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Pathological Demand Avoidance PDA/EDA

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Free Downloadable Resources/Reading

Assessments and Guidelines
AET Standards, Guidelines for Good Practise PDA	Extreme demand avoidance questionnaire An informal assessment to identify possible Extreme Demand Avoidance EDA also known as PDA.	PDA Profiler	The Coventry Grid Interview to include the Pathological Demand Avoidant profile
PDA Information
10 things you need to know about PDA. Source Steph's Two Girls	Autism with PDA	Encouraging the Positive in PDA Introduction to PDA, strategies, and links to additional support.	Fintan O Regan on PDA. Slides "No two children are the same" www.fintanoregan.com
Differences Between ODD and PDA	Is PDA real?Source Steph's Two Girls	PDA v's ODD - A Mum's Story	STLS PDA Awareness Booklet
The Family of Pervasive Developmental Disorders	What Challenges are Faced by Siblings of Those with PDA and How to Support Them.	What is PDA? By Social Thinking	What is PDA? By the PDA Society
What is PDA - Booklet By PDA Society
Strategies
Encouraging the Positive in PDA	Helpful Approaches for Parents & Carers By the PDA Society	How to Manage PDA - A Mum's Story	Managing PDA in Class Twinkl
PANDA Strategies Infographic	PDA for Teaching Professionals By the PDA Society	PDA - Keys to Care By the PDA Society	PDA - Mind Map
PDA - Strategies for School	Positive PDA By Positive PDA	Strategies for PDA Source Steph's Two Girls
Resources
EHCP and PDA	PDA Awareness Card	Parents' Request for Reasonable Adjustments in School. Template	Sources for Further Understanding
Student's Profile. Sample

Media Links

Media Links

PDA and Sensory Processing Disorder with Alison Hart	An Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance	An Introductory Video on Pathological Demand Avoidance, or PDA


Demand Avoidance of the PDA kind The PDA Society	PDA Society simple support strategies for a PDA profile of autism	PDA Webinar Education and support needs of children with PDA with Phil Christie and Ruth Fidler


Understanding PDA webinar part one	Understanding PDA webinar part two	PDA and Family Resilience with Laura Kerbey and Angela Kelly


PDA and Sensory Processing Disorder with Alison Hart	PDA & masking with James	Coverage of PDA on BBC Look North 19th Dec 2018


PDA and Speech & Language Therapy with Libby Hill	PDA best practice - what the PDA community would like professionals to know	PDA best practice - what the professionals would like you to know


PDA best practice - what the education professionals would like you to know	Online gaming with Max Toper - part 1: Positive influences of online communities	Online gaming with Max Toper - part 2: Risks of online gaming


Online gaming with Max Toper - part 3: Managing screen time	PDA and Mental Health with Dr Judy Eaton	STLS Introduction to PDA

Let’s not talk about school ‘refusal’; let’s talk about barriers to attendance with Fran Morgan

PDA & Managing the Impact of COVID - Media links

PDA and Managing the Impact of COVID - Media links

PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Helping PDA teens & young adults understand lockdown rules	PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Managing video calls and transition tips	PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Preparing children for life after the coronavirus outbreak


PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Siblings with Dr Judy Eaton & Paula Webb	PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Education with Jilly Davis

Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading A - Z
Most of the books you see below are in the STLS Library. Please contact our resource manager, Rachel, if you wish to borrow them.
A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger: A Resource Book for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers	Being Julia - A Personal Account of Living with Pathological Demand Avoidance	Can I tell you about Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome?: A guide for friends, family, and professionals
Can You See Me?	Collaborative Approaches to Learning for Pupils with PDA: Strategies for Education Professionals	Do You Know me?
It's a PanDA Thing	Life on an Alien Planet: Pathological Demand Avoidance: A PDA boy and his journey through the education system.	Me and My PDA: A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People
PDA by PDAers: From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns	Pathological Demand Avoidance Explained	Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome - My Daughter is Not Naughty
Sensory Circuits: A Sensory-Motor Skills Programme for Children	Super Shamlal	Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children
The Adventures of Pickle	The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance	The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
The Panicosaurus	The PDA Paradox. The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Part of the Autism Spectrum

Signposting - Organisations, Support & Resources

Below is a List of Various Organisations that Provide Support, Advice and Resources. If any of the details below require updating or amending, let us know Please be aware that the organisations listed on this page are provided for information purposes only, and are not endorsed or recommended by STLS. You should always ensure that any service, activity, or therapy that you are considering for your child / young person is appropriate to their needs.
National Autistic Society Offers Support and Guidance on PDA.	Steph's Two Girls. A website born out of the personal experience of being a mum of children with PDA. It is full of information and recommended resources.	The PDA Society provide information, support and training for those living and working with PDA and work to raise awareness, increase acceptance and empower people to take action in relation to PDA.
Elective home education - helpful approaches & resources for PDA This resource consists of helpful approaches and resources to support parents who are home educating PDA children and young people	Support for Siblings The PDA Society offer advice and support for siblings of those with PDA.

Below is a List of Various Organisations that Provide Support, Advice and Resources.
If any of the details below require updating or amending, let us know

Please be aware that the organisations listed on this page are provided for information purposes only, and are not endorsed or recommended by STLS. You should always ensure that any service, activity, or therapy that you are considering for your child / young person is appropriate to their needs.

Signposting

National Autistic Society Offers Support and Guidance on PDA.

Steph's Two Girls. A website born out of the personal experience of being a mum of children with PDA. It is full of information and recommended resources.

The PDA Society provide information, support and training for those living and working with PDA and work to raise awareness, increase acceptance and empower people to take action in relation to PDA.

Elective home education - helpful approaches & resources for PDA This resource consists of helpful approaches and resources to support parents who are home educating PDA children and young people

Pathological Demand Avoidance PDA/EDA

Free Downloadable Resources/Reading

Assessments and Guidelines

Extreme demand avoidance questionnaire An informal assessment to identify possible Extreme Demand Avoidance EDA also known as PDA.

PDA Information

Encouraging the Positive in PDA Introduction to PDA, strategies, and links to additional support.

Fintan O Regan on PDA. Slides "No two children are the same" www.fintanoregan.com

What is PDA? By Social Thinking

What is PDA? By the PDA Society

What is PDA - Booklet By PDA Society

Strategies

Helpful Approaches for Parents & Carers By the PDA Society

How to Manage PDA - A Mum's Story

Managing PDA in Class Twinkl

PDA for Teaching Professionals By the PDA Society

PDA - Keys to Care By the PDA Society

Positive PDA By Positive PDA

Resources

Media Links

Media Links

PDA and Sensory Processing Disorder with Alison Hart

An Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance

An Introductory Video on Pathological Demand Avoidance, or PDA

Demand Avoidance of the PDA kind The PDA Society

PDA Society simple support strategies for a PDA profile of autism

PDA Webinar Education and support needs of children with PDA with Phil Christie and Ruth Fidler

Understanding PDA webinar part one

Understanding PDA webinar part two

PDA and Family Resilience with Laura Kerbey and Angela Kelly

PDA and Sensory Processing Disorder with Alison Hart

PDA & masking with James

Coverage of PDA on BBC Look North 19th Dec 2018

PDA and Speech & Language Therapy with Libby Hill

PDA best practice - what the PDA community would like professionals to know

PDA best practice - what the professionals would like you to know

PDA best practice - what the education professionals would like you to know

Online gaming with Max Toper - part 1: Positive influences of online communities

Online gaming with Max Toper - part 2: Risks of online gaming

Online gaming with Max Toper - part 3: Managing screen time

PDA and Mental Health with Dr Judy Eaton

STLS Introduction to PDA

PDA & Managing the Impact of COVID - Media links

PDA and Managing the Impact of COVID - Media links

PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Helping PDA teens & young adults understand lockdown rules

PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Managing video calls and transition tips

PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Preparing children for life after the coronavirus outbreak

PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Siblings with Dr Judy Eaton & Paula Webb

PDA Society Coronavirus Q&A: Education with Jilly Davis

Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading A - Z

Most of the books you see below are in the STLS Library. Please contact our resource manager, Rachel, if you wish to borrow them.

Signposting - Organisations, Support & Resources

Below is a List of Various Organisations that Provide Support, Advice and Resources. If any of the details below require updating or amending, let us know

Please be aware that the organisations listed on this page are provided for information purposes only, and are not endorsed or recommended by STLS. You should always ensure that any service, activity, or therapy that you are considering for your child / young person is appropriate to their needs.

Signposting

Steph's Two Girls. A website born out of the personal experience of being a mum of children with PDA. It is full of information and recommended resources.

The PDA Society provide information, support and training for those living and working with PDA and work to raise awareness, increase acceptance and empower people to take action in relation to PDA.

Elective home education - helpful approaches & resources for PDA This resource consists of helpful approaches and resources to support parents who are home educating PDA children and young people

Support for Siblings The PDA Society offer advice and support for siblings of those with PDA.

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Extreme demand avoidance questionnaire
An informal assessment to identify possible Extreme Demand Avoidance EDA also known as PDA.

Fintan O Regan on PDA. Slides "No two children are the same"
www.fintanoregan.com

What is PDA?
By the PDA Society

Helpful Approaches for Parents & Carers
By the PDA Society

Managing PDA in Class
Twinkl

PDA for Teaching Professionals
By the PDA Society

PDA - Keys to Care
By the PDA Society

Positive PDA
By Positive PDA

Demand Avoidance of the PDA kind
The PDA Society

PDA Webinar
Education and support needs of children with PDA with Phil Christie and Ruth Fidler

Below is a List of Various Organisations that Provide Support, Advice and Resources.
If any of the details below require updating or amending, let us know

Support for Siblings
The PDA Society offer advice and support for siblings of those with PDA.