A vital component of eating disorders treatment AND a required step to become a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS)​

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In order to met the requirements for the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) credential you must accrue a minimum of 24 hours of consultation from an Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Consultant (CEDS-C).

• Consultation is an opportunity to build self- awareness, skills, and competencies improving quality of care for clients.

• Applicants can choose the CEDS-C they would like to work with, iaedp does not determine the who, how, when or potential cost of consultation.

• A CEDS applicant, consultee, must enter into an agreement with a CEDS-C defining a start and end date for consultation before beginning to accrue eating disorder experience hours (as of October 2023). If experience hours are accrued outside of the consultant/consultee agreement dates these hours will not count towards the required 2500 hours of eating disorder specific experience.

• Experience hours cannot be gained before the applicant is a licensed provider or in fewer than 2 years or 24 months

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Source: IAEDP Foundation