Meal Support in Action: Building Skills for Eating Disorder Care

Join us for a practical workshop designed to build your confidence and improve your approach when delivering meal support and supervision in eating disorder recovery.This session will equip you with the latest research, hands-on skills, and expert guidance to enhance your practice and provide the highest level of care to your clients.

Who This Is For:

This workshop is designed specifically for nutrition health professionals who are committed to expanding their expertise in meal support and supervision.

What you'll learn:

Understand Current Research: Participants will be able to summarise the latest research on meal support and meal supervision in eating disorder treatment, including evidence-based practices and their impact on client recovery.

Identifying Stages of Meal Support:Participants will identify and differentiate between the different stages of meal support, supervision and understand how eating behaviours and beliefs can impact effective meal support .

Developing Key Meal Support Skills:

Participants will develop and demonstrate essential skills for providing effective meal support and supervision, focusing on pre-meal preparation, in-meal guidance, and post-meal processing, including active listening, non-judgmental communication and emotional management

Building Confidence in Meal Support:Participants will enhance their confidence in delivering meal support by engaging in role-play scenarios that cover supportive strategies before, during, and after meals, with opportunities for feedback and refinement.

Implementing Comprehensive Meal Support Strategies:Participants will gain knowledge on how to individualised meal support supervision strategies that incorporate pre-meal, in-meal, and post-meal approaches, drawing on current research, skill development, and peer feedback from the workshop.

What's Included:

Expert-Led Workshop Sessions: Learn from leading nutrition experts to elevate your professional skills and knowledge.

Meal Support Toolkit: Receive practical worksheets designed to help clients assess their meal support needs.

Lived Experience Q&A: Engage in a unique Q&A session with someone who have firsthand experience, providing deeper insights into effective meal support strategies and approaches for diverse situations. * Please note this is subject the place where our expert by experience is in their recovery journey *

Your Team:

Talia Cecchele - Your Facilitator:Talia Cecchele is a Registered Dietitian and Founder of Talia Cecchele Nutrition (TCN). She hasworked across the spectrum of eating disorder services from outpatient through to inpatient settings in both the private and public sectors in the UK and Australia. For the last seven years, Talia has provided both in-person and online meal support for clients at different stages of recovery in 1:1 and group formats and has facilitated supervision and training for other professionals within the services that she has worked.

Why attend?

Build Specialised Skills in Meal Support and Supervision

- Develop advanced skills for providing effective meal support and supervision in eating disorder recovery, including pre-meal preparation, in-meal guidance, and post-meal processing. Walk away with practical techniques you can immediately implement to enhance client care.

Enhance Client-Centered Care

- Learn how to deliver individualised meal support plans tailored to each client’s needs, ensuring a more personalised and effective approach to recovery. Take home actionable strategies that you can integrate into your practice right away.

Network with Like-Minded Professionals

- Connect with fellow dietitians and healthcare professionals who specialise in eating disorder support. Share experiences, insights, and strategies, and build a supportive network for ongoing learning and professional growth.

Feedback from Previous Sessions:'Thank you for sharing the valuable information and supporting us to provide the best care.'

'Helped me to build my confidence and competence in pre-meal preparation, in-meal guidance, and post-meal processing, emphasizing active listening and emotional management.

'I am able to support service users with meals with a better understanding.'

'More confident and comfortable with providing support at meals'

'I feel much more confident in my communication skills with ED clients around meal support.'

'I have been planning to offer meal support as a separate service, and this workshop has given me the confidence to move forward with it. I now feel well-equipped to implement this in my practice.'

'I got some great ideas about post meal reflection, which I am planning to implement on my practice, too.'

'It was great that a person with lived experience was involved in the training, it was really useful to hear her perspective on meal support. . . . I would definitely recommend it to colleagues!'

‘I really enjoyed the diversity in how the training was delivered. Very engaging and having an expert by experience was the ' cherry on the cake'

Don’t miss this essential opportunity to elevate your practice with the latest knowledge, practical tools, and specialist skills in meal support for eating disorder recovery. This workshop is designed to give you the confidence and competence to provide truly effective, client-centered care. Spaces are limited, so secure your spot now to ensure you stay at the forefront of your field and deliver the best possible support to your clients.

Extra information:

Please note this session will not be recorded.

If you're not a nutritional professional but are a health professional and would like to join us, you are more than welcome. We do not advise that non health professionals attend any of our events as we cannot look after your emotional, physical and psychological safety and our sessions are not for clinical advice. This session is not for carers of a loved one with an Eating Disorder. Please consult your health professional for further support.

Got any questions? Email the team at: hello@saraheldernutrition.co.uk