Leah Graves is the Vice President of Nutrition and Culinary Services of Accanto Health, the parent company of the newly merged Veritas Collaborative and The Emily Program. Leah has been treating patients with eating disorders for over 30 years. Prior to joining Veritas, Leah was the Manager of Eating Disorders Nutrition Therapy for the Laureate Eating Disorders Program in Tulsa, OK. She graduated with the highest distinction from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1985 and then began her work with individuals with eating disorders.
Leah is a founding member of the Academy for Eating Disorders where she has served on the Academy’s Executive Team, Board of Directors and Chaired the North American Teaching Days for the International Conference on Eating Disorders in addition to serving the Academy on the Nominating, Fellowship Selection, and Membership Recruitment and Retention Committees. She has also been honored with the distinction of Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders.
Leah has been involved in eating disorders advocacy with the National Eating Disorders Association as a member of the Conference Planning Committee and with the Oklahoma Eating Disorders Association where she served as President and Governance Committee Chair. She currently serves on the Clinical Advisory Board for Rock Recovery.
Leah has been invited faculty at many eating disorders conferences including the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Hispano-Latin American Congress on Eating Disorders, International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Symposium, Renfrew Foundation Conference, Multi-service Eating Disorders Association Conference, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference, as well as numerous regional and local conferences. Leah has written several publications pertaining to nutrition and eating disorders and is highly respected within the eating disorders field for her expertise in medical nutrition therapy, nutrition counseling, clinical supervision, and research.
Recovery in All Shapes and Sizes: Using Health at Every Size® Principles to inform Eating Disorders Care
Eating disorders occur in people living in all body types. Specialty eating disorders care that is provided using a weight-inclusive paradigm offers clients a path to recovery that is respectful and affirming. This workshop is designed to orient the participant to the foundational principles of weight-inclusive care across a variety of eating disorder diagnoses. Participants will have an opportunity to learn how weight-bias impacts client care and develop strategies for use in varying levels of care. Specific discussion on assessing nutrition state and determining treatment targets in clie...Read morents with OSFED-Atypical Anorexia Nervosa will be presented.
Accanto Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Accanto Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program provides 2.0 continuing education credits.
This activity has been submitted for approval by the Commission on Dietetic Registration #171168
Accanto Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP no. 7166. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. Accanto Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
You are responsible for your individual requirements as stipulated by your licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal.
Please reach out to outreach@accanto.com with questions. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify at least one tool for assessing personal weight bias
- List the basic principles of weight inclusive care informed by the Health at Every Size® (HAES) paradigm
- Apply guidelines for setting treatment targets for clients who are weight suppressed and living in larger bodies
- Conceptualize at least to ways to apply principles of the HAES® paradigm to inform your practice
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM CDT - 11:00 AM CDT
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EARN 2 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Leah Graves RDN, LDN, CEDRD-S, FAED
Vice President, Nutrition and Culinary Services
CE Information - Earn 2 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
Commission on Dietetic Registration
This activity has been submitted for approval by the Commission on Dietetic Registration #171168
American Psychological Association
Accanto Health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Accanto Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
National Board for Certified Counselors
Accanto Health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP no.7166. Programs that do not qualify are clearly identified. Accanto Health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
CE Process Info
Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) to earn CE credits.
Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.
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