All Resources
Books
When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical strategies to help your teen recover from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating
This book will empower you to help your teen using a unique, family-based treatment (FBT) approach. With this guide, you'll learn to respectfully and lovingly oversee your teen's nutritional rehabilitation.
Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorders
This book will help you understand what you need to know about eating disorders, which treatments work, and why it is absolutely essential to play an active role in your teen's recovery.
Kelty's Webinars
Empowering Caregivers with Strategies to Support Children with Symptoms of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
This webinar aims to empower caregivers in supporting children who have symptoms of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). We will discuss what ARFID is and review when eating patterns may fit with ARFID (and the difference between ARFID and other eating disorders).
Eating Disorders in Youth: A Webinar for Parents & Caregivers - Webinar Recording
Webinar recording from the 'Eating Disorders in Youth: A Webinar for Parents & Caregivers' webinar. To see the accompanying presentation slides, click here (July 2021).
PDFs
Screen for Disordered Eating
Issues with food and body image can be overwhelming and confusing. By answering some questions, this screening tool tells you if you’re at risk and if you should speak with a professional.
Disordered Eating and Dieting
Disordered eating sits on a spectrum between normal eating and an eating disorder and may include symptoms and behaviours of eating disorders, but at a lesser frequency or lower level of severity. Disordered eating may include restrictive eating, compulsive eating, or irregular or inflexible eating patterns.
Parents Survive to Thrive Guide
Whether your child has been newly diagnosed with an eating disorder, or has been struggling for some time, this guide can help.
Eating Disorders Meal Support at a Glance
Helping your child recover from an eating disorder can be a difficult process but the tools and strategies outlined can help meal times go more smoothly, reduce anxiety for everyone involved, and make it easier for youth to get the nutrition that they need.
Eating Disorders in Youth- A Webinar for Parents & Caregivers: Powerpoint Slides
Powerpoint slides from the 'Eating Disorders in Youth: A Webinar for Parents & Caregivers' presentation. To see accompanying webinar recording, click here.
Podcasts and Audio
Re-Release (ICYMI) - Eating Disorders: How Parents Can Play an Active Role in Recovery
Support Service
FEAST 30 Days
30 days of guidance, delivered one email at a time.
Caring for someone with an eating disorder comes with a steep learning curve and questions that keep coming. FEAST 30 Days breaks it down — one lesson a day, straight to your inbox, written by people who've been where you are.
One short lesson per day on a different aspect of eating disorders and caregiving
Deeper resources with each lesson when you want to go further
Read at your pace — catch up, skip ahead, or save them all for the weekend
Free, or pay what feels right — your choice when you sign up
Videos
How To Talk To Your Child When ED Has You Walking on Eggshells
In this presentation, Dr. Parks will help us to understand WHY it is difficult communicating through an eating disorder and give specific TOOLS to help you as you navigate towards recovery.
Eating Disorders: Beyond the Myths
The NEDIC team discusses myths, facts and false stereotypes surrounding eating disorders. Call 1-866-NEDIC-20 or visit us on www.nedic.ca for more information!
How to Prevent Eating Disorders in Your Child
Multi-language resource
Check out these resources to learn four ways to help your child have a healthy relationship with food and their body.
Talking About Eating Disorders: Tips for Parents & Caregivers
Multi-language resource
If you are worried that your child may have an eating disorder, it’s important to talk to them. Starting these conversations isn’t always easy, but your presence and willingness to listen without judgement make a huge difference.
Websites
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)
NEDIC is Canada’s source for eating disorder education and support. They guide people to trustworthy information and resources relevant to their situation.
Emotion Coaching for Meal Support: A Brain Hack for Decreasing Resistance
Clinicians have struggled too with trying out different meal-support strategies over the years – from no-pressure-dinner-talk to more coercive techniques in the name of health and healing. In fact, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), and in particular the module on Emotion Coaching, was developed over a decade ago in response to this very dilemma. Turns out that when it comes to meal support, practical suggestions, including setting limits, are equally important as validation and emotional support – but it’s the order of operations that seems to be the most critical (more on that later). Now, therapists, nurses and clinicians worldwide employ these strategies in eating disorder programs across levels of care and teach and empower parents and caregivers to do the same.
Looking Glass BC
Looking Glass Foundation supports individuals affected by eating disorders and disordered eating. Through innovative and accessible programs and services, they provide community members with the support they need, no matter where they are on their recovery journey.
Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders (F.E.A.S.T.)
F.E.A.S.T. walks alongside families as they navigate the challenges of their loved one’s eating disorder. We provide parents and caregivers with transformative peer support, education, empowerment, and community through a multitude of top-notch free programs and services.
Embody BC
Explore common questions and concerns about disordered eating, body image, mental health, self-compassion, and more. EmbodyBC equips parents and professionals with trusted resources to support young people before they develop an eating disorder.
Body Image, Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders
Information on body image, disordered eating and eating disorders for youth and young adults. In this section you will find information, support and resources to help your child develop a better relationship with their body, no matter where they are on their journey.
Nine Truths about Eating Disorders
Nine Truths about Eating Disorders about is based on Dr. Bulik’s 2014 “9 Eating Disorders Myths Busted” talk at the National Institute of Mental Health Alliance for Research Progress meeting.
Understanding Eating Disorders in Adolescence
A website of support for those caring for a child or youth (9-18 years old) with an eating disorder. This website provides educational videos on a variety of topics including treatment options, meal support, practical tips and more.
Kelty Eating Disorders Website
The Kelty Eating Disorders Website has information, a help finder tool, and all of our resources on eating disorders and disordered eating for parents and caregivers, as well as individuals with an eating disorder or disordered eating concern.
