In this session, we introduce Pathological Demand Avoidance and explore how to support PDA children and young people.
This Twinkl TeachMeet event will be delivered by Clare Truman from Spectrum Space.
Clare Truman is an education consultant, author, PhD student and big sister to an Autistic young man. She specialises in supporting PDA children and young people to access education.
She has been teaching for eighteen years and has taught in mainstream schools, specialist schools and Alternative Provisions including one she established herself, which was designed for PDA learners.
Clare is author of ‘The Teacher’s Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance: Essential Strategies for the Classroom’ published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2021 and is currently completing a PhD at UCL London exploring the educational experiences of PDA children and young people.
Through Spectrum Space, Clare provides distance learning packages for learners as well as supporting professionals and families to better meet the needs of PDA children and young people through training and consultancy.
During this session, Clare will be providing an introduction to PDA, including the following topics:
- what is PDA?
- how to reduce anxiety for PDA children and young people
- how to identify, prioritise and present demands
- how to negotiate and collaborate with PDA children and young people
- how to use student-led learning to facilitate progress for PDA children and young people
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- 1 hour
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