About this event
Food and eating can be major areas of difficulty for neurodivergent people, for multiple reasons: sensory sensitivities, dietary intolerances, digestive disorders, eating disorders, OCD, executive functioning, and much more. In this session we will explore some of the difficulties that neurodivergent people may have with eating, understand the possible causes, and suggest strategies to address some of the most common challenges.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Become aware of the multiple obstacles that neurodivergent people may face in trying to manage their food intake.
- Understand the many different forms that these difficulties may take for different people.
- Explore possible strategies to support health and wellbeing through changes to eating patterns.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Neurodivergent people, and therapists working with neurodivergent people.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Understand the complexity of eating for many neurodivergent people, and learn how to map out the multiple interacting factors that may be affecting one person, in order to make manageable changes to improve wellbeing.
RECORDING
This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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Dr Emma Bede
Dr Emma Bede is a Clinical Psychologist with over twenty years of experience working with neurodivergent adults and children in clinical, diagnostic and academic contexts, including within the context of an adult eating disorders service. She works therapeutically with adults of all ages, genders and neurotypes, as well as carrying out formal diagnostic assessments for autism and ADHD, and providing supervision to other therapists.
Website | www.willowpsychology.co.uk
