Author: PDA Parenting
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Collaborative Approaches to Learning for Pupils with PDA
Just in time for the annual review of my daughter’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), a book coincidentally arrived for me in the post! Collaborative Approaches to Learning for Pupils with PDA, by Ruth Fidler and Phil Christie, is a useful resource providing strategies for education professionals and is published by Jessica Kinglsey Publishers…
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EDM on PDA – We Need Your Help!
The first time I ever wrote my thoughts down about how challenging life was in our household, I never expected it to lead to so many new experiences and meetings with like minded people who would be equally as passionate as I was about improving the systems that were in place. That there would be…
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The Song To Freedom
The most appalling case, concerning a young vulnerable person with autism, has hit my radar this week and is something I feel very strongly to write about. There are so many parents who often get in touch with such different experiences, and with the desperate desire to make it better for their kids, but we…
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How to Help a Child in Meltdown
Last week I did a mini-post on my Facebook page that seems to have been popular – I guess it’s the nearest I’ve ever got to something going viral! In relation to my usual audience reach, this has way bypassed the usual ratings and has sparked conversations (and heated debates!) with those who wouldn’t usually…
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The Invisible Barrier
“I’ve kind of spent my whole life in this kind of observational role, even when I’m an active participant.” Little Black Duck (adult with PDA) – taken from the book PDA by PDA’ers An important trait, often missing from our current thinking on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), is the behaviour of ‘observing.’ Studying other individuals…
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The Female Species
“Frankenstein and Dracula have nothing on you, Jekyll and Hyde join the back of the queue, The female of the species is more deadly than the male.” These lyrics have just come to mind having watched my daughter home in on her prey. We were at the park and she saw another child, a boy,…
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Is Parenting Always To Blame?
When it comes to the mind we seem to have a long way to go to understand what makes it work differently. The current model used is simply a ‘checklist’ of traits or behaviours, which get lumped together, so that we can diagnose anything not seen as neurotypical into a mental health disorder. The latest…
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PDA by PDAers – A Book Review
Last month I was given the very exciting opportunity to review a book I was keen to read. There has been a bit of a buzz already about the title PDA by PDAers which has been cleverly compiled by Sally Cat. The book has been published by JKP (see here for a full itemised list…
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The BritMums BiB 2018 Awards
Yesterday was a pretty bleak day until I got some very uplifting news – when I actually needed it the most! My eldest with PDA had not coped well at school and half an hour into the day she needed picking up. She has been absolutely obsessed with a new puppy that we got on…
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The Blame Train
An incident occurred last week which I have found it difficult to talk about. It took a day of crying behind closed doors to at least semi-process what had happened and the lessons to be learnt. I have tried to talk quite openly about what life is like living with a SEND child with VCB…