Resources for Parents, Carers, and Friends
SupportWise Courses
SupportWise is designed to educate and support parents, siblings, partners, friends and children that have a loved one with an eating disorder.
SupportWise for Parents of an Adolescent Experiencing Anorexia Nervosa
This course is designed to educate and support parents of an adolescent experiencing anorexia nervosa. It will help you to understand more about what anorexia nervosa is and how to nutritionally rehabilitate your child at home. You will also learn self-care strategies to enable you to best assist your child’s recovery during this challenging time.
SupportWise for Parents of an Adolescent Experiencing Binge Eating Disorder
This course is designed to educate and support parents of an adolescent experiencing binge eating disorder. It will help you see things from your child’s perspective, understand ways to support recovery, and the important role that parents have in this.
SupportWise for Parents of an Adolescent Experiencing Bulimia Nervosa
This course is designed to educate and support parents of an adolescent experiencing bulimia nervosa. It will provide insight into your child’s experience and how you can best support their recovery.
SupportWise for Siblings of an Adolescent Experiencing Anorexia Nervosa
This course is designed to educate and support siblings of an adolescent experiencing an eating disorder. It will provide information about anorexia nervosa, the treatment of eating disorders, and ways to help your sibling to manage their distress.
SupportWise for Parents of an Adult Child Experiencing an Eating Disorder
This course is designed to educate and support parents of an adult child experiencing an eating disorder. It will help you to understand more about what is going on for your child, and how to best assist them during this difficult time.
SupportWise for Partners of an Adult Experiencing an Eating Disorder
This course is designed to educate and support partners of an adult experiencing an eating disorder. It will provide information about eating disorders, the unique role you have in their recovery, and what you can do to support them.
| SupportWise for Adult Children with a Parent Experiencing an Eating Disorder
This course is designed to educate and support adult children with a parent experiencing an eating disorder. It will provide information about what they may be experiencing, maintaining healthy boundaries and practical ways that you can support your parent to recover. |
| SupportWise for Friends of an Adult Experiencing an Eating Disorder
This course is designed to educate and support friends of an adult with experiencing an eating disorder. It will help you understand what it is like to have an eating disorder, the importance of maintaining contact with them, and helpful things you can do support your friend on their recovery journey. |
SupportWise for Siblings of an Adult Experiencing an Eating Disorder
This course is designed to educate and support siblings of an adult with an eating disorder. It will help you to understand what your sibling may be experiencing, the importance of role modelling healthy behaviours, and other ways that you can support their recovery.
SupportWise is designed to educate and support parents, siblings, partners, friends and children that have a loved one with an eating disorder. A number of different courses are available depending on the type of relationship and the eating disorder. By purchasing the SupportWise Series bundle, you have access to all SupportWise series courses. Alternatively you can purchase a single course at a lower rate.
Resource Materials
These resources provide insights, advice, and practical tools to support loved ones experiencing eating disorders.
Signs and Symptoms of Eating Disorders
This is a checklist designed to help identify eating disorders, covering psychological, emotional, behavioural, and physical indicators to assist in recognising warning signs
| Recognising Hunger
Assists individuals in recovery from disordered eating to recognise and understand their unique hunger cues, encompassing psychological and physiological signs, while offering tools like a Satiety Ruler and Intuitive Eating Diary for support |
Outlines a weekly meal plan, detailing breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper for each
| Enhancing Motivation
Details the “stages of change” model for motivation and provides strategies like empathy, discrepancy development, resistance handling, and self-efficacy support to enhance motivation and facilitate behavior change |
Uses techniques like echoing, reflecting feelings, reframing, summarising, and purposeful questioning to build rapport and empathy by truly understanding others
10 Things Not to Say to Someone with an Eating Disorder
Highlights 10 inappropriate statements to avoid when talking to individuals with eating disorders, explaining their harmful effects and advocating for sensitivity and empathy in conversations
Letter to Tell Friends Where to Access Information (detailed)
This is a letter addressing the parenting challenges of children with eating disorders, explaining the disorders, recovery requirements, and suggesting ways for friends and family to provide support
| Charter of Peer Support
Provides guidance for supporting loved ones with issues in eating and body shame by promoting healthy relationships with food, positive discussions, size diversity acceptance, trusting internal cues, and adopting healthy lifestyle habits. |
| Letter to Tell Friends and Family Where to Access Information (brief)
Aids in expressing gratitude and awareness about the experiences of a child with eating disorder, acknowledging family challenges in support, and providing resources for further information |
| Calm Parenting
Offers quick tips for achieving calm parenting by identifying triggers, preplanning, using calming techniques, and prioritising thoughtful responses over emotional reactions |