EDQ Supportive Meal Therapy Training for Carers
Visit: edqsharedtable.com.au
Email: admin@edq.org.au
The Shared Table is an innovative online meal support training program for carers, funded by the LINK Innovation Fund and Metro North Hospital and Health Service. Partner organisations include Queensland Eating Disorder Service (QuEDs), Eating Disorders Queensland (EDQ) and the Child and Youth Mental Health Services Eating Disorder Program (CHYMS EDP).
This training has been designed to assist carers in providing meal support. It includes information about the stages of meal support, communication skills, setting rules, boundaries and non-negotiables, and provides an in-depth look at the role nutrition plays in recovery.
National Strategy Standards and Actions
Treatment
3.3 Treatment services to engage families/supports as early as possible in treatment and provide them with specific psychoeducation and support for their own needs.
8.1 Government and health services to ensure that all public mental health services provide eating disorder services consistent with the needs of their regions.