What is PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)?
If you are asking the question "What is PDA, or Pathological Demand Avoidance ?" or "does my child have PDA?", this is a...
Showing posts with label challenging behaviour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label challenging behaviour. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Challenging Behaviour and Pathological Demand Avoidance
November 02, 2017
PDA Society
There was an interesting section on the Victoria Derbyshire programme this week about children with autism and challenging behaviour. Lovel...
Thursday, 22 June 2017
Behaviour in Education
June 22, 2017
Telegraph Festival of Education
Behaviour. Such a loaded word, isn't it? Is it good, or bad? Is it acceptable, or naughty? Extreme and challenging, or exemplary? ...
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Challenging Behaviour and PDA
October 06, 2016
PDA info
'Challenging behaviour' is a phrase which has been mentioned at quite a few of the events I've been to lately, and every time I ...
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Autism and relationship stress
September 08, 2016
stress
There's one topic which is not talked about often enough with regards to autism; stress in, or on, relationships. It seems obvi...
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Shortlisted for a Blogging Award
May 01, 2016
PDA
Wow, I've been shortlisted in the BritMums Brilliance in Blogging Awards and I think I'm still a little bit in shock. Thank you so ...
Sunday, 20 September 2015
Challenging Behaviour: ODD or PDA?
September 20, 2015
PDA info
At our very first meeting with a paediatrician, the word 'oppositional' was used in reference to our younger daughter. Her diagno...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
This Is Our PDA Story (Week 16)
August 19, 2015
This is our PDA story
Welcome to Week 16 of ' This Is Our PDA Story '. This is a series which I started back in January, opening my blog up to other famil...
Monday, 27 July 2015
Are Relationships important?
July 27, 2015
relationships
Sophie will do what she is asked to do if she likes someone. There. That doesn't sound too difficult, does it?! But wait. There'...
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...
