Special Education

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Acknowledgements

Ordering Information

Helping Students with Eating Disorders

What Are Eating Disorders?

Contributing Factors

Characteristics of Students with Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Reflection: Attitudes Toward Food, Weight and Body Image
• Reflection Check: Myths about Food, Weight and Body Image

Identifying and Referring At-Risk Students

Talking with a Student with an Eating Disorder

• Reflection: Looking for Clues
• Reflection Check: Interpreting the Clues

Teaching Students with Eating Disorders

• Coping Strategies to Support Students with Eating Disorders
• Planning Strategies to Build a Support Network in the School
• Classroom Strategies to Support Students with Eating Disorders
• Strategies to Support Extended Treatment Programs
• Reflection: Adapting Our Expectations
• Reflection Check: Possible Responses

Opportunities for Pro-Active Intervention

• Key Preventive Efforts
• Reflection: How are You Doing?
• Reflection Check: Creating a Positive Environment

Appendices

• Appendix A: Eating Disorders: A Continuum of Severity [PDF - 32KB]
• Appendix B: Learning Outcomes Related to Healthy Eating and Living Skills
  • Applied Skills 11
  • Cafeteria Training 11
  • Career and Personal Planning 8-12
  • English Language Arts K-12
  • Family Studies 11 and 12
  • Food Studies 11 and 12
  • Home Economics 8-10
  • Information Technology 8-12
  • Physical Education K-10
  • Science K-10

Resources

• Organizations
• Teaching Kits
• Guides and Handbooks
• Books About Weight Preoccupation
• Books About Therapy and Self-Help
• Books and Pamphlets for Children, Teens and Parents
• General Information Sources
• Web Sites
• Video Resources
• Recommended Resources