Rewards and Consequences with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
The question about whether rewards and consequences work with children who have the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism is one ...
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Mental Health: #ChooseKind
October 10, 2019
World Mental Health Day
Today I started to write a short post about World Mental Health Day for sharing on social media, but then I realised I just couldn't. ...
Monday, 9 September 2019
So that was Summer... Part 1
September 09, 2019
PDA Life
Last year I wrote a day by day account of our summer holidays on my Facebook page and spread them over two posts on my blog, called Summer H...
Friday, 6 September 2019
Not Back To School..... Not Fine In School.
September 06, 2019
SEND
So here’s my Back To School front door photo. I shared this a couple of days ago on my Facebook page and got a huge response from lots of ...
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Blackpool Sandcastle Waterpark: Leading the way in disabled access (including autism)
August 17, 2019
waterpark
We visited the Sandcastle Waterpark in Blackpool earlier this year and were extremely impressed with their attitude towards adults and chil...
Monday, 5 August 2019
When someone you love has Cancer
August 05, 2019
Macmillan Cancer
Two weeks ago, my mum was given the awful, heartbreaking news that she has cancer in her spine. Our family has all been stunned. I've fo...
Sunday, 21 July 2019
Everyday challenges with PDA
July 21, 2019
tooth brushing
Last week, I posted this picture of me on my blog Facebook page . It was a very spur of the moment thing which seemed to grab a lot of atten...
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
The challenges of building friendships
July 09, 2019
trampolining
Today was Trampoline Tuesday and so we headed back to the session for home educated children which we were at last week (and a year ago, wh...
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Can't, not Won't. Not school refusal.
July 03, 2019
school refusal
The events of this morning have jolted me into writing this post, because I felt they were good examples of how our life with PDA ( Patholog...
Sunday, 9 June 2019
When life isn't easy
June 09, 2019
skating
Back at the beginning of this year, Sasha decided she would like to take up roller skating as a hobby. This came off the back of some ice s...
