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This page has upcoming eating disorders related conferences, training and other events. E-mail d.tanner@b-eat.co.uk if you have an event you would like to be listed.
Events are listed in chronological order.
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Eating Disorders and Education
Date: 30th September 2010
Time: 1.30pm - 5.30pm
Venue: The Gate, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3JW
Who should attend: teachers, school nurses, support workers, classroom assistants, matrons, youth workers and anyone working with young people or in an education setting.
About the event: Eating Disorders and Education is a beat event for anyone working in education or with young people who want to learn more about eating disorders; how to prevent them and how to support those affected.
The afternoon will cover various useful topics, including signs and symptoms, practical support strategies and confidentiality, and will also feature a presentation from a beat Young Ambassador about their personal experience of an eating disorder.
Fee: £60 per person. Cost includes tea & coffee and certificates of attendance
How to book: Download the booking form below, complete and return to beat. Alternatively you can call 01603 753321 and book over the phone.
Recent Advances in the Management of Eating Disorders
Date: Thursday 30th September 2010
Venue: The Village Hotel, Otley Road, Leeds, LS16 5PR
The speciality of eating disorders is rapidly developing and the evidence base for treatments is expanding, providing professionals with a significant challenge in order to remain up-to-date with progress in the field. This conference will explore the evidence behind some of the more widely used treatment approaches and consider where services could develop in the future. It is specifically designed for those with an interest in, or specialising in the management of eating disorders and is intended to share experience and evidence of recent developments from a national perspective and across a variety of treatment modalities.
For more details please visit our website and to book your place, please complete our booking form with your payment details and either post to the Andrew Sims Centre, or fax to 0113 305 5632 as soon as possible.
Beating Eating Disorders - Children and Adolescents
A beat conference supported by the Royal College of Nursing Eating Disorders Special Interest Group, for professionals working with children and young people with eating disorders.
Date: Monday 4th October 2010
Venue: 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN
The programme will include presentations and practical workshops on:
- Keynote presentation - 'A partnership approach to anorexia nervosa' - Dr Tony Jaffa
- Eating disorders and related body image in boys
- Treatment of very young patients
- Multi-disciplinary assessment
- A first-hand experience of eating disorders by beat Young Ambassadors
- Networking opportunities
For a full programme, please download the document below
Who should attend:
Nurses, psychiatrists, CPs, clinical psychologists, social workers, dietitians, service managers, RMNs, counsellors, school nurses, and all those want to update their knowledge of eating disorders in children and adolescents.
Price:
beat Professional Network Members - £95.00pp
Non-members - £125.00pp
Conference place & Professional Network Membership package - £150.00pp
To book your place, please donwload the poster and booking form below.
For more information on the conference or to register your interest, contact Rachel Shuter on 01603 753321 or email rachel@-eat.co.uk
Jubilee Congress on Eating Disorders 2010
21st - 23rd October 2010
Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria
Open to sufferers, carers and professionals.
A celebration of the 20th anniversary Austrain Network Eating Disorders & 10th anniversary Austrain Society on Eating Disorders (ASED)
For more information visit the website http://www.netzwerk-essstoerungen.at/kongress10/ or download the poster and flyer below.
Royal College of Psychistrists Eating Disorders Annual Conference 2010 - 5th November
Theme: ‘Obesity and Eating Disorders: Why do Eating Disorders services give the obese a bypass?’
A national, one-day conference, examining the complex relationships between obesity, eating disorders and current approaches to treatment. Environmental and genetic contributions to risk, the neurobiology of obesity and outcomes from psychological and surgical interventions for binge eating disorder and obesity will be reviewed. This will provide an evidenced based context for a lively debate to examine the interface between eating disorder and obesity services across the life span.
The conference is open to all and will be of appeal to psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians, surgeons, dietitians, mental health nurses/professionals in child and adolescent/adult services with an interest in obesity, and all those who feel this knowledge would benefit them. Feel free to forward this flyer to colleagues who would be interested in attending to maintain and develop knowledge skills in this increasingly important area of clinical work.
For more information on the conference, please download the attachments below:
