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ANAD School Outreach & Guidelines

OUTREACH PROGRAM & SCHOOL GUIDELINES
A Free In-Service Program on Eating Disorders for Students & Teachers

8th grade presentation

A high school health fair

“The speakers from ANAD were able to dig deeper into the reality of eating disorders and have given our students the opportunity to ask some very significant questions. It’s truly an eye opening experience for them!”

-Jessica Levin, Deer Path Middle School Health Teacher, Lake Forest

SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM

Does your school staff have the tools necessary to deal with eating disorders? While most schools have extensive alcohol/drug education programs, very few offer eating disorders education or prevention programs. ANAD takes an active role in educating school personnel, parents and students about understanding and preventing eating disorders.

Our program helps empower students to feel good about a healthy body of any shape of any size. Consider the impact this program can have within your health and wellness curriculum. Prevention is the greatest cure for this epidemic therefore, our goal is to offer presentations/lessons that can be done during one class period or repeated throughout the school day. The program includes an introduction/teaching/curriculum with an ED professional, compelling videos, handouts, and may conclude with question/answer time with a recovered ED speaker.

Lastly, we also offer our services for school health fairs if you do not have time within your curriculum for a guest speaker.

SCHOOL GUIDELINES 

The highly-acclaimed School Guidelines Program provides teachers, coaches, guidance counselors and other school personnel with specific directions, which help them effectively assist at-risk students, as well as those who already have been identified as having an eating disorder.

The ANAD School Guidelines Program is designed to assist school personnel in handling the issues of eating disorders among students.  Included in the ANAD School Guidelines Program:

  • Student Assessment
  • Suggested Interventions by staff members and students
  • Comparison of symptoms and stages in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and obesity
  • Suggestions for helping the overweight child
  • A guide for parents
  • Cross-cultural and cross-gender awareness issues
  • Bibliography of eating disorders references
  • Scripts for role playing with students
  • Suggestions for healthy living: adequate exercise, sufficient sleep and self-acceptance

To request a free copy of the ANAD School Guidelines Program, please contact: anadhelp@anad.org

EDC Statement Opposing BMI Reporting in Schools