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This series of courses is designed to support adults working with children or young people with suspected eating disorders or eating difficulties.  

In this course, we will define what is meant by Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED, formerly EDNOS) and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) before touching on early intervention and the meaning of comorbidity. This is part of a more detailed course, ‘Supporting young people with a suspected eating disorder or difficulty.’ Click here to do the whole course.

In this course, we will outline ‘The 4 As,’ a useful tool to help you to remember how to be vigilant. In turn, we will then explore the physical, behavioural and psychological indicators for each of the following disorders in turn: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorder (OSFED, formerly EDNOS) and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). This is part of a more detailed course, ‘Supporting young people with a suspected eating disorder or difficulty.’ Click here to do the whole course.

As with many mental health disorders, there are a number of myths which have arisen partly as a result of cultural and societal norms. In this course, we will explore some of the marginalised groups that often go undiagnosed for longer. This is part of a more detailed course, ‘Supporting young people with a suspected eating disorder or difficulty.’ Click here to do the whole course.

In this course, we examine the role of early intervention and support and what we can all do as trusted adults to prevent entrenchment. We will also overview the eating disorder cycle as a way of representing the process. Finally, if appropriate for your role, the final section will take you through some of the key biological implications. The early we intervene, the better the clinical outcomes are likely to be. This is part of a more detailed course, ‘Supporting young people with a suspected eating disorder or difficulty.’ Click here to do the whole course.

Communication and having conversations about eating disorders and eating difficulties are paramount to identification, referral, diagnosis and that journey to recovery. All this course will not qualify you as a counsellor, what it will do is breakdown some of the general skills and values we can adopt to empower ourselves to walk towards those in distress. This is part of a more detailed course, ‘Supporting young people with a suspected eating disorder or difficulty.’ Click here to do the whole course.