141 pg, 3-ring binder, ’08

The Parent Partner Program is a six-hour program about eating disorders (divided into two 3-hour presentations) which is designed to be presented in communities. It connects professionals, advocates and those affected by eating disorders through education and support. It was developed by eight treatment professionals and piloted for three years in communities in New York State. It is a multidisciplinary program to be presented by a team of presenters that includes mental health, nutrition, and medical professionals as well as a parent or family member of someone with an eating disorder.

The intended audience is parents, families and loved ones of those with eating disorders as well as teachers and professionals desiring a basic introduction to the nature, management and treatment of eating disorders. This all-in-one package includes 161 power point slides with matching text describing mental health, medical and nutrition aspects of eating disorders. It also includes two DVD's for participant learning and discussion. One DVD is an interview with Cathy who is recovering from an eating disorder. The other is an interview with Mary Ellen (founder of Opheliaís Place) and Dan Clausen about their compelling experiences as parents of two daughters with eating disorders. Pre- and post- evaluation questionnaires for program participants are also included.

Co-authors include: Cris Haltom, PhD, nutritional consultant Susan Travis, PhD, MS, RD, CDN, physicians Audrey DeSilva, MD, Marguerite Uphoff, MD, Julia Popenow, MD, and Nancy Potter, MS, and Beth Jenkins.

CONTENTS:

Timeline for Organizing Workshops

Directions for presenting the program

Section 1: Mental Health Aspects

Section 2: Medical Aspects

Section 3: Nutritional Aspects

Section 4: Parent/Carer Aspects

Section 5: Pre- and Post-Workshop Questionnaires
Copyright Permission Approval

Section 6: Handouts

• Mental Health Handouts including

Stages of Treatment (Handout 1) and
Signs of Recovery (Handout 2)

• Medical Aspects
• Nutritional Aspects

REVIEWS:

"The best part of receiving this information in the beginning of my daughter's treatment was the way it prepared me to play an informed and active role in her recovery."
—Participating parent.

"I wish this information had been available in such a concise format when we learned of our daughter's anorexia." —Participating parent

"Hearing this information helped me keep my focus and not dwell too much on my son's eating disorder."
—Participating parent

"I have been screening more students with eating disorders in my job as a therapist in a school, and I needed to learn more than I learned in graduate school on the topic. The Parent Partner Program provides a more in-depth understanding of eating disorders."
—Community psychotherapist.