Steph's Two Girls: Born Naughty

Showing posts with label Born Naughty. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Challenging behaviour and PDA: Does Tough Love work?

July 16, 2015 PDA

'Tough Love' is a phrase that many parents of children with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) will have heard before, and those wh...

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

This is our PDA story (week 13): Born Naughty?

May 13, 2015 This is our PDA story

Welcome to week 13 of 'This is our PDA story'. This week's post is a different kind of entry to the series. I've wr...

What is Autism?

'Autism is a spectrum condition and affects people in different ways. Like all people, autistic people have their own strengths and weaknesses. Social interaction and communication can be difficult for some autistic people but others may enjoy it. Intense interests and repetitive behaviour are often seen along with differing sensory experiences'.

What is PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)?

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a profile of Autism. 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'.

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Challenging behaviour and PDA: Does Tough Love work?

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

This is our PDA story (week 13): Born Naughty?

Sign up for FREE emails!

Featured post

PDA in the Family: Life After the Lightbulb Moment Book

Popular Posts

Like us

Blog Archive