PDA - A Full-day Intensive Workshop

Sunshine Support is an award-winning, independent SEND & ALN consultancy supporting families and professionals across England and Wales.Since 2017, we have helped over 80,000 parents, carers and professionals navigate the complexities of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Our work spans EHCP applications, tribunals, advocacy, school support and specialist training, all delivered with a clear focus on achieving meaningful, lasting outcomes for children and young people.We are known for combining deep legal knowledge with real-world experience, offering practical, compassionate guidance that cuts through confusion and empowers those we support. From one-to-one consultancy to large-scale training and national awareness campaigns, our mission is simple: to ensure children receive the support they are legally entitled to and genuinely need.At the heart of everything we do is a commitment to clarity, integrity and impact.When you attend a Sunshine Support event, you are not just gaining information. You are gaining the confidence, understanding and tools to take action.

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Join our PDA experts as they cover everything from diagnosing & home management, to  gaining a suitable education.

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<h3>ORDER OF THE DAY (SO FAR) :</h3><h3></h3><h3>9AM - Arrival &amp; Breakfast </h3><h3></h3><h3>9.30AM - Intro from Sunshine Support </h3><h3></h3><h3>9.45 AM - 11.15AM - Workshop 1 -  Liz O&#x27;nions - Research on PDA / Diagnostic tools</h3><h3></h3><h3>11.15AM - Coffee Break </h3><h3></h3><h3>11.30AM - 1PM- Workshop 2 - Libby Hill PDA presentation / selective mutism</h3><h3></h3><h3>1PM -1.45PM LUNCH</h3><h3></h3><h3>1.45PM - 3.15PM Workshop 3 - Cathie Long Understanding the role of Social Care for families who live with Pathological Demand Avoidance</h3><h3></h3><h3>3.15PM Coffee Break</h3><h3></h3><h3>3.30pm - 5pm Workshop 4 - The PDA Society Working with &amp;</h3><h3>supporting PDA children in education</h3><h3></h3><h3>5pm - 6pm Networking </h3><h3>PLEASE NOTE: 1 TICKET PER ADULT.</h3><h3>(﻿AFTERNOON WORSHOPS STILL TO BE ANNOUNCED)</h3>

<h2>*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ BEFORE BOOKING ***</h2><h3>PLEASE NOTE: 1 TICKET PER ADULT.</h3><h3>*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ BEFORE BOOKING ***</h3><h3>1﻿. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT ONLY</h3><h3>2. LOCATION - This event takes place at our Sunshine Community Hub in Derby. It will not take place online due to the interactive nature of the event, and for GDPR purposes. Our Community Hub is spacious and airy, and has plenty of different seating options to ensure you feel comfortable.</h3><h3>3. FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS - We have plenty of tea, coffee and cold refreshments, and we always have some snacks on the go, too! There is also lunch provided at this all-day workshop.</h3><h3>4. PARKING - There is parking available on Aspen Drive itself, which surrounds the carpark of the buildings in which we are based. Please do not park in the spaces of other businesses, as you may get clamped.</h3><h3>5. NO CHILDREN - Whilst our hub is child-friendly we wouldn't recommend bringing children, as we are focused on adult-learning during this workshop.</h3>

<p>BELOW: Pictures of our Sunshine Community Hub, so you know what to expect</p>

<h1>Libby Hill</h1><p>Libby qualified as a speech and language therapist from the prestigious University College, London in 1986. She remains as passionate about what she does now as she was then, which most definitely comes across in her work. </p><p>Her practical, pragmatic approach works well with all children. </p><p>She is a member of the Royal College of Speech and language therapists and ASLTIP and is registered with the Health Professions Council. She also has an enhanced CRB/DBS check.</p><p>Libby set up Small Talk Speech and language therapy in 2007 which has grown to include speech and language therapists, SLT assistants, early years practitioners and counsellors with access to Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology. </p><p>She set up Smart Talkers Pre-School communication groups in 2009 which are franchised in the UK and abroad. In 2011 she created S &amp; L World, the global bulletin for Speech and language professionals which she continues to edit. </p><p>Her latest projects include a website to provide speech therapy materials and being consultant speech and language therapist to Channel 4s ‘Born naughty?’.</p><p></p>

<h1>Liz O’Nions</h1><p>We have the globally renowned post-doctorate research fellow Liz O’Nions with us, providing us with detailed education on PDA diagnostics and the research she has undertaken in this field - an ever developing area as we search for the diagnostic tool that will allow PDA to be recognised in the diagnostic manuals. Liz will be sharing lots of knowledge, her work is cited in many diagnostic reports, training and work undertaken by PDA professionals globally.</p><p>Liz is currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at the UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences. She is currently working on a project looking at health and health inequalities experienced by autistic adults aged 50+. She began researching PDA during her PhD at King’s College London from 2010-2013, and has continued to conduct research on and related to PDA since then. She has also given talks on PDA to audiences in the UK, the Netherlands, Finland, and Belgium</p>

<h1>Cathie Long</h1><p>Award winning specialist Independent Social Worker and Psychotherapist in Advanced Clinical Training Cathie Long will also form part of our PDA panel this evening. Cathie has tremendous experience in the field of PDA and is the chosen Independent Social Worker for the PDA Society. Cathie is neurodivergent herself and understands the PDA profile as not only someone with lived experience but as a professional, having assessed and supported a lot of children and adults with the PDA profile.</p><p>With an extensive background in forensic mental health Cathie is also a Psychotherapist in Advanced Clinical Training,  Cathie runs training courses and workshops for professionals, care providers and parents on autism, PDA, mental health, The Care Act 2014 and the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and is often the judge’s choice of expert witness in complex cases.</p>

<h1>D﻿ISCLAIMER</h1><p>The views expressed in the webinar are of the presenter and not Sunshine Support as an organisation. The information detailed on this page is accurate at the time of publishing. We reserve the right to change the speaker at any time. There maybe events outside of our control that contribute to this and our intention will always be to ensure the webinar goes ahead and meets the brief as closely as possible.</p>

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