Tag: PDA
Supporting restrictive eaters
Don't start with the food, says specialist Catherine Jeans.
Restrictive eating can develop as a result of a sensory aversion to food, a fear of...
Polyvagal Theory
Natalie Froud looks at the idea that our PDA children's responses aren't irrational, but rooted in biology.
If you're familiar with Pathological Demand Avoidance (or...
PDA in school
Is it possible for PDAers to thrive in school, asks Elizabeth Archer, and what does it take to make that happen?
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)...
Pathological demand avoidance
Charlotte Maskrey on PDA, and helping people to get through their anxiety.
Pathological demand avoidance, a lesser known behavioural profile associated with Autism, is sometimes...
Collaborative Approaches to Learning For Pupils With PDA: Strategies for Education...
The authors of this publication bring together experience in complex autism, emotional wellbeing, diagnosis and assessment and in training and consultancy across the UK....
Tutoring and Pathological Demand Avoidance
Lucy Spencer demonstrates the potential of school-led or home-based tutoring for children with SEND and explores the benefits of this personalised approach for pupils...
The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand...
Eliza Fricker is an illustrator and designer who has a child with PDA. In this book she explains that she wanted to help and...
The Teacher’s Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance: Essential Strategies For the...
Clare Truman is an experienced special needs teacher, specialising in autism and she is also the founder of a social enterprise and alternative education...
Point of view: student: Rights of non-autistic children and young persons...
Richard Woods highlights the occurrence of PDA in non-autistic children.
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a proposed mental disorder, which frequently invokes strong passions advocating...
Point of view: parent : PDA doesn’t exist, apparently
Tom Browne fights for his children’s education.
Let me talk about my son George who is 13 and has autism with the Pathological Demand Avoidance...
