Training and Workshops
Education and tools for schools, providers, and community partners supporting people with eating disorders.
“Thank you again so much for coming to speak at our regional nurses meeting the other day. Your presentation was so informative and engaging!”
Project ECHO
Project ECHO® Eating Disorders is an ongoing, virtual learning community. Participants gain knowledge and increase their skills in preventing, identifying and responding to disordered eating, body dissatisfaction concerns and eating disorders, the most fatal kind of mental illness. Evidence-based approaches and best practices in eating disorder care inform all case discussions and teaching.
Personalized Workshops (no cost)
Our team offers free educational presentations for clinics, K–12 schools, universities, healthcare organizations, and community groups. Presentations can be tailored to your audience and are designed to increase awareness, strengthen early identification, and support effective prevention and treatment of eating disorders.
Topics include:
Eating disorder prevention and creating supportive, protective environments
Screening, assessment, and management of eating disorders for primary care providers, dentists, dental hygienists, school and college health professionals, counseling staff, and behavioral health providers
Biopsychosocial risk factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of eating disorders
Family-based approaches to eating disorder treatment
Eating disorders as diseases of disconnection: relational and motivational approaches to understanding and treatment
Promoting body esteem, self-esteem, and resilience to support prevention and recovery
Request a presentation by emailing WNYCCCEDCareManagement@urmc.rochester.edu or call (585) 276-6102.
“I really valued the trainer’s presentation and the conversations that ensued from it. I really got that eating disorders are just the behaviors that come from having distress intolerance which I didn’t really fully understand before this presentation.”
Educators and Coaches
NEDA Educator Toolkit
NEDA Coach & Athletic Trainer Toolkit
“Dr. Walsh’s presentation was so helpful to me. I was surprised to learn how prevalent eating disorders are, and now I am better equipped to keep an eye out for warning signs. It was also helpful to learn about the wide variety of eating disorders - it’s a broader spectrum than I realized!”
Conferences
The WNYCCCED, often in conjunction with the two other NYS Comprehensive Care Centers, offers periodic conferences and workshops on a range of topics related to eating disorders and their treatment.
Please see our calendar (below) for upcoming conferences, or contact Health Care Project Coordinator Nicole Watson Bartlett to be notified about upcoming conferences and workshops.
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Feb/March 2023:
Panel Discussion: Lived Experience with Eating Disorders
December 2021:
Timely Issues: Managing the Complexity of Eating Disorders
December 2020:
Eating Disorders in Young Adults: Unique Challenges and Effective Solutions, a half-day virtual conference held via Zoom Webinar. Video recording from the conference.
December 2019:
Eating Disorders: How to Recognize, Treat and Coordinate Care, a day-long statewide conference held in Syracuse, NY. PowerPoint presentations from the conference.
Please see our Events Calendar for information about upcoming conferences, or contact Health Care Project Coordinator Jim Witmer to be notified about upcoming conferences and workshops.