This toolkit is not a clinical tool or a replacement for online support for eating disorders/distress recovery.
It is here if you need extra help getting the most out of your online time.
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toolkit
Helping to create a better experience during online eating disorder and eating distress support
Welcome to ConnectED on the Journey, a toolkit with resources to improve the online support experience for eating disorders/distress. In three sections we provide content for those who already receive online support or wish to start, their friends and family, and service providers and researchers. If you are interested in learning more and looking for a place to start – this toolkit is for you!
Watch our launch event video to find out more about the toolkit and it’s development:
What are the sections of the toolkit?
section 1
People with lived experience
Who is this section for?
If you are looking for advice for getting the most out of your online support before, during and after an online appointment or session, then this section is for you.
section 2
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Who is this section for?
Do you care about someone receiving or looking for online support for eating disorders/distress? Want to be there for them through their online journey? You can find useful pointers within this section.
section 3
Service providers and researchers
Who is this section for?
Are you providing, or looking to provide, online support for eating disorders/distress?
Are you a professional looking to better understand what people want from online support?
What’s the goal of
the toolkit?
ConnectED on the Journey toolkit is designed to help you get the best out of the online experience for eating disorders/distress. It’s designed with the support of users and providers and guided by their first hand experiences. ConnectedED is about enhancing support, including getting set for an online session, troubleshooting, and post-session self-care.
Testimonies of online support users
“To make it clear that it [online support] is for everyone who feels they might struggle.”
“It’s a lot more accessible. It [online appointment] takes a lot less out of the day and you’re not travelling and hanging about.”
“My local ED service had ‘live’ [online support sessions] most days where they would offer general support, meal ideas, chats about ED symptoms, psychoeducation, and stuff. These sessions can then be watched back any time, so they were there when I felt I needed motivation and support.”
What is rhed-c?
Remote Healthcare for Eating Disorders throughout COVID-19
RHED-C is dedicated to understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the treatment of Eating Disorders (EDs). We work with partners and experts with lived experience to explore why EDs got worse during COVID-19; the benefits and challenges of online treatment; co-designing future support.
project partners
A research-intensive university that unlocks potential for all, changing lives regionally, nationally and internationally. Times Higher Education named Northumbria the UK University of the Year 2022. Pursuing new thinking, forging new partnerships, creating & exchanging new knowledge.
Independently funds promising new research in areas of great clinical need but where there is low investment, creating the conditions required to take the improvement of human health to new and exciting frontiers.
ConnectED On The Journey Toolkit is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
and supported by the Medical Research Foundation under grant MRF-058-0016-F-BRAN-C0868.