November 2019 - Steph's Two Girls

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Section A of an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) including one page profile

Statement of Educational Needs Stephs Two Girls November 27, 2019

This week I helped out on behalf of the PDA Society at the National Autistic Society conference about Pathological Demand Avoidance , ...

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Tuesday, 12 November 2019

BAPS Blogging Awards 2020 for SEND parents

SEND Stephs Two Girls November 12, 2019

Last year I was thrilled to be able to attend the BAPS Blogging Awards for the first time. BAPS actually stands for Bloody Awesome Parents ...

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Wednesday, 6 November 2019

When a day out is not what it seems

social Stephs Two Girls November 06, 2019

Since May this year, there have been far fewer posts published on this blog overall than over the previous year. I've been tending to wr...

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What is Autism?

'Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. People with autism have difficulties with everyday social interaction'.

What is PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is one of several Autistic Spectrum Conditions (also known as ASD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder). The central difficulty for people with PDA is their avoidance of the everyday demands made by other people, due to their high anxiety levels when they feel that they are not in control.

Children may sometimes be described as having 'challenging' or 'oppositional' behaviour. Parents describe life as 'walking on eggshells' and their child as 'Jekyll and Hyde'.