Special Education

Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders:
Resources for Teachers: Volume 1 - Eating Disorders

Books About Therapy and Self-Help

  • Brown, C. & Jasper, K. (Eds.). (1993). Consuming passions: Feminist approaches to weight preoccupation and eating disorders. Toronto, ON: Second Story Press.
  • Fallon, P., Katzman, M.A., & Wooley, S. C. (Eds.). (1994). Feminist perspectives on eating disorders. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
  • Hutchison, M. G. (1985). Transforming body image. New York, NY: The Crossing Press.
  • Maine, M. (1991). Father hunger: Fathers, daughters & food. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.
  • Sanford, L. T. & Donovan, M. E. (1984). Women and self-esteem. New York, NY: Viking Penguin Inc.
  • Waterhouse, D. (1997). Like mother, like daughter: How women are influenced by their mothers’ relationship with food — and how to break the pattern. New York, NY: Hyperion.

Books and Pamphlets for Children, Teens and Parents

  • Apostilides, M. (1998). Inner hunger: A young woman’s struggle through anorexia and bulimia. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
  • Berg, F.M. (1998). Afraid to eat: Children and teens in weight crises. Health Weight Publishing Network, 403 South 14 th Street, Hetinger ND 58639, (701) 567-2646.
  • Capacchione, L. (1992). The Creative journal for teens: Making friends with yourself. North Hollywood, CA: Newcastle Publishing Co. Ltd.
  • Cook, K. (1996). Real gorgeous: The truth about body and beauty. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
  • Crook, M. (1991). The body image trap. Vancouver, BC: Self-Counsel Press.
  • Crook, M. (1992). Looking good: Teenagers and eating disorders. Vancouver, BC: Self-Counsel Press.
  • Friedman, S. S. (1994). Girls in the 90’s. Vancouver, BC: Salal Books.
  • Friedman, S. S. (1997). When girls feel fat: Helping girls through adolescence. Toronto, ON: Harper Collins.
  • Hirschmann, J. R. & Zaphiropoulos, L. (1993). Preventing childhood eating problems: A practical, positive approach to raising children free of food and weight conflicts. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.
  • Hugs for teens – Teens & diets, no weigh – Building the road to healthier living, v.1, Teen Journal. (1995). HUGS International Inc., Box 102A, RR #3, Portage La Prairie MB R1N 3A3. (800) 565-4847
  • Moe, B. (1991). Coping with eating disorders. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group
  • Levine, M. P. (1987). How schools can help combat student eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. Washington, DC: National Education Association.
  • Manley, R.S. (1989) Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in children and adolescents: Information for those living with an eating disorder, BC’s Children’s Hospital education pamphlet.
  • Pitman, T. & Kaufman, M. (1994). All shapes and sizes: Promoting fitness and self-esteem in your overweight child. Toronto, ON: Harper Collins.
  • Ryan, Joan (1995). Little girls in pretty boxes: The making and breaking of elite gymnasts and figure skaters. New York, NY: Warner Books.
  • Satter, E. (1987). How to get your kid to eat...but not too much. Palo Alto, CA: Bull Publishing Co.
  • Siegel, M., Brisman, J., & Weinshel, M. (1997) Surviving an eating disorder, Strategies for family and friends (Revised Edition). New York: Harper Collins.

General Information Sources

  • Alexander-Mott, L. & Lumsden, D. B. (Eds.). (1994). Understanding eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and obesity. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis.
  • Fibkins, W. L. (1995). The empowering school. Getting everyone on board to help teenagers. San Jose, California: Resource Publications.
  • Fisher, M., Golden, N., Katzman, D., Kreipe, R.E., Rees, J., Schebendach, J., Sigman, G., Ammerman, S., & Hoberman, H.M. (1995). Eating disorders in adolescents: A background paper. Journal of Adolescent Health, 16, 420-437.
  • Knowlton, L. (1995). Eating disorders in males. Psychiatric Times, 12(9).
  • Lask, B. & Bryant-Waugh, R.(Eds.). (1993). Childhood onset anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders. Hillsdale, CA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Levine, M. P. (1994). Faculty and student guidelines for meeting with and referring students who may have eating disorders. A paper presented at the 13 th National Eating Disorders Organization Conference, October 3, 1994, Columbus, OH.
  • Maine, M. D. & Levine, M. P. A guide to the primary prevention of eating disorders. A brochure for Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP), Seattle, WA.
  • Manley, R.S. (1989). Anorexia and bulimia nervosa: Psychological features, assessment, and treatment. B.C. Medical Journal, 31(3), 151-154.
  • Manley, R.S., Rickson, H., & Standeven, B. (2000). Children and adolescents with eating disorders: Strategies for teachers and school counsellors. Intervention in School and Clinic, 35(4), In Press.
  • Marchuk, J. (1997). Eating disorders: A continuum. Notes from a presentation to the Alberta Teachers’ Association Guidance Specialist Council, Annual Conference, November 6–8, 1997, Banff, AB.
  • Moreno, A. B. & Thelen, M. H. (1993). A preliminary prevention program for eating disorders in a junior high school population. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 22(2), 109-24. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ 467 998).
  • Moriarty, Dick et al. (1991). The role of physical and health educators and coaches in the prevention of eating disorders. Paper presented at the Annual International Conference for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (34 th , Limerick, Ireland, August 12-16, 1991). (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 335 596).
  • Natenshon, A. H. (1996). Food fright. American School Board Journal, 183(2), 23-26. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ 519 725).
  • Neumark-Sztainer, D. (1996). School-based programs for preventing eating disorders. Journal of School Health, 66(2), 64-71. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ 525 389).
  • Omizo, S.A. & Omizo, M.M. (1992). Eating disorders: The school counselor’s role. School Counselor, 39(3), 217-24. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ 442 657).
  • Pinzon, J.L., & Manley, R.S. (1998). Eating disorders among children and adolescents: The role of the primary-care physician and the B.C.’s Children’s Hospital Program. B.C. Medical Journal, 40(1), 23-25.
  • Tate, A. (1993). Schooling. In: B. Lask, & R. B. Waugh, (Eds.), Childhood onset anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders. (pp. 233-248). Hillsdale, CA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • University Health Services (1995). Food, weight and body image background information. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Hospitals.