Amanda's Big Dream is the inspiring adventure of a girl who dreams of a solo in the Spring Ice Skating Show.
When Amanda's skating coach makes a comment about her weight, she loses confidence in her ability to make her dream come true. Despite reassurances from her parents, her doctor, and her best friend, Amanda decides to quit skating.
Will Amanda return to the ice? Or has she given up forever?
Come along with Amanda as she realizes the true secret to following her big dream!
A healthy body image is essential for kids to feel confident and strong!
Parents want their children to have a healthy body image, but may be unsure how to respond to their kids' anxiety about weight. Amanda's Big Dream helps parents, teachers and other caregivers discuss this topic with children in an entertaining and positive way.
You won't want to miss this new resource!
Amanda's Big Dream is for:
Amanda's Big Dream is the inspiring adventure of a girl who dreams of a solo in the Spring Ice Skating Show.
When Amanda's skating coach makes a comment about her weight, she loses confidence in her ability to make her dream come true. Despite reassurances from her parents, her doctor, and her best friend, Amanda decides to quit skating.
Will Amanda return to the ice? Or has she given up forever?
Come along with Amanda as she realizes the true secret to following her big dream!
A healthy body image is essential for kids to feel confident and strong!
Parents want their children to have a healthy body image, but may be unsure how to respond to their kids' anxiety about weight. Amanda's Big Dream helps parents, teachers and other caregivers discuss this topic with children in an entertaining and positive way.
You won't want to miss this new resource!
Amanda's Big Dream is for:
Author Judith Matz, LCSW
Judith Matz is a clinical social worker dedicated to helping people
make peace with food, their bodies, and themselves. Judith has 30
years of experience helping people end their struggles with eating
and weight issues.
Judith Matz is the co-author of two acclaimed books for adults:
Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating
Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating, and Emotional Overeating
(Routledge, 2014) and The Diet Survivors Handbook: 60 Lessons in
Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care (Sourcebooks, 2006).
Judith Matz is a popular speaker at conferences and meetings. Her
work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Self, Shape, Today's
Dietitian, Diabetes Self-Management, Psychotherapy Networker, and
NBC News Chicago with Nesita Kwan, Huffington Post Live,
as well as
the documentary "America The Beautiful 2".
Illustrator Elizabeth Patch
Illustrator, blogger and body image advocate Elizabeth Patch has a
BA in Drawing, an MA in Painting, and post-graduate studies in
Digital Media.
During her career as a high school art teacher, Elizabeth Patch
overheard countless girls of all sizes talk about hating their
bodies. She saw girls limit their dreams, ignore their talents and
minimize their accomplishments by focusing on body size and weight.
Elizabeth Patch is committed to creating positive, fun
illustrations that reflect a diversity of body types!
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