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Diabetes Programs and Diabetes Behavioral Research to overcome behavioral obstacles to living with Diabetes - Behavioral Diabetes Institute

Welcome to the Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI), the world's first organization dedicated to tackling the unmet psychological needs of people with diabetes. The BDI offers an array of evidence-based clinical programs, all designed to help people overcome the emotional and behavioral obstacles to living well with diabetes. The BDI, a non-profit corporation, is committed to:

helping people master the unique challenges of diabetes
conducting behavioral research in diabetes
providing health care providers with the specialty behavioral training necessary for managing diabetes effectively.

BDI publishes the Connection e-newsletter with the latest diabetes-related information.
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BDI Workshop Programs
The programs at BDI are designed to help participants develop a more hopeful outlook on life and greater confidence and control over diabetes. Click here to download the new
2008 Program Schedule.

Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 6:30-8:00pm

"WHEN SOMETHING CLICKED: A Panel Of Patients Discuss How They Finally Managed To Get On Track With Diabetes"
Why do people who have been unmotivated or disengaged from their own diabetes care for many long years suddenly change? What is their secret to success? In this panel presentation, you will meet a series of people with long-standing diabetes who struggled for years, and then something clicked. For them, their beliefs about diabetes suddenly changed and diabetes care became worth their time and effort. Come and learn their secrets, and be prepared to share some of your own!
Click here for the PDF flyer

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 – 6:30-8:30pm

"DISCUSSION GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES"
Share the concerns unique to women with Type 1 diabetes. These concerns range from difficult emotional issues (how to juggle the demands of relationships, motherhood, work, home & diabetes) to more practical, day-to-day issues (where to hide an insulin pump when wearing an evening dress).

Saturday, May 3, 2008 – 8:30am-4:00pm
(for PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 diabetes only)

GETTING ON TRACK
This one-day workshop focuses on diabetes “burnout” and the stresses of living with diabetes. Learn about the emotional pitfalls linked to diabetes, determine your own pattern of diabetes stresses, and develop personalized strategies for mastering the challenges of diabetes. Click here for the PDF flyer

THREE VIDEOS LOOK AT THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF DIABETES:
Click here to watch a dLife TV interview with BDI's Dr. Polonsky and former Miss America Nicole Johnson Baker.	Click here to see a TCOYD TV interview with BDI’s Dr. Polonsky and Dr. Steven Edelman	Of special interest to health care providers, click here to see the California Healthcare Foundation’s training video on strategies for promoting effective self-management in diabetes, hosted by BDI’s Dr. Polonsky.

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