NEDC’s Identification Learning Packages equip tertiary educators to deliver training in eating disorder identification. The packages support contemporary, safe, and evidence‑based teaching through a flexible delivery model that integrates into existing curricula.
Free for all tertiary and vocational educators. Choose from one, two, three or four hour Learning Packages that fit flexibly into your existing curriculum.
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Eating Disorder Safe and eating disorder identification skills are recognised by professional bodies as core competencies for graduates across health disciplines. Despite this, many graduates from key health professions may complete their studies without the knowledge, skills, or confidence needed to prevent, identify, refer, or provide safe care within their role and scope of practice.
NEDC’s national scoping review surveyed 205 educators and leaders from 42 Australian tertiary institutions. Most (86%) rated teaching about eating disorders, disordered eating and body image as important or very important. However, educators identified a crowded curriculum, a lack of appropriately skilled educators and unclear profession-specific competencies as key barriers (NEDC, 2025; Spiel et al., 2025).
The Learning Packages respond directly to these barriers, so educators don’t have to build eating disorder content from scratch: flexible time-based formats that fit existing curricula, educator training through the Educator Training Pathway, and content aligned with endorsed core competencies and the Stepped System of Care.
NEDC co-developed the Eating Disorder Identification Learning Packages for Tertiary Education with the Eating Disorders in Tertiary Education Collaborative Network (EDTE-CN), a multidisciplinary group of Australian lived experience experts, academics, and educators.
The Learning Packages
The Learning Packages equip graduates with foundational knowledge and skills in identification of eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns, relevant to their discipline and roles in the Stepped System of Care for Eating Disorders.
They can be used in tertiary and vocational programs across health, social and community support disciplines, including but not limited to dietetics, medicine, nursing, allied health, psychology and social work.
Educators can choose from four Learning Packages:
You can find a content overview and learning objectives for all four Learning Packages here.
What's included?
- Educator Booklet: Resources and guidance to support delivery of the Learning Packages, tailored to each time-based format.
- Teaching resources: Lecture slides, interactive activities, reflection activities and lived experience videos. Lived experience perspectives, key messages and Eating Disorder Safe language are embedded throughout to support safe, evidence-based teaching.
- Student Resource Packs: Resources to share with students to support their learning.
- Vignettes: Included in the TWO-, THREE- and FOUR-hour Learning Packages (not the ONE-hour package) to support student learning and practical skill application.
- Mentimeter interactive learning templates: Optional pre-developed templates to support interactive delivery of the Learning Packages.
- Evaluation data: De-identified evaluation data from your sessions, available on request.
How do I access the Learning Packages?
Access to all four Learning Packages is through the free Educator Training Pathway, which prepares you to deliver the content safely. Facilitated live participants receive the Learning Packages once all steps are complete, and self-guided participants receive them within five business days of applying.
Learn more about the Educator Training Pathway here.
Prefer to bring in an experienced educator?
The National Educator Directory connects institutions with qualified eating disorder educators available for casual or contract teaching in university, TAFE and postgraduate settings. All listed educators meet minimum training standards.
Search the National Educator Directory here.
Free eLearning for students
Not ready to deliver the Learning Packages yet? Your students can still start building their skills through alternate pathways. NEDC offers free eLearning that students can complete in their own time, independently of classroom teaching. It covers discipline-specific skills in identifying eating disorders, disordered eating and body image concerns.
The eLearning works on its own or alongside the Learning Packages. You can recommend it as pre-reading, set it as self-directed learning, or share it with students in programs where eating disorder content isn’t yet taught.
Available courses include:
- Introduction to the Eating Disorder Safe Principles (20 mins)
- Eating Disorder Safe: Healthcare (90 mins)
- Foundations in Eating Disorders: Identification (60 mins)
- Foundations in Eating Disorders: Initial Response (60 mins)
Educators are welcome to share these courses with their students. If you would like your students to access the training through NEDC's learning platform, please contact us for a free student access code. This enables students to enrol directly and complete the courses at no cost.
The Eating Disorders in Tertiary Education Initiative is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and is a key initiative of the National Eating Disorders Strategy 2023–2033.
Frequently Asked Questions
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