Category: PDA
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PDA Day 2019
Yesterday, for those who may not have seen already from the abundance of social media posts, that it was something we have named PDA Day. The 15th of May was used to mark PDA awareness all over the world and it was something that we used to celebrate as a family. I would have liked…
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To infinity and beyond: the power of film for children
Films, for many of us, have become part of everyday living. Movies infiltrate our popular culture by the quotes we use, the soundplays we listen to and even the understanding we have built on stories through history. You could say most of our education and knowledge comes from what we have watched on screen. So…
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Stop!
There are moments when I just need this all to stop. Last week I had one of them. It’s hard enough to push through when you are living in a war zone, the wear and tear it takes emotionally, when it really is just all-consuming and forever unrelenting. But it’s nothing compared to fighting a…
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Pathological Demand Avoidance Conference 2019 by Parenting Special Children
At the end of last month, many may have seen from my Facebook post (quick link here) I was privileged to be invited as a guest speaker at a conference. I was asked to deliver a workshop on some strategies that may be suitable for helping children and young people with Pathological Demand Avoidance. The…
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Me and My PDA – Book Launch
Back at the start of the year you may remember that my daughter and I reviewed the book Me and My PDA (see here) by Gloria Dura-Vila and Tamar Levi. This was a collaborative process and my daughter relished the opportunity to be writing together as it gave her a real sense of achievement. So,…
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The PDA Experience
Yesterday was the debut of Harry Thompson’s new book The PDA Paradox. To mark the event he had a book launch and invited some of his newly aquired friends from the PDA world – something I was privileged to be a part of. We kicked off the event by an introduction into the distinctive features…
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Safety Blanket
*Warning – potential triggers or upsetting content in this post* We all have our safety blankets. Sometimes we don’t even know we rely on them until they are suddenly pulled away from us and our comfort has gone. My eldest daughter, with PDA, had a cousin of the same age who she went everywhere…
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Rewrite the Stars
It’s not impossible. But it feels impossible. Tell me that it’s possible? Ok, so I may have watched The Greatest Showman a little too much!! But it gives me the start to a subject I want to write about and that is thinking about success. So a distinct attribute that seems common in the profile…
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Me and My PDA – A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People
I have reviewed a couple of books on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) since I started this blog, but this time I decided to do it a little differently. I usually write from the viewpoint of the adult, when discussing these resources, but I forget to really get the insider’s view. So this time I decided…
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Sleeping Beauties and Simple Wishes
On New Years Eve, as I lay down with my eldest daughter to help get her to sleep, I asked what her new year’s wish would be – you certainly can’t ask a demand-avoidant child what her new year’s resolution would be! Going to sleep over the last few years has been one of our…