In Schools
Self-acceptance and Body Confidence for students, parents, teachers and schools.
- Want to help students enjoy their natural body shape and size and resist buying into narrow beauty ideals?
- Not sure what to say, if anything, to someone you think might be suffering from a body image, eating or weight problem?
- Want to create a school culture that respects people of all shapes, sizes and physical appearance, while also promoting healthy weight?
- Like to support parents in raising children with a healthy self-image?
Professional Development for Teachers
Young people today are increasingly affected by society’s pre-occupation with the so-called “perfect” body. This generates many challenging situations that schools and teachers have to deal with, ranging from teasing to eating disorders or avoiding physical education. How should schools respond and what can be done to prevent such issues?Tailor-Made Training
Thea designs interactive workshops to meet the needs of individual schools, and can cover a range of issues including:
- Updates on the latest research on body image dissatisfaction: who’s affected, what are the consequences with regards to quality of life and what do we know about the success of school interventions.
- Practical activities for promoting positive body image among young people, suitable for the classroom.
- What to say ( or not to say) when you are concerned that a student might be suffering from more serious body image, weight or eating problems.
- An opportunity to reflect on how our own personal experiences and attitudes might impact on our professional practice.
- Frameworks for adopting a whole school approach to addressing body image issues and preventing eating disorders.
A Sensitive Approach to Obesity Prevention in Children
- protecting body image and self esteem
This one day training package, originally designed to be part of a large-scale trial of a sustainable school-community child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention in Victoria, is designed to:- Raise awareness of the links between body image and physical, mental and social health (including eating behaviour, physical activity and self esteem) and so demonstrate why a positive body image is an integral part of both healthy weight management and eating disorder prevention.
- Provide health and education workers with practical suggestions for protecting children against being stigmatized during obesity prevention initiatives.
- Provide an integrated framework for adopting a health –centred rather than a weight – centred approach to obesity and eating disorder prevention.