Welcome...

Sandra Friedman is an educator, program developer, counselor and author with more than twenty-five years of professional experience. 

By clicking Meet Sandra you can learn more about Sandra and her experiences in developing programs and resources.

Click Professional Services for information about Sandra's philosophy and professional orientation, and about the community education sessions and professional training workshops she develops and facilitates.

The Topics of Interest button leads you to Sandra's discussions:

·         Understanding Gender Differences (how to work with and relate to the opposite sex)

·         Eating Disorder Prevention

·         Reframing the Discussion about Obesity (promoting Health at Every Size).

·         Questions & Answers provides an opportunity to review her responses to important questions raised by participants in training workshops and by audiences at her public speaking engagements.

Networking Resources lists organizations, programs and materials that Sandra recommends. You can print this material for future reference.

Check News and Notes for items of time-limited interest such as Sandra's event schedule, the current availability of our various publications and our full contact information.

salal@salal.com allows you to e-mail Sandra with your own questions, to offer your comments on the topics under discussion or your suggestions for contacts and materials to add to her resource list. This also provides a secure means of querying Sandra regarding professional matters.

The Publications page guides you to the titles available from our publishing company Salal Books:

  • Click Just For Boys or Just For Girls to learn more about our books that contain the blueprints for Sandra’s successful JUST FOR GIRLS and JUST FOR BOYS  group-discussion programs. These also serve as training and reference manuals for group facilitators.
  • Click Body Thieves: Help Girls Reclaim Their Natural Bodies and Become Physically Active  to learn how to debunk the myths about obesity and to help girls become physically active.
  • Click Nurturing girlpower: Implementing Eating Disorder Prevention / Intervention Skills into Your Practice which provides a comprehensive framework for eating disorder prevention with useful skills and strategies. This manual will help you design presentations and classroom lessons. It instructs in basic counseling skills so that you can more successfully intervene with girls at risk from eating disorders.
  • Click When Girls Feel Fat: Helping Girls Through Adolescence which details the stages of girls' development, teaches you how to help girls decode the language of fat, and presents practical strategies for dealing with the key issues that influence girls in adolescence.

Click Order to print the appropriate form to safely order a book from Salal Books.

 This site last modified August 10, 2008.