On 25 March, we will be holding the next CICAEOrienta online session with Dr Montserrat Graell, Head of Psychiatry at Hospital Niño Jesús in Madrid.
This session forms part of the activities run under the CICAEOrienta project, which aims to support schools’ guidance departments through training, reflection and meetings with leading professionals.
The session will focus on one of the areas causing the greatest concern in schools today: eating disorders, approached from a clinical, therapeutic and educational perspective.
Giving guidance counsellors a clear, rigorous and realistic view of eating disorders:
- What the school can do
- What is not its responsibility to take on
- How to properly support students and families
Speaker
The session will feature Dr Montserrat Graell, a specialist in Psychiatry and Head of the Psychiatry Department at Hospital Niño Jesús in Madrid, a national reference centre for paediatric care.
Montserrat Graell has extensive experience in child and adolescent mental health, with particular expertise in addressing eating disorders. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with families and the school environment, and has taken part in numerous training activities aimed at school professionals, collaborating with CICAE on several occasions.
Session content
The session will cover, among other things, the following areas:
- Behaviours and warning signs in the school setting
- Eating disorders: key insights for understanding them
- The view from the hospital and therapeutic setting: what reaches hospital and how cases develop
- Practical, realistic recommendations for schools
- What to expect and what not to expect from the school in these kinds of situations
Inscripción y participación previa
A registration form (Google Forms) has been set up for the session, which also includes a specific section allowing guidance counsellors to voluntarily:
- Raise questions or difficulties they are encountering in their schools
- Share expectations about the session
- Put forward questions or comments they would like the doctor to take into account
The information gathered will help tailor the session to schools’ real needs and enrich its practical focus.
We hope this session proves useful for your day-to-day work and helps you support students and families through these kinds of situations.
