Eating Disorder Education

EDRD Pro Foundations Course

A comprehensive introductory level training to treating eating disorders for dietitians worth 7.5 CE Credits approved by CDR.

Registration for this core skills “Eating Disorders 101” course includes access to the self-paced learning modules at the EDRD Pro Teachable School and a 30+ page resource book to download.

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Join us for the foundational course designed for dietitians to understand eating disorders and enhance their clinical skills comprehensively.

Available through March 2026.

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Are you watching your clients struggle against eating disorders yet feel unable to provide the transformative support they truly need?

This course equips you to know various eating disorders and levels of severity, how to assess for eating disorders, nutrition and care management, treatment interventions, and how to approach recovery.

By completing this course, you won’t just be a professional in your field but a beacon of hope for those battling eating disorders.

  • 100% online with self-paced video modules
  • 7.5 CE credits for RDs approved by CDR
  • 30+ page supplementary resource guide
  • Everything you need to know to get started with the foundations of eating disorder care

What you’ll learn

When you complete this program, this is what you can expect to achieve

What every dietitian needs to know about eating disorders

You will leave with a strong foundation and critical knowledge that will address your initial professional challenges with confidence.

Comprehensive view of assessment, screening, and diagnostics in eating disorders

Gain insights into the most effective ways to identify and assess eating disorders.

Setting up effective treatment strategies in a clinical setting

Learn how to establish and implement treatment plans tailored to your clients’ needs.

Dietetic and psychological interventions for clients with eating disorders

Acquire skills in integrated dietetic and psychological care tailored for eating disorder patients within the RD scope.

Supporting skills & addressing myths in eating disorder treatment

Enhance your supportive skills while effectively addressing and debunking common myths associated with eating disorders.

Navigate Ethical Considerations in Eating Disorder Management

Enhance your understanding of ethical dilemmas specific to eating disorder treatment, and learn to navigate these challenges effectively to ensure ethical and professional care.

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EDRD Pro Foundations is a course designed for professionals seeking to deepen their understanding and enhance their skills in the field of eating disorder recovery.

While this training does speak directly to the role of the RD, all providers are welcome to enroll. Whether you’re a dietitian, therapist, or healthcare provider, this course offers a rich exploration of eating disorders, diet culture, and the path to healing.

What you’ll learn

  • In-depth understanding of various eating disorders and their impacts
  • Cutting-edge strategies for effective communication and treatment
  • Insights into the intersection of diet culture and eating disorders
  • Tools to foster resilience and recovery in clients
  • Techniques to challenge and change harmful societal norms around food and body image
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What Students Are Saying

WOW! I am beyond impressed!

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WOW! I didn’t know what to expect from the Foundations Series but I am beyond impressed with the thorough information and feel more confident moving into the ED space. I’m actually sad that the series is over but the website has so many resources for me to dive into that I’ll be utilizing them as much as possible.

So grateful to be a part of this supportive network and finding the EDRDPro community!
Jennifer Hnat, RDN
Nutrition Atlanta

You will learn so much from Amie’s expertise

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This course contains a lot of useful information! Whether you are new in the field of eating disorders or if you have been working with ED clients already –  you will learn so much from Amie’s expertise.  I highly recommend this course! 
Maria Soledad de la Torre, MSC
Dietitian

Ten out of ten recommend it!

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As a dietitian with very little formal training in eating disorders (I know I’m sadly not alone here) who has turned away countless clients looking for that specific help and muddled through working with those on the ED spectrum without a formal diagnosis, taking this course was exactly as it is titled: Foundational.

While I am now aware of just how much more I have to learn, I also feel confident that I can begin working with those with EDs while I continue to pursue additional training and supervision.

On top of the high level overview provided, the course presenter Amy Guice, provides a ton of immediately applicable tips about how to communicate with, hold space for and guide our ED patients during their recovery. Ten out of ten recommend!
Laura Geraty, MS, RD, LDN
What We Eat, LLC

I highly recommend this web series. 

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The “Foundations: A Comprehensive Introduction to Eating Disorders” webinar series was extremely informative. I found the information to be organized in a way that provides an optimal learning experience to RDs who may be new to this complicated subject. It also serves as a great refresher for dietitians that regularly work with this demographic and subject matter.

The presenter, Amie Guice, was extremely knowledgeable and presented the information in a clear and concise manner. You also could tell that she has a passion for this subject matter and a compassion for patients that struggle with the wide array of EDs. The material was presented with a weight inclusive focus, which I really appreciated. The accompanying educational packet and resource recommendations will be very helpful going forward in studying this subject. I would highly recommend this web series. 
 Anissa Bourgeacq, RDN
Owner of Focus Dietetics
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Your Instructor

Amie Guice

Amie is a dietitian and eating disorders specialist in Birmingham, Alabama. She has worked in the eating disorders field for 10 years at various levels of care, and she is currently working in private practice as the owner of Guice Nutrition Consulting.

She has previously held positions as the lead dietitian at an eating disorder treatment center and as the lead dietitian for an eating disorder treatment team at a large university.

Amie is commonly featured as a guest speaker in undergraduate and graduate nutrition courses, and she is frequently consulted by other dietitians working in and outside of the eating disorders space.

Her passion for helping dietitians and nutrition students learn to navigate the worlds of eating disorder treatment and weight-inclusive care has led to her shifting the focus of her business to providing eating disorders awareness and education to dietitians and nutrition students through lectures, workshops, and trainings as well as one-on-one mentoring and case consultation.

Topics covered in this 5-part course

PART 1:

Eating Disorder Diagnoses & Intro to the Recovery Journey

Learn about the diagnostic details of the 8 formal eating disorder diagnoses and 4 unofficial diagnoses (orthorexia, diabulimia, bigorexia, drunkorexia)

Understand the complexity of each individual person’s experience of their eating disorder and the impact of trauma, genetics, environment, underlying unmet needs, coping strategies, etc.

A review of common severe and/or life-threatening symptoms and conditions that can result from an eating disorder

Understand and learn how to identify the various points along the spectrum of disordered eating and differentiate disordered eating from eating disorders.

Grow your capabilities around guiding clients to identify goals for recovery on their own terms, how to measure both physical and mental markers of recovery, and the usefulness and limitations of existing research.

PART 2:

Levels of Care & the Role of the RDN / Nutritionist

Descriptions of various treatment settings: inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient;  length of stay, stepping-up and stepping-down in levels of care.

What are key responsibilities and differences in the role of the RDN at various level of care settings.

Overview of facilitating groups, types of groups, and various objectives for running nutrition groups.

How to determine the most appropriate level of care for your patient, making referrals and treatment center recommendations, and the RD role in stepping a patient up to a higher level of care. Also what to do if your patient is unwilling or unable to access higher level of care.

PART 3:

The Initial Nutrition Assessment

Considerations for how to create a sense of safety and a foundation for a trusting relationship by understanding who your client is and why they are seeking support.

Learn how an eating disorder assessment varies from a standard nutrition assessment and the depth and breadth of what you need to cover and document

Know what screening tools exist and when/where they may be useful.

Various practices and viewpoints on addressing baseline weight and weight monitoring. Differences in working with adults versus younger patients.

How and when to consult with other treatment team members, who is part of a treatment team, including requesting documents and common mental health co-occurring conditions to know about.

PART 4:

The Treatment Pathway & Nutrition Counseling for Eating Disorders

Learn how meal planning and building a nutrition plan in ED treatment often varies significantly from “standard” nutrition prescriptions and approaches. A look at common GI considerations, very high calorie needs, tips for increasing meal density, pacing of increasing or decreasing calories, tracking intake and more.

Throughout your time with a client you will learn to consistently revisit goals, behaviors, patterns and fears that are involved in their eating disorder. We will cover behaviors to address and ways to approach in session.

Overview of what “weight restoration” means and who it applies to, adjusting nutrition needs and recommendations, hypermetabolism, and more.

We will cover examples of common behaviors you will address and discuss in ED nutrition counseling sessions. Also learn about common “triggers” that can activate or increase a client’s desire to use behaviors.

PART 5:

Patient-Centered Care & Where to Go from Here

What is patient-centered care, and why is it so important in eating disorder treatment? We will provide an overview to various commonly used therapeutic modalities.

Understand important considerations you can bring in to your work to support clients around ongoing or a history of trauma, marginalization, heath care and weight-related trauma and experiences of stigma.

Understand how racial, class, size and other forms of discrimination play a role in eating disorder diagnosis, delay of treatment, challenges for recovery and overall experiences for our clients.


What makes this work so fulfilling and challenging and where you can go from here in your career pathway.

Your Investment

Please see the pricing options below for signing up for the Foundations Course.

Non-Member Price
$299

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All materials will be accessible until March 2026.

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$99
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