Putting it into (evidence-based) practice: Moving ED care from neurodiversity 'informed’ to ‘neurodiversity affirming''
THIS SESSION WILL BE RECORDED.
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Presenters: Amy Talbot & Anna Rose
Workshop Overview: Awareness of the concept of neurodiversity has increased dramatically in recent years in eating disorder spaces due to the recognition of the intersection of neurodivergence and feeding and eating differences and disorders. The philosophical foundation of the neurodiversity paradigm has inspired critical discourse of the traditional eating disorder research and treatment landscape, leading to calls for a radical rethink of eating disorder care such as that outlined in the position paper Eating Disorders and Neurodivergence: A Stepped Care Approach (Cobbaert & Rose, 2023). These conversations have challenged the appropriateness and effectiveness of traditional evidence-based feeding and eating disorder formulations, treatments, and supports for neurodivergent people. Traditional eating disorder treatments and supports are grounded in neuronormative assumptions, meaning that they privilege neurotypical ways of being over neurodivergent ways of being. As such, they do not adequately recognise, understand, accommodate, or respect the unique feeding and eating experiences of neurodivergent individuals. These radical challenges to the status quo pose significant challenges for eating disorder clinicians as they endeavour to safely navigate the delivery of person-centred, evidence-based, effective and neurodiversity affirming eating disorder care.
This workshop aims to support eating disorder clinicians to step into neurodiversity affirming practice confidently, compassionately, ethically, and effectively. Drawing on research, clinical expertise, and lived experience perspectives, this workshop will guide participants through the process of co-creating eating disorder formulations, making treatment decisions (including adaptations to traditional evidence-based treatments), and delivering supports that align with the principles of neurodiversity affirming care.
PRESENTERS
Dr Amy Talbot (she/her) is the director, founder and senior clinical psychologist at The Talbot Centre, a leading centre of excellence and innovation in healthcare in Sydney’s Northwest. In 2018 she was awarded Australian Psychologist of the Year at the inaugural Australian Allied Health Awards. Dr Talbot provides clinical consultation, supervision and training to clinicians Australia wide who work with patients and families affected by eating and feeding disorders, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive and related disorders. With over a decade of research and clinical proficiency, Dr Talbot has disseminated knowledge through published articles, captivating keynotes, and impactful workshops, elevating the understanding and treatment of eating and feeding disorders across the lifespan. She has a special interest in formulation driven, client-centred intervention for neurodivergent individuals with eating and feeding differences or concerns.
Anna Rose (they/them) is a late-identified neurodivergent, queer dietitian with lived experience of a restrictive eating disorder. They are a Senior Teaching Fellow at Bond University and are also currently undertaking a PhD exploring how neurodivergent children and their families make sense of their experiences receiving neuronormative nutrition, feeding and eating guidance and/or eating disorder interventions. Anna is a passionate advocate for neurodiversity affirming nutrition and eating disorder care, delivering professional development training, providing specialist clinical supervision, and consulting as a lived experience expert on a range of eating disorder research and policy projects. In their time as a founding board member of Eating Disorders Neurodiversity Australia (2022-2024), Anna co-authored the influential technical report Eating Disorders and Neurodivergence: A Stepped Care Approach (2023), commissioned by Australia’s National Eating Disorders Collaboration, that argued for a radical rethink of normative eating disorder care. When not working, Anna can be found spending time with her two kids, enjoying the beach, reading, or on the closest dancefloor.
Workshop Pricing:
ANZAED Members: $295.00 | Non-Members: $360.00
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