19th National MEDA Conference
May 1-3, 2014
Sheraton Needham Hotel
The 19th National MEDA Conference Clarity and Complexity: The Many Facets of Eating Disorders Treatment The 2014 MEDA Conference will spark a cross-discipline conversation on eating disorders and body image. Presentations will provide unique and dynamic perspectives to better understand the current research and concrete skills necessary to treat these disorders.
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May 1-3, 2014
Sheraton Needham Hotel
100 Cabot Street
Needham, MA 02494
The 19th National MEDA Conference Clarity and Complexity: The Many Facets of Eating Disorders Treatment The 2014 MEDA Conference will spark a cross-discipline conversation on eating disorders and body image. Presentations will provide unique and dynamic perspectives to better understand the current research and concrete skills necessary to treat these disorders.
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MEDA Conference Participants will:
- Learn concrete skills that can be translated into outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Understand in greater depth the medical, psychological and behavioral toll eating disorders have on clients and families across age, gender and ethnicity. disorders.
- Manage care of eating disorder clients through unique and creative treatment modalities and learn how to provider better, and more appropriate care, through managing personal stress and gaining a greater understanding of personal biases.
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PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to register for Thursday's intensive plus Friday OR Saturday (not the full conference), please first select the Friday OR Saturday only option in the registration form. Once you have selected one of these days, you will be given the option to register for Thursday before concluding the registration process.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Thursday, May 1, 2014
12:30‐1:00PM Registration
1:00‐4:00PM The Medical Complications of Severe Restricting and Purging: Best Practices for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Utilization of Medical Knowledge to Motivate the Client
Friday, May, 2, 2014
8:00‐8:30AM Registration
8:30‐9:00AM Welcome
9:00‐10:45AM Binge Eating Disorder: The Battle, The Bias and the Hope for Better Treatment
10:45‐11:00AM Break
11:00AM‐12:30PM
1.A. ‐ Implementation of Intuitive Eating Practices in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
1.B. ‐ The Puzzle of Why: Helping Patients and Families Connect Causes, Treatment and the Recovery Process
1.C. ‐ Health for Every Body: Making Peace with Our Bodies & Our Food
12:30‐1:30PM Lunch
1:30‐3:00PM
2.A. ‐ Self‐Compassion: Working with Body Image, Disconnection, and Shame
2.B. ‐ Eating for 2? Disordered Eating and Body Image During the Transition to Motherhood
2.C. ‐ Drunkorexia and Drunkobulimia‐ Eating Disorder and Substance Use Disorders Occur Together
3:00‐3:15PM Break
3:15‐4:45PM
3.A. Stories of Survival: Jewish Culture, Eating Disorders and Children of the Holocaust
3.B. Inspire an Even Better Clinician in Yourself‐Practical Skills from a Spiritual Lens
3.C. Tweens with Eating Disorders: Caught in the Developmental Crossfire
4:45‐5:00PM CEU Distribution
Saturday, May, 3, 2014
8:00‐8:30AM Registration
8:30‐9:00AM Opening Remarks
9:00‐10:15AM How to Win the Insurance Authorization Game
10:15‐10:30AM Break
10:30‐11:45AM From the Science to the Session
11:45AM‐12:45PM Lunch
12:45‐2:00PM The State of the Field: A 35 Year Reflection on Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders
2:00‐2:15PM Break
2:15‐3:30PM Collaboration in Crisis: Multidisciplinary Decision Making During Medical/Mental Health Emergencies
3:30‐3:45PM Break
3:45‐5:00PM Bringing Clarity to Complexity: A Treatment Model of Attachment in Eating Disorders
5:00PM CEU Distribution
Thursday, May 1, 2014
12:30‐1:00PM Registration
1:00‐4:00PM The Medical Complications of Severe Restricting and Purging: Best Practices for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Utilization of Medical Knowledge to Motivate the Client
Friday, May, 2, 2014
8:00‐8:30AM Registration
8:30‐9:00AM Welcome
9:00‐10:45AM Binge Eating Disorder: The Battle, The Bias and the Hope for Better Treatment
10:45‐11:00AM Break
11:00AM‐12:30PM
1.A. ‐ Implementation of Intuitive Eating Practices in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
1.B. ‐ The Puzzle of Why: Helping Patients and Families Connect Causes, Treatment and the Recovery Process
1.C. ‐ Health for Every Body: Making Peace with Our Bodies & Our Food
12:30‐1:30PM Lunch
1:30‐3:00PM
2.A. ‐ Self‐Compassion: Working with Body Image, Disconnection, and Shame
2.B. ‐ Eating for 2? Disordered Eating and Body Image During the Transition to Motherhood
2.C. ‐ Drunkorexia and Drunkobulimia‐ Eating Disorder and Substance Use Disorders Occur Together
3:00‐3:15PM Break
3:15‐4:45PM
3.A. Stories of Survival: Jewish Culture, Eating Disorders and Children of the Holocaust
3.B. Inspire an Even Better Clinician in Yourself‐Practical Skills from a Spiritual Lens
3.C. Tweens with Eating Disorders: Caught in the Developmental Crossfire
4:45‐5:00PM CEU Distribution
Saturday, May, 3, 2014
8:00‐8:30AM Registration
8:30‐9:00AM Opening Remarks
9:00‐10:15AM How to Win the Insurance Authorization Game
10:15‐10:30AM Break
10:30‐11:45AM From the Science to the Session
11:45AM‐12:45PM Lunch
12:45‐2:00PM The State of the Field: A 35 Year Reflection on Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders
2:00‐2:15PM Break
2:15‐3:30PM Collaboration in Crisis: Multidisciplinary Decision Making During Medical/Mental Health Emergencies
3:30‐3:45PM Break
3:45‐5:00PM Bringing Clarity to Complexity: A Treatment Model of Attachment in Eating Disorders
5:00PM CEU Distribution
