February 2025 Newsletter

• Message from the Chair
• Practical measures schools take to support pupils with an eating disorder
• Returning to School After Eating Disorder Treatment: Helping Children & Teens Adjust
• A resource for individuals and their whānau in eating disorder recovery considering a move to University Halls
• 'I didn't want to get out of bed' - West Ham's Gorry
• Upcoming EDANZ support meetings

Just like that, the New Year and holiday period is over and it is the start of another new school year. We have a few articles this month on the subject of schooling – when/if to return after an eating disorder has forced an absence, how the school could support a young person experiencing difficulty eating and a link to an interview by a clinic here in New Zealand about moving to University Halls. 

Life is not all about school and our last article although a little off-topic still highlights an interesting read: Developing an eating disorder as an adult in a leadership position. 

As always, our helpline is open for calls, our knowledgeable and experienced volunteers are ready to support caregivers through any stage of their journey.

Ngā manaakitanga
Megan

Practical measures schools take to support pupils with an eating disorder

Our first article is aimed at schools and offers great insight into the challenges people recovering from disordered eating may face. Parents and caregivers may find it useful to send through to their young person's school as it offers ideas for what measures schools can put in place and do to help.

Returning to School After Eating Disorder Treatment: Helping Children & Teens Adjust

Our next article highlights a range of questions parents might have with regard to their child returning to school e.g. ‘Is the child ready to return to school?’ ‘Who will support them in school? Who will oversee the child’s nutrition?’ Whilst it is an American article, it might have some ideas that will help parents decide what is best for their child.

Moving to University Halls – Perspectives from a NZEDC Client and Parent

A resource for individuals and their whānau in eating disorder recovery considering a move to University Halls

Back to Aotearoa New Zealand with this insightful interview on the New Zealand Eating Disorder Clinic’s website.

'I didn't want to get out of bed' - West Ham's Gorry

And lastly, a BBC article / video offers an understanding into living with an eating disorder while in a leadership position as an adult. 

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Upcoming support group meetings

EDANZ believes parents/carers have unique abilities to support one another and we hold regular meetings to which you are warmly invited. Currently, we're joining together around the country once a month thanks to videoconferencing technology. 

If you would like to participate in a virtual support group, please RSVP to info@ed.org.nz and we'll send you the link.

Upcoming meetings:

• Wednesday, 5th March at 8pm-9pm
• Wednesday, 2nd April at 8pm
  
• Wednesday, 7 May at 8pm