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  • Sex & AIDS
  • Drugs & Alcohol
  • Teen Suicide
  • Family Dynamics
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Eating Disorders Conference

MODERATORS/ PRESENTERS

• Mary Hogan
• Rosalind Kaplan, M.D., F.A.C.P.
• Andrea Shapiro

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM BREAKOUT SESSION 1

• Prouds
  • Desire to help
  • Being able to help a friend even if only a little
  • Build school wide support
  • Telling a parent about a friend’s problem

• Regrets
  • Regret believing all the excuses of a friend
  • Regret not seeing the signs when they were right in front of me
  • Regret lack of support in their schools
  • Regret it when parents deny the problem

• Actions
  • Listen more
  • Create environment with parents for learning
  • Show love/acceptance towards others
  • Create more discerning consumers to understand what’s real vs. product
  • Educate about media and it’s effects on society

PROGRAM FINDINGS FROM BREAKOUT SESSION 2

• Prouds
  • As parents and Educators: able to recognize when we make comments that may promote eating disorder tendencies – and that we encourage our children to eat healthy and exercise in moderation.
  • Not talk about (as a parent) of their negative body image
  • We are not anorexic, we are proud of who we are and we don’t go along with the crowd

• Regrets
  • Think of being something you aren’t
  • Not knowing that someone is struggling with eating disorders
  • Getting sucked into eating disorders
  • Not knowing the signs of eating disorders