New on the blog: Accurately Diagnosing PFD and ARFID, Why Misdiagnosis Can do More Harm Than Good
Feeding Matters CEO reflects on how we need to change the conversation around the two diagnoses.
Read on: https://t.co/VYZCCCfq88
Have you read our Parent's Guide to ARFID guide yet? It's full of useful information about ARFID, as well as the skills and activities which we work through in sessions and how they can be used at home.
Check it out here: https://t.co/HOlh4KNTZf
#ARFID#CaringforCarers
It's #ARFIDAwarenessDay!
Our next workshop theme will be #ARFID in Adults - join us on 8 October and hear from a wide range of professionals and those with lived experience.
Tickets are only £40 for a limited time!
Secure your spot 👇
https://t.co/h0jtY9PQn7
Introducing.... ANCHOR ⚓
Our new support programme.
Anchor is for parents/carers of young people aged 5-17 who have an ARFID diagnosis or are displaying ARFID behaviours. It’s a safe space – somewhere where parents/carers can go to talk about how they’re feeling.
(1/6) In line with Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we asked Sarah, an individual with lived experience, to answer a few questions relating to her experience with ARFID.
Firstly, what's it like to have ARFID?
#EDAW
Great to be @RCPCHtweets 2024 conference today & a joy to rep @BWC_NHS SEDS standing shoulder to shoulder with @thefeedingtrust showcasing our partnership, emerging pathway & sharing with Paediatricians nationwide our developing work with ARFID & Paediatric Feeding Disorder.
"Building organisational culture from the middle out". Having a positive culture predicts high performance. People often think that it is senior leaders who should define/articulate/role model a healthy culture & mid level leaders who should enact/endorse it. However research newly published in @MITsmr shows the critical role mid level leaders play in developing/enriching the culture. It's through exchanges that support work teams to accomplish their tasks & the practice of daily behaviours, in line with values. It's great to see research that spotlights the contribution of middle managers: https://t.co/AXgmMIbjAW. I teamed this article with a graphic by @GapingvoidArt
This is also highly relevant to eating disorders. People are fighting their biology. Poor response to treatment is not the result of a lack of motivation.
We need to fight stigma together.
Why work in the area of eating disorders? 🧵I work in this area because I passionately believe people can recover. Every day, I have the privilege of seeing lives changed and transformed. I work in teams that build hope, who strive to understand and empower those they work with.
Final #EDAW2024 day 4us @BWC_NHS SEDS but we know this is about putting in the work beyond awareness weeks 2keep learning & innovating 2ensure access 2effective treatment 4all. Ending the week with our constant motivation & inspiration-the transformative power of recovery & hope