A Chance To Heal::BodyTalk

BodyTalk: Educating Teens and Tweens in a Body Conscious World: Preventing Eating Disorders

A professional educational opportunity for those who influence 5th-12th grade girls and boys.

The Program

Students are bombarded with negative messages influencing their resilience and self-image. Media forces encourage critical inner voices that predispose students to problems with drugs, alcohol and/or body image. This symposium will empower you to support positive thinking and confront these messages head-on.

Thursday, February 5, 2009
Yarnall Auditorium: Germantown Friends School
31 W. Coulter Street, Philadelphia PA

Panelists include experts in strengthening resilience and self-esteem.

Kimberly Wright Cover, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, a sports nutritionist and eating disorder specialist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Jann Douple, MS, the Dean of Middle School Student Life at Springside School.
Jane Shure, PhD, LCSW, a psychotherapist and national expert on self-esteem and body image.
Moderated by Ken Aldridge, Principal of GFS Middle School and Leigh Filippini, Co-Chair Education Committee of ACTH.

Objectives:

Developing skills for encouraging positive body image
Learning what to say or not to say
Understanding how to promote resilience and self-esteem
Learning to recognize "red flag" behaviors

BodyTalk Committee:

Ken Aldridge
Joanna Berwind Creamer
Leigh Filippini
Harin Fiebish
Judi Goldstein
Cynthia Griffin
Flavia Herzog
Jennifer Miles
Jane Shure
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