Clinicians, researchers and experts by experience from around the world met in February 2024 to share progress on the PEACE Pathway and how it is being adapted for new services and age groups.
Date: 27 February 2024
Format: Online
Attendance: 200+ people
The conference opened with Professor Kate Tchanturia, who leads the PEACE Pathway, reflecting on its progress and future. Speakers then shared sensory wellbeing workshops, including a pilot study using the Purrble social robot, and work from Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West adapting the pathway for young people. The Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative also shared how it uses co-design to set research priorities in Scotland.
Themes
- PEACE Pathway progress and future directions
- Working with family carers
- Clinicians’ experiences of the pathway
- Adapting outpatient therapy
- Sensory wellbeing workshops
- Extending the pathway to young people
Presentations
- Welcome: PEACE Pathway Progress and Future?
Professor Kate Tchanturia - Working with Family Carers of People with Autism and Eating Disorders on the PEACE Pathway
Madeleine Oakley - Qualitative Evaluation of the PEACE Pathway: What Do Clinicians Think?
Zhuo Li - Lived Experience of Autism and Anorexia
Emily Nuttall - PEACE and FREED Populations in Outpatient Therapy: Therapy Adaptations and Supporting Transitions
Emma Gluyas - Sensory Workshops Developed by the PEACE Pathway
Elisa Zesch and Amanda Sarpong - Purrble’s Soothing Touch for Eating Disorders and Autism: A Pilot Study on Integrating a Social Robot into Sensory Wellbeing Workshops
Dr Dimitri Chubinidze - Extending PEACE to Young People: The BOB PEACE Project
Dr Joanna Holliday - The Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative (EDAC)
Dr Fiona Duffy and Dr Karri Gillespie-Smith - The PEACE Menu and Dietetic Perspective
Jacinda Gower
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this year's conference a success. Together, let's continue to advance understanding and support for autistic individuals with eating disorders.