Pda Parenting Playbook
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PDA Parenting Playbook
Feeling overwhelmed and exhausted by traditional parenting advice that doesn't work for your autistic child with a Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile? Discover a compassionate, effective path to connection, calm, and cooperation. This practical parenting playbook offers a lifeline to parents, caregivers, and educators struggling to support children who experience intense anxiety and an overwhelming need to avoid everyday demands. Move beyond constant battles and meltdowns with proven low-demand strategies specifically designed for the unique neurology of PDA. Inside, you'll find a comprehensive toolkit filled with gentle, neurodiversity-affirming approaches to: Understand PDA deeply: Uncover the anxiety-driven reasons behind demand avoidance and see the world through your child's eyes. Shift your parenting mindset: Move from control to collaboration, building a foundation of trust and safety. Master low-demand communication: Learn the art of indirect language, offering genuine choices, and using humor and novelty to reduce pressure. Navigate meltdowns and shutdowns effectively: Identify triggers, learn de-escalation techniques, and support your child (and yourself) through periods of overwhelm. Transform tricky daily routines: Discover practical strategies for hygiene, mealtimes, sleep, homework, and social outings that foster cooperation rather than conflict. Nurture your child's self-esteem: Focus on strengths, support autonomy, and cultivate a positive autistic and PDA identity. Care for yourself: Recognize the unique stresses of PDA parenting and find sustainable ways to manage your own well-being. Stop walking on eggshells and start building bridges. This playbook provides actionable insights, real-life examples, and reflective prompts to help you create a calmer, more connected family life, empowering both you and your child to thrive. If you're seeking affirming, effective alternatives that truly make a difference for a demand avoidant child, this guide is your essential companion.
Physical Education Technology Playbook
It's widely accepted that the increasing use of technology, such as TV and computers, has led to a reduction in physical activity. But in Physical Education Technology Playbook, authors Darla Castelli and Leah Holland Fiorentino show you how to use technology to increase physical activity and enhance learning about health and fitness. This book comes with detailed instructions and examples, so you can easily incorporate the described technologies into your teaching. --From cover.
The Family Experience of PDA
Author: Eliza Fricker
language: en
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Release Date: 2021-11-18
Eliza Fricker gets it. Describing her perfectly imperfect experience of raising a PDA child, with societal judgements and family pressures, she knows how easy it is to feel overwhelmed, resentful and alone. The Family Experience of PDA's comedic illustrations explain these challenging situations and emotions in a way that words simply cannot, bringing some much-needed levity back into PDA parenting. Humorous anecdotes with a compassionate tone remind parents that they are not alone, and they're doing a great job. If children are safe, happy, and you leave the house on time, who cares about some smelly socks? A light-hearted and digestible guide to being a PDA parent covering everything from tolerance levels, relationships and meltdowns to collaboration, flexibility, and self care to dip in and out as your schedule allows to help get to grips with this complex condition. This book is an essential read for any parent with a PDA child, to help better understand your child, build support systems and carve out some essential self-care time guilt-free.