by Ruth Fidler and Phil Christie
In this illustrated guide Issy invites readers to learn about PDA, a part of the autism spectrum, from her perspective, helping them to understand how it causes her to find simple, everyday demands very stressful. Issy tells readers (aged 7 upwards) about all the ways she can be helped and supported by those around her.
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Tally is eleven years old and she's just like her friends. Well, sometimes she is. If she tries really hard to be. Because there's something that makes Tally not the same as her friends. Something she can't cover-up, no matter how hard she tries: Tally is autistic.
by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott 2019
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This book gives advice on implementing collaborative approaches to learning for supporting pupils with Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) at school. Explaining why this approach is beneficial, it presents key information, advice and resources to help education professionals best support pupils with PDA, and also school staff.
by Ruth Fidler and Phil Christie
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Tally is autistic and proud. She used to feel like she had to hide her autism, but now Tally is determined to make sure people see who she really is.
But now Tally has a new worry - her school trip. And that means new places, new people and new challenges. She quickly falls in with the popular girls and is grateful that they don't make a big deal about her autism, but it's not long before Tally realises that, while the girls are popular, they aren't very kind.
With a jolt Tally understands that she's not the only one who's been made to feel like she has to hide her true self. But will she find the strength to stand up for herself and the people she knows are being treated unfairly, or will she stay quiet?
By libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
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This is a wonderful resource aimed at building open dialogues between parent/carer and child about the nature of their condition - but it is also a wonderful way to open discusion in classrooms and with peer groups who may be struggling to understand PDA in others.
by Rachel Jackson 2019
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Katie Stott's honest account provides a compelling insight into PDA. The book follows her son, Fraser and the sudden change in him when starting primary school, aged just four. Katie recounts the difficulty both she and the school staff had understanding Fraser's extreme behaviours until he was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and PDA. Katie provides a detailed account of the PDA specific behaviours in Fraser and how she learnt to lessen the impact of these but focusing on the cause (anxiety and a need for control), rather than the effect.
by Katie Stott
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by Glòria Durà-Vilà and Tamar Levi
This picture book helps children understand their diagnosis, develop self-awareness and implement personalised problem-solving strategies. A clear guide, complete with interactive exercises and colour illustrations.
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By Sally Cat
This book is a unique window into adult Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), exploring the diversity of distinct PDA traits through the voices of over 70 people living with and affected by the condition.
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This book describes what PDA is using simple words and pictures.
Author and illustrator Sally Cat is an adult PDA author, artist and blogger. She has posted hundreds of graphic memes describing PDA on her popular Facebook page. This book uses the same format to communicate the lived experience of the condition in an easy to understand way via 75 memes.
The topics covered are PDA avoidance, control-need, anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, social mimicry & masking, emotions, overload, meltdown & shutdown, school and adult life. 2020
By Sally Cat
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Full of advice and support, this book is an account of one family's experiences of raising a child with Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA). It includes strategies to help manage PDA behaviours, information on obtaining a diagnosis and raising awareness, and explanations to help readers gain a better understanding of the condition.
2015 ISBN: 978-1-84905-614-4 by Jane Alison Sherwin
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Super Shamlal - Living and Learning with Pathological Demand Avoidance
This simple, illustrated storybook will help children aged 7-11 with PDA to recognise its features and develop tools to support them. A helpful introduction for parents and carers explains how it feels to live with the panic attacks and general anxiety that are caused by living with PDA, and the appendices at the back provide useful strategies to be adopted at school and at home.
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This straightforward guide offers a complete overview of Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) and gives practical advice for overcoming the difficulties it poses in a wide range of contexts from diagnosis through to adulthood.
by Ruth Fidler and Zara Healy Phil Christie, Margaret Duncan
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What's an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration. A child whose frequent, severe outbursts leave his or her parents feeling frustrated, scared, worried, and desperate for help.
Dr. Ross Greene, a clinician and pioneer in the treatment of children with social, emotional, and behavioural challenges, knows that these children aren't attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated. Rather, explosive children are lacking some skills flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem-solving, and they require a different approach to parenting and schooling.
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The Panicosaurus: Managing Anxiety in Children Including Those with Asperger Syndrome
This fun, easy-to-read and fully illustrated storybook will inspire children who experience anxiety, and encourage them to banish their own Panicosauruses with help from Mabel's strategies. Parents and carers will like the helpful introduction, explaining anxiety in children, and the list of techniques for lessening anxiety at the end of the book.by K.I. Al-Ghani
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