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Building Awareness About Eating Disorders
80-100 Minutes
Introduction
Resource Review(minus 15 minutes if completed before class)
mEAT.
Breathing Exercise
Guided Discussion
A to Z
Guided Discussion
Resource Review(optional, add 20 minutes)
Guided Discussion
Closing Thoughts and Evaluations
Participants will be able to:
Interpret clinical information about eating disorders
Identify how characteristics of a protagonist's diagnosis are integrated with other aspects of their humanity
Compare different ways in which eating disorders can present in different people
Identify strategies for supporting oneself and others when behaviors indicative of an eating disorder appear
Mental Health Training
topics covered
Eating Disorders
aom nutrients
Empathy, Respect for Practical Constraints
casel sel
Social awareness
wellness wheel
Social, Emotional, Intellectual
identities
Animated and/or ambiguous, White, Woman / female, Adult
film style
Animation, Stop Motion, Drama
Films Included
Clear and direct reflections on eating disorders
A to Z
This stop motion animation shows the emotional struggle of living with an eating disorder from a first person perspective in hopes of busting stereotypes and building empathy. The title refers to the journey to wellness starting with acceptance.
film style
Animation, Stop Motion
identities
Animated and/or ambiguous
mEAT.
It’s not easy separating who you really are from an illness that is eating you from the inside out. mEAT. provides a glimpse of what it’s really like to struggle with and recover from an eating disorder.
film style
Drama
identities
White, Woman / female, Adult
NOTE:
This is one of 2 versions of Building Awareness About Eating Disorders available on the AOM Platform. The films in this version provide insight into Eating Disorders. Other versions focus on different perspectives.