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EDPA’s are trained to provide advice, information, referrals and support to
their fellow students with eating disorders or disordered eating. As an EDPA,
your name and a brief bio. will be placed on blitz bulletin, under “Eating
Disorders Peer Advisors.”
Some of your responsibilities are as follows:
- Provide support to students or their friends around eating disorder
issues
- Learn about medical, psychological, nutritional, and social issues
associated with eating disorders
- Explain how to get help on and off campus
- Be available during campus-wide education events like Eating Disorder
Awareness Week
- Attend at least one continuing education session during each term you are
an active EDPA
- Contact the EDPA blitz account or the advisor after leave terms, advising
of your EDPA status (active or non-active).
You are not a professional. You are expected to make
referrals in crisis situations. During Health Service hours, call the
Counseling & Human Development office to assist the student
in making an appointment with a counselor or nutritionist. After hours or
on weekends, call Safety & Security to reach the Counselor on
Call.
You are expected to fill out Reporting Forms (or blitz reporting information
to the advisor) to document contacts you have made as an EDPA. You do not have
to give the student’s name. However, remember that you are not
bound by professional confidentiality and can give professionals at Health
Services the names of students you are concerned about. If you believe
that a student is suicidal, you must contact the Counselor on Call or the
EDPA Advisor immediately.
It is understandable that there are sometimes circumstances that would
require a student to take a break from being and EDPA, whether those issues are
academic or personal. If you at any time feel that you should take a leave of
absence from the EDPA program, please contact the Advisor as soon as
possible.
Interested? Complete the online application!
All applications are due June 11, 2007.
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