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NICOLET HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS SEMINAR AND AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT EATING DISORDERS
Nicolet High School is raising awareness about eating disorders, body image, mental health, and the importance of stress management by hosting two powerful arts-based presentations—ED 101, a seminar, and Normal The Musical.
ED (Eating Disorders) 101, a free 60-minute seminar to train parents, school leaders, and educators (the seminar is not open to students) about eating disorders, proper intervention strategies, and evidence-based treatment and resource options, will be held April 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the library at Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Rd., Glendale.
The seminar will feature a short documentary film, ED 101, followed by a 20-30 minute discussion with two leaders in the field of eating disorders: Dr. Laura Lees, a clinical psychologist based in Milwaukee, and Chase Bannister, Vice President of NORMAL, a national nonprofit started in Milwaukee in 2006 that now collaborates with the Harvard School of Public Health, and of Veritas Collaborative, a leading adolescent eating disorder treatment facility located at Duke University. Also present will be a father/daughter team who successfully went through treatment and helped create NORMAL and its award-winning programs.
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The seminar is free, but in order to attend participants must notify Nicolet teacher Jennifer Tomlin at (414) 351-8171 or jennifer_tomlin@nicolet.k12.wi.us.
Normal The Musical, a 75-minute rock musical based on Yvonne Adrian's true story about her daughter's 5-year battle with anorexia, will be presented by Nicolet May 10-12. The musical was produced in 2005 in New York City where it won the Jonathan Larson Award.
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All performances of Normal The Musical are free and open to the public. Each performance will include discussions facilitated by Sandy Blaies, the Clinical Director of the Eating Disorders unit at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital, her staff, and people in recovery.
Show times are May 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m., and May 12 at 2 p.m. in the high school’s Community Room. For tickets, contact Jennifer Tomlin at (414) 351-8171 or jennifer_tomlin@nicolet.k12.wi.us.
