PDA Society Q&A Live: Supporting male parents and carers

PDA Society Q&A Live: Supporting male parents and carers

The PDA Society have delighted to be able to offer a number of online Q&A Live sessions for 'free' thanks to a generous grant from the Openwork Partnership with this being our final free session as part of this series.

Following on from our PDA Society Q&A Live: Supporting male parents and carers in March 2024 this Q&A Live offers a further opportunity for our guest speakers to answer the questions recieved in March about life and PDA from a male parent/carer perspective.

This Q&A will take place on Wednesday 15th May 2024 at 8 - 9pm

Our guest speakers are:

Tigger Pritchard - Awesomely Neurodivergent and an Autistic and Pathological Demand Avoidance, Advocate, Consultant and Trainer based in the Southwest of England.

With over thirty-six years of professional and personal experience of working alongside, learning from and advocating for neurodivergent individuals. I've done this in many different ways: support worker, advocate, teacher, facilitator, trainer, manager, lecturer and friend. (For further information, please see my LinkedIn profile.) Plus, I have a lifetime of Autistic experience, which I'm still exploring.

www.bridgingtheneurodivide.com/home

and

Duncan Casburn – Duncan has an 13 year old daughter diagnosed with a PDA profile, ADHD & Sensory Processing disorder. He is passionate about neurodiversity and helping others, and posts under 'PDA Dad UK' on YouTube

www.youtube.com/c/PDADadUKUnderstandAutismandPDA

Questions:

Questions can be submitted via the Q&A function during the event. Please note this is a webinar so you will be able to see us but we will not be able to see or hear you. You will however be able to use the chat function to talk with us during the session.

The Q&As will be recorded but you will need to register separately for the recording after the event via the PDA Society website (www.pdasociety.org.uk/all-qa-recordings/). The recording will be a paid for webinar. Please do join us free for the live event if you can.

For privacy and confidentiality, please don’t share personal information in your questions.

It may not be possible to answer all questions depending on the numbers attending and the amount of questions asked. Also it won’t be possible to answer specific questions on personal situations within these Q&A sessions – if you require support please contact our enquiry line: www.pdasociety.org.uk/contact-us/enquiry-line/

Cost:

FREE - Please only reserve a ticket if you can attend on the evening itself.

You will need to register separately for the paid recording, as detailed under 'Questions' above.

You will be able to enable captions during the session, however if you have any additional needs that may require assistance, please do let us know at the time of booking so that we can discuss arrangements in advance.

After booking please remember to check your e-mail (messages may be forwarded to your spam/junk folder) for a confirmation receipt from Eventbrite sharing a link for registration. For greater reliability and functionality we recommend selecting the 'join via Zoom' tab. Eventbrite will also send reminders prior to the session taking place.

Please join the Zoom webinar 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to check your technology is working as we’re unable to delay the start, due to the number of delegates we anticipate attending.

Other Q&A Live events include*:

25th April 8-9pm Post identification support

*dates/topics subject to change until shared via Eventbrite

FAO iOS users: In Oct 2023 Apple issued new App Store Guidelines that limits registrations for paid online events on the Eventbrite Attendee app. This means that while attendees can view paid online events on Eventbrite’s iOS app, attendees may need to purchase their ticket from a web browser on desktop or mobile. Please use the Event URL below to purchase your ticket if you are unable to do so via the Eventbrite App. This is out of our control however we do apologise for any inconvenience caused by the changes to Apple’s guidelines.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pda-society-qa-live-supporting-male-parents-and-carers-tickets-861954939427

Please note: The PDA Society reserves the right to substitute published speakers should unforeseen circumstances arise. Any education, legislation or healthcare practices discussed are related to England and delegates joining from other locations will need to consider their own local education, legal and healthcare requirements.

The PDA Society is committed to using language and terminology that is based on the preferences of PDA, autistic and neurodivergent people and communities. From time to time, our Q&A Live guest speakers may use language and terminology which differs to that typically used by the PDA Society.

Safeguarding children and adults at risk is a priority for the PDA Society and is a fundamental practice within our charity. Information shared with us will be treated confidentially unless there is a cause for concern in relation to safeguarding. If you share information that leads us to believe that a child or adult at risk is suffering significant harm or is likely to do so, then we will need to report our concerns to the relevant authorities. If you have any questions in respect of this please direct them to training@pdasociety.org.uk.

The PDA Society offers a variety of training programmes available for parent/carers and professionals. If you’d like further information or would like to make a booking, please contact our training team: training@pdasociety.org.uk