Tag: meals
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A game-changer: the eating disorder team that’s home with you all day… and saves millions
When a mother told me her eating disorder service provided 10 hours of support at home, my jaw dropped. Is this affordable? A model for other services? And what was it like for the family? Here’s what I learned from the lead clinician of COAST-ED, and from the mother herself.
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Lily’s swift recovery from anorexia – a mother’s uplifting story
For parents at the start of eating disorder treatment: a real-life, rapid success story showing how family-based support led to swift recovery from anorexia.
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Tamper-proof tech for your child’s meals
Seals or labels to secure food or drink in the school lunch bag or fridge.
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Practical mealtime scenarios: see the tools in action and treat your child’s eating disorder
Excerpt from Chapter 8: See the tools in action. Mealtime scenarios. Examples of broken record and answers to typical resistance.
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How do you get your child to eat in spite of the eating disorder?
Excerpt from Chapter 7: Using a bungee-jump analogy to help you make meals work with your child.
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Practical steps to help your child beat the eating disorder: magic plate and other tools for the first phase of treatment
Excerpt from Chapter 6: Practical steps to beat the eating disorder — addressing the many typical questions on Phase 1 of treatment,
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Meal plan ideas: high-calorie food to renourish your child with anorexia
Tips for high-calorie meals and snacks, including supplements
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Bitesize: learn to help your child, in short audio bites
My Bitesize audio collection. What’s in it, how it is designed to help you. Listen to some samples.
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How to get your child to eat: refeeding mealtime tips for a teen with an eating disorder
Tips to get your child to eat and start refeeding in anorexia/eating disorder treatment. Based on my free helpsheets for parents.
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Be a fly on the wall: coaching your child to serve their own breakfast
This post shows a practical example of getting our children with an eating disorder to let go of rigid rules and behaviours. There's a lot of help from me on this topic in my book (Chapter 9), my Bitesize audio collection and my workshop on extinguishing fears. I hope this page will give you ideas…
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A mother’s story: what got my girl with anorexia eating again
A mother’s story: what got my daughter to manage meals again
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Autism and eating disorders: individualising treatment for your autistic child or teen
The combination of autism and an eating disorder. Signs of autism; tips from parents; links to more resources.
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How to tell the school of your child’s eating-disorder needs: template for a 504 Plan
A template document to educate the school about your child’s eating disorder and make clear requests
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Super-charge your skills with these video and audio resources, and help your child or teen to recover from an eating disorder
All my YouTubes and audios collected together here
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Professionals who help people with an eating disorder to eat at home
Showcasing Eating Disorders Home Care, a company that supports people with an eating disorder to eat at home.
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Could a parent’s rage at ‘ED’ slow down progress?
Raging at an eating disorder demon might lose you the intended benefits of externalizing. I give examples of alternatives.
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Start here: find the information you need NOW
This website has lots of information, and I’ve produced many more resources. I guide you to the bits you need right now.
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Is it OK for my child to be vegan during eating disorder treatment?
A parent’s experience with a long-term vegan daughter. Tips and words of caution.
