Ambivalence and Dishonesty, and Non-Affirming Healthcare Partners with Confidence
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will;
- Understand eating disorders through a neurodiversity affirming lens
- Understand the difference between eating differences, eating difficulties, and eating disorders
- Feel confident implementing the SAFETY tool into clinical practice
- Feel confident in untangling ARFID from Anorexia Nervosa
- Feel confident in supporting your clients to untangle their neurotype based eating preferences from their disordered eating behaviours
- Have a variety of neurodiversity affirming resources that you can use with clients in your clinical practice
- Have a basic understanding of all of the evidence-based treatments for eating disorders as approved by Australia’s Medicare Eating Disorder Plan
- Feel confident in critically evaluating these treatments based on evidence, lived experience perspectives, and neurodiversity affirming principles
- Have a practice that is informed by lived experience
- Feel more confident using neurodiversity affirming principles when working with clients with complex mental health difficulties
- Have the strategies needed to implement a harm reduction approach that is neuroaffirming
- Feel confident navigating client ambivalence and dishonesty using a neuroaffirming lens
- Have strategies to skilfully navigate non-affirming health practitioners and stakeholders
Jacqueline Harvey (they/she) is a psychologist working in the area of neurodivergence and eating disorders. Jacqui is a late identified AuDHDer, has a lived experience of an eating disorder, and has worked as a peer mentor at Eating Disorders Queensland.
Andrea Parker (she/her) is a credentialed eating disorder dietitian with over 10 years of experience. Andrea is a certified intuitive eating counsellor and an accredited sports dietitian. As an ADHDer, she is passionate about using a neurodiversity affirming approach.
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