Body Positivity for Children in Care - Live Virtual (02/08/2025)
Includes a Live Web Event on 02/08/2025 at 10:00 AM (MST)
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- Foster Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- CASA - $25
- County/CPA Worker - $25
- Former FP/Adoptive Parent/Not currently fostering - $20
- Foster Source Staff - Free!
- Teacher - $25
- Speaker - Free!
- Foster Parent (Outside Colorado) - $20
- Certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - $20
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Colorado) - Free!
- Non-certified Kin Parent (Outside Colorado) - $20
- New Mexico Misc. - $25
- Foster Parent (New Mexico) - $25
In this session, we will discuss the importance of promoting body acceptance among youth. We will begin by discussing embodied norms and fatphobia, review the risks and warning signs of disordered eating, learn about alternatives to weight loss to promote health, and end with some guidance and resources to encourage body positivity among the young folks in your lives.
Hours earned: 2.0
Sarah Sullivan (Moderator)
Sarah Sullivan (she/they) is an educator and doctoral student at the University of Denver. Her educational seminars cover topics of weight stigma, body image, embodied discrimination, and weight-inclusive care. Her doctoral research concerns how health is defined within the current social and political American landscape and the consequential exclusions (based on ability status, body size, citizenship status, class, gender, race, sex, etc.) that are built into its construction.
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