NAAFA Announces 2010 Health At Every Size (HAES) Scholar

June 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Oakland, CA - NAAFA is pleased to announce that Jenny Copeland has been selected as the 2010 NAAFA HAES Scholarship recipient. Jenny is a Psy.D. candidate at the School of Professional Psychology at the Forest Institute in Springfield, Missouri.

After witnessing weight bias among her peers, Jenny developed two interventions for use in either a training or academic setting. The first intervention is a 4-hour continuing education workshop, which includes the development of self-awareness with regard to attitudes and beliefs about weight and a presentation of the Health At Every Size Paradigm. The second intervention is a 1 hour academic course designed to provide basic knowledge about weight to therapists in training that was approved by the school administration.

“The caliber of all the applications was outstanding and made the review and ranking process quite a challenge for our selection committee.  Jenny’s work and real-time impact really stood out.” stated Lisa Tealer, NAAFA Board Member and Director of Programs.

Dr. Peter Jaberg, Assistant Professor at the School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute wrote in his letter of recommendation that, “Jennifer is one of the most passionate and tenacious students I have met, particularly in regard to her desire to change the practice of mental health…her energy and commitment inspire me to continue to work with her even after my contractual responsibilities for supervision ended.”

Copeland will receive a $1,000 scholarship to continue her graduate studies and research. She will be recognized at the NAAFA convention on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the Gala Awards Dinner held at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae, California. On Monday, August 9th at the NAAFA HAES Summit Jenny will participate as a session panelist and present a poster of her research.

If interested in joining Jenny and other researchers at the NAAFA HAES summit, please register early as space is limited. Find more information at: http://www.naafaonline.com/naafasummit2010/

Interested in submitting a poster for the summit? The deadline has been extended to July 5th.  Find more information at: http://www.naafaonline.com/naafasummit2010/objectives/pos...

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Founded in 1969, NAAFA is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to ending size discrimination. Our goal is for people of size to be accepted with dignity and equality and will pursue this goal through advocacy, public education, and support.