Meal Planning in Eating Disorder Treatment: An Adaptive Approach for Dietitians

EDRD Pro brings you this must-take course for dietitians who want to effectively support clients in eating disorder recovery with personalized, evolving meal plans that foster long-term healing and success.

15 CE Credits Pending for RDNs through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)™

Begins March 21st, 2025! Early Bird Registration opens February 3rd, 2025.

Led by internationally-recognized dietitian Shane Jeffery, this 10-module, self-paced course leans on one of the most utilized models in eating disorder nutrition care: RAVES™

RAVES™ is an evidence-informed framework for developing positive food relationships that combines science and personal values. Raves supports a wide variety of meal planning approaches by addressing eating structure, adequacy, variety, eating socially, and flexibility.

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Save $50 with early bird registration from February 3rd–16th.

15 CE Credits Pending for RDNs

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There isn’t one “right” way to create a meal plan. An adaptive approach is key.

You, the dietitian, are the most essential piece of how a meal plan is designed for your client or patient based on what they need, over time, as they heal. This is why our course is specifically set up to teach you about an adaptive approach.

Build Proficiency, knowledge, and confidence. No more second-guessing your way through meal planning for a nutrition care plan. 

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Enrollment includes: instructional videos, handouts, supportive materials. You will have access to the self-paced course for up to 3 years.

Key takeaways will include:

  • Learn about the spectrum of diverse meal planning approaches often utilized in eating disorder treatment 
  • Understand how to balance structure and flexibility in meal plans for clients at different recovery stages.
  • Address unique challenges like cultural preferences, physical ability, and food security
  • Learn strategies to transition clients from structured meal plans to intuitive eating.
  • Build skills in counseling and motivational interviewing to enhance client engagement.
  • Incorporate evidence-based approaches for monitoring and adapting meal plans over time.
  • Understand how to thoughtfully and appropriately address the needs of meal planning for vegan clients

Course Outline:

  • Why Meal Planning Matters: Understand the role of meal planning in nutritional rehabilitation, weight restoration, and fostering healthy food relationships.
  • Stages of Meal Planning: Explore each phase from planning to post-meal engagement and their significance in treatment.
  • Spectrum of Choices: Learn how meal planning evolves from prescriptive methods to intuitive approaches, accommodating diverse client needs.
  • Introduction to Approaches: Gain a preview of key methods such as RAVES™, Plate by Plate Model®, and intuitive eating.
  • Evidence-Based Framework: Learn the five principles—Regularity, Adequacy, Variety, Eating Socially, Spontaneity—and how they guide recovery.
  • Practical Application: Discover strategies for implementing RAVES™ in clinical practice to support clients in building sustainable eating habits.
  • Diverse Approaches: Deep dive into nine meal planning methods, from prescriptive calorie tracking to intuitive eating.
  • Client-Centric Matching: Learn how to select and adapt approaches based on individual client needs, preferences, and recovery stages.
  • Behavior Change Tools: Explore motivational interviewing, ACT principles, and narrative therapy for effective counseling.
  • Managing Discomfort: Address common emotional responses like anxiety and fear when introducing meal plans.
  • Collaborative Approaches: Learn to balance directive and collaborative strategies in meal planning.
  • Culturally Sensitive Care: Recognize the impact of cultural beliefs, practices, and preferences on meal planning
  • Learn to create meal plans that respect and incorporate diverse food traditions
  • Develop culturally-iInformed assessment skills
  • Adapt the RAVES Model to diverse cultural contexts
  • Financial and Access Challenges: Understand how to navigate financial constraints and limited food access in planning.
  • Practical Solutions: Equip clients with tools for affordable, accessible meal preparation.
  • Discuss how food insecurity can exacerbate disordered eating behaviors.
  • Explain the psychological and physiological impacts of inconsistent access to food.
  • Address stigma and barriers (e.g., shame, lack of resources, systemic inequities).
  • Inclusive Meal Planning: Tailor approaches for clients with physical or cognitive disabilities, ensuring equitable access to recovery tools.
  • Explore the many ways in which different types of disability affect one’s ability to plan, prepare, and eat food.
  • Learn about a myriad of effective and safe strategies that match a person’s unique needs
  • Plant-Based Recovery: Explore nutritional challenges and strategies for creating balanced vegan meal plans for clients in recovery.
  • Cover the core components of a balanced vegan meal, specific nutrients to assess for, how to increase calories on a vegan meal plan, and suggestions of meal and snack ideas.
  • Understand how to build a vegan meal plan that is nourishing and satisfying
  • Tracking Progress: Set inclusive goals, assess meal plan effectiveness, and make data-informed adjustments.
  • Support Systems: Understand the role of graded support in achieving recovery milestones.
  • Real-World Scenarios: Review sample cases to practice developing, adjusting, and transitioning meal plans.
  • Indicators for Change: Learn to recognize when to progress clients away from structured plans toward intuitive eating.

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Meet Your Instructors

Shane Jeffrey
(he/him)

Shane is an Australian based Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician with over 25 years of experience in the eating disorder field across both the private and public sectors. He currently runs two private practices dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders, provides inpatient consultancy services, and offers professional supervision and an array of training events. As the developer of the RAVES™ Eating Model, Shane has a strong interest in keeping nutrition messages simple and he relishes the challenges of his work. Shane feels extremely privileged to work in this field and is a strong advocate for the wisdom of lived experience in treatment. Shane is passionate about supporting dietitians working in the field of eating disorders and disordered eating on their journey in this wonderful area of dietetics.

Outside of work you are most likely to find him at a live music gig, throwing in a round of golf, or out on the road going for a run or a cycle. Shane also enjoys family time, camping and the great outdoors.

Ivory Loh
MPH, RDN, cPT
(she/her)

Ivory Loh (MPH, RDN, cPT) is a weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian and certified Personal Trainer, who is passionate about supporting people in developing a nourishing relationship with food, movement, and their bodies. She currently works in Seattle, WA in her own private practice specializing in outpatient nutrition care for disordered eating and eating disorders and providing weight- and culturally-inclusive medical nutrition therapy for chronic disease prevention and management.

As a weight-inclusive dietitian, Ivory strives to offer an inclusive space for folks to courageously explore patterns and origins of their disordered eating and exercise, as well as recover from body shame. She believes that our culture oppresses marginalized identities, elevates one’s worth based on appearance and productivity, and capitalizes on our rejection of body trust and intuition. Her work centers on collaborating with those who are ready for a new solution – one that allows them to make peace with food, movement, and your body and reclaim pleasure and trust with their bodies. Ivory’s approach to nutrition therapy is nonjudgmental, compassion-focused, and very relational. Her therapeutic approach is most significantly informed by Internal Family Systems, Body Trust®, Health-at-Every-Size® Principles, Intuitive Eating® , and Polyvagal Theory.
As a weight-neutral Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor, Ivory is also passionate about supporting folks to reconnect with their bodies through intuitive and playful movement. She works with individuals virtually and in-person in Seattle, WA.

Finally, Ivory identifies as a “Third Culture Kid”- born in Malaysia, raised in Shanghai, China, and Singaporean by nationality. Her current home is in Seattle, WA. Because of her upbringing, Ivory is passionate about working with folks who carry multiple cultural identities and/or are impacted by immigration. She sees food as a core part of our experience and expression of culture. As an Asian dietitian, she especially loves supporting Asians and Pacific Islanders clients, who often experience mixed cultural messages about food and bodies. Ivory also specializes in working with teens and young adults and embraces a FBT-informed approach to care that centers the adolescent’s agency and voice within their care process, while working closely with their guardians and care team.

Her podcast, the Potluck Club Podcast, can be found on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Rosie Mensah
(she/her)

Rosie Mensah is a Registered Dietitian, Consultant, and Food Justice Activist dedicated to addressing health inequities and helping people live more nourished lives. As a dietitian, she champions cultural food and educates audiences to honour and reconnect with their cultural heritage. With her roots in the Ashanti region of Ghana, she is an advocate for celebrating the diverse foods found across Africa.

With an intersectional approach, Rosie develops and leads programs that empower individuals to embrace diverse foods and advance health equity. Her work spans public health, where she collaborates with organizations to address systemic barriers to nutrition and advocate for policies that support food justice. Rosie holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Toronto and is a registered member of the College of Dietitians of Ontario.

Jules Sherred
(he/him)

Based in Duncan, BC, Jules Sherred works as an award-winning commercial food photographer and stylist, author and recipe developer, journalist, and outspoken advocate for disability and trans rights. He also works to combat food insecurity in the Cowichan Valley. His award-nominated cookbook Crip up the Kitchen: Tools, Tips, and Recipes for the Disabled Cook was published in May 2023. He is currently in school to become a registered Health and Nutrition Counsellor.

Taylor Wolfram
MS, RDN, LDN
(she/her)

Taylor Wolfram, MS, RDN, LDN, (she/her/hers) is the owner of a weight-inclusive nutrition therapy practice. She is a Certified Befriending Your Body Teacher and works with adults who are interested in ditching the diet mentality, reconnecting with their bodies, and learning to trust their inner wisdom. She also specializes in vegan nutrition and created the Anti-Diet Vegan Nutrition Online Course.

Taylor lives with her husband, daughters, and kitties near Chicago and loves long walks with her family, cooking delicious food, going on hiking trips, and relaxing with a good book.

You’ll Get:


  • 15 CE credits (currently pending approval with The Commission on Dietetic Registration)
  • 100% self-paced learning and online video instruction
  • Handouts and downloads to use in your practice
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Where are we going and how are we getting there?

“Dietitians treating eating disorders face complex challenges when designing meal plans that support recovery, address nutritional deficits, and consider the emotional and psychological dimensions of eating.” – Shane Jeffery, APD

Doors Open for Learning on March 21st, 2025

Save $50 with early bird registration from February 3rd–16th.

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