Navigating Conversations About Body Image With Your Teen - Creating a Family Adoption and Foster Care Education

Self-Paced TrainingInternationalFree Courses
Written By Tanya Camp

In this course we will cover body image and weight for today's teens.

The instructor will be Dr. Charlotte Markey, a professor of psychology and chair of the Health Sciences Department at Rutgers University, and a research scientist who has published over 100 scholarly articles and chapters about mental health issues. She has been conducting research on eating behavior and body image for over 25 years. Dr. Markey is the author of The Body Image Book for Girls, Being You: The Body Image Book for Boys, and most recently, Adultish: The Body Image Book for Life.

This course covers the following learning objectives:

  • Identify 3 risk factors for teens that may develop an eating disorder.

  • Explain how different genders struggle with body image.

  • List 3 protective factors parents can add to a child's life that they see struggling with body image.

  • Understand the impact of social media and mainstream media on body image and identity development.

To register: Creating a Family - NCBIWYT

Tanya Camp

I am a graphic designer and website developer with 24+ years of professional experience. My background is in visual communication design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a diploma in New Media Design from the University of Alberta. My focus includes print design, identity systems, marketing design, user experience, usability, and website design. I enjoy collaborating and developing custom-fit solutions, focusing on highly usable yet visually beautiful deliverables.

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