Special Interest Groups
ANZAED SIG Co-chairs – Susan Barnett & Madi West
ANZAED SIG Co-chairs – Susan Barnett & Madi West
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ANZAED is keen to support all groups within it who work to understand, prevent or treat eating disorders. ANZAED has a number of Special Interest groups that have a shared specific interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge or learning. Members cooperate to affect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet and share this with the larger organisation. These SIGs also periodically hosts meetings at conferences of groups, including dietitians, nurses, GPs and early careers researchers.
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The membership of this group includes any financial member of ANZAED who has a particular interest in the treatment and recovery of children and youth with eating disorders. The Group will meet up to 3 times a year via video-conferencing and once a year at the annual ANZAED conference.
The Group aims to provide a forum for:
Co-Chairs & Contact Persons: Colleen Alford, colleen.alford@health.nsw.gov.au & Katryna Henry, Katryna.henry@health.nsw.gov.au
The LGBTQA+ SIG is open to all members who have an interest in working with people of diverse genders and sexualities. We recognise that members of the LGBTQA+ community are disproportionately impacted by eating disorders, and also have unique considerations for treatment. We are interested in upskilling the workforce to provide more inclusive and effective care for the LGBTQA+ community. We welcome both community members, whose lived experience is invaluable to this work, as well as allies.
The aim of this group is to:
Co-chairs & Contact Persons: Maria (Ari) Spanos mariavspanos@gmail.com and Dr Jane Miskovic-Wheatley Jane.miskovic-wheatley@sydney.edu.au
The membership of this group includes any financial member of ANZAED who identifies as an early career researcher, including undergraduate or postgraduate students, post-doctoral researchers or any other individual interested in research into eating disorders or related topics.
The Group aims to:
Co-Chairs & Contact Persons: Katarina Prnjak, K.prnjak@westernsydney.edu.au & Yive Yang, yive.yang@westernsydney.edu.au
Barayn Ginyaang. Welcome to the Indigenous Eating Disorder Research and Clinical Development Special Interest Group. This is a safe, non-discriminatory communication and support forum for all ANZEAD members who work with or plan to conduct research with Indigenous peoples at risk of or living with disordered eating and eating disorders.
Through active discussions, presentations and resource sharing group members will gain awareness and knowledge about Indigenous people’s needs, wants, expectations and experiences of eating disorders, existing treatments, and factors contributing to successful recovery. Members will also be invited to participate in advocacy activities to contribute towards service equity and guided critical self-reflection exercises (led by Chair and Worimi Woman Dr. Liz Dale) to strengthen cultural awareness and competencies.
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Chair & Contact Person: Liz Dale, edale@uow.edu.au
The Neurodiversity SIG is meant for current ANZAED members who share an interest in furthering knowledge and understanding relating to the interconnectedness of neurodivergence and eating disorders. Indeed, awareness about the overlap between autism, adhd, and eating disorders is growing and the need to implement neurodiversity-friendly and neuroaffirming therapy frameworks for neurodivergent people with eating disorders is increasingly being acknowledged. The group aims to meet 4 to 5 times a year through video conferencing as well as in-person at the ANZAED yearly conference.
This SIG’s primary goals are as follows:
Chair & Contact Person: Contact Laurence Cobbaert, l.cobbaert@unsw.edu.au
The Neuroscience Special Interest Group (SIG) is open to all ANZAED members who have an interest in neuroscience and related disciplines including, neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging.
The SIG aims to provide a forum for:
Chair & Contact Person: Rosiel Elwyn, rosiel.elwyn@research.usc.edu.au & Po-Han (Terry) Kung, pkung@student.unimelb.edu.au
We would like to invite nurses to
The Nurses Special Interest Group will aim to meet the needs of new and experienced practitioners in the mental health or medical field that work with children, adolescents and adults affected by an eating disorder.
If you are interested in being part of this group please contact the Co- Chairs & Contact Persons: Nicola Cooper, Nicola.cooper@health.wa.gov.au & Maria Garland, Maria.Garland@health.wa.gov.au
Co-chairs & Contact Persons: Copeland Winten, Copeland.Winten@health.qld.gov.au & Megan Bray, megan@collectivehc.com.au.
The membership of the ANZAED Occupational Therapy Special Interest Group {SIG} is made up of New Zealand and Australian Registered Occupational Therapists who are current financial members of ANZAED. We also have email links with non-ANZAED members.
We meet approximately bimonthly via Zoom, and annually at the ANZAED conference, in order to build relationships across the Tasman and build a sense of professional identity within the eating disorders professional community. We also provide webinars for members on Occupational Therapy related topics.
Chair & Contact Person: Maree Sievwright (NZ), marees@nzedc.co.nz
Any ANZAED member who has a interest in the assessment and treatment of individuals with eating disorders who present in a private practice setting can join this SIG. The Group aims to provide a forum for:
Chair & Contact Person: Ariana Elias, ariana@tikvahclinic.com.au
This a new membership group for any financial member of ANZAED who has a particular interest in the integration of psychodynamic theory and practice within evidence informed treatment for eating disorders. The group will meet four times a year via video-conferencing and during the annual ANZAED conference.
Through presentations, discussions and readings, this SIG will enable clinicians to share and develop ideas on how a psychodynamic approach can shed light on the development and maintenance of eating disorders, the importance of understanding transference and countertransference within the therapeutic relationship, and to respond to the growing acknowledgment of the need for formulation driven work with children, adolescents and adults, regardless of which modality is being used.
The group will provide a forum for:
Co-chairs & Contact Persons: Dr Annaleise Robertson,annaleise.robertson@health.nsw.gov.au and Chris Thornton, chris.thornton@theredleafpractice.com
The membership of this group is available to any ANZAED member who has an interest in Rural and Regional areas. The Rural and Remote SIG will meet annually at the ANZAED conference as well as throughout the year utilising webinars, teleconferencing and a listserv to aid communication outside of these meetings. The aims of the group include
The co-chairs & contact persons of this SIG are Deanne Harris, Deanne.Harris@health.nsw.gov.au and Elesa Crowley, elesa.crowley@health.nsw.gov.au.
Members who are having difficulty in registering for this SIG, please contact us at anzaed@anzaed.org.au
The Trauma and Eating Disorders (TrEDs) SIG will welcome any current member of ANZAED with an interest in the intersection of trauma and eating disorders and their research/treatment, within an evidence informed approach. We welcome those with experience in or curiosity about research or practice across both fields and their intersection. The group will aim to meet four times per year via video conferencing and if possible, in person during the annual ANZAED conference.
Some proposed aims include:
Co-Chairs & Contact Persons: Mandy Goldstein, mandy.goldstein@everybodypsychology.com.au and Sharon Stern, sharon@sharonsternpsychologist.com
The WS & SJ SIG is open to all members who have an interest in understanding the role and effects of weight stigma in the realm of eating disorders and their treatment. Underpinning the concept of weight stigma is the broader issue of social justice, which advocates for diversity, acceptance and open access to services, treatment and support for ALL people in ALL bodies.
This SIG will be seeking to build on the “courageous conversations” that were started at the 2018 ANZAED Conference in Melbourne, where we heard from lived experience, alongside the work of health professionals, that eating disorders can and do occur in ALL bodies and that we all need to work to dismantle the effects of weight stigma and bias, to allow anyone who is struggling with eating disorders, body image, or eating concerns, to get proper care without fear of judgement or discrimination.
This SIG was initially titled ‘Health at Every Size’, however, our international colleagues at the AED changed the name of their HAES SIG to ‘Weight Stigma and Social Justice’, to reflect the underlying discourse of the HAES approach. Thus, we decided to align with them in the push to further our understanding of these concepts.
The aim of this Group is to:
Co-Chairs & Contact Persons: Casey James, Casey.James@health.nsw.gov.au & Geradline Taggart- Jeewa, info@sunnynutritionanddietetics.com
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