This course is suitable for healthcare practitioners and therapists supporting young people (up to 16yrs) with the autism profile of Pathological Demand Avoidance.

Although this session does not specifically discuss identification and diagnosis procedures, clinicians who might be finding a presentation perplexing particularly where the young person doesn't respond to conventional interventions or traditional techniques, may find this course helpful in exploring whether a PDA profile of autism could be an underlying factor and therefore help to signpost a way forward.

The session aims to highlight the importance of correct identification and, offers awareness of how the PDA profile may appear within an assessment environment, identifying behaviours that may be seen and sharing approaches to build effective relationships that will help support the young people in your care.

This 3.5 hour session will look at:

• What is PDA?
• Emerging clinical & research themes
• Importance of identification - video by Dr Judy Eaton, Help for Psychology
• Demands
• How can PDA feel?
• Sensory differences
• Helpful approaches
• Importance of good support - case study
• PDA considerations
• Interview with Julia Daunt, Adult PDAer, Speaker and Blogger
• Q&A

Please Note: any legislation/diagnostic approaches discussed are related to England and delegates joining from other locations will need to consider their own local requirements.

This is an online session, to be delivered on Wednesday 22nd September lasting 3.5 hours from 9.30am-1.00pm. We recommend that you join 5-10 minutes prior to the start to ensure your technology is working correctly as we will be unable to delay the start due to the number of delegates we anticipate attending. All delegates will need access to the chat function. Please note, that to encourage discussion and protect delegate and client confidentiality, the session is not recorded and is only delivered 'live'.

Ticket Price: £70 per delegate payable in advance (plus Eventbrite fees). If you require more than 10+ tickets please do contact us as an in-house programme may suit you better.

If you have any additional needs that may require assistance during the session, please do let us know at the time of booking, in order that we can discuss arrangements in advance. Thank you.

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. Eventbrite will also send reminders prior to the course taking place.

The PDA Society is able to deliver this online course to individual organisations and also have a variety of programmes available for parent/carers and professionals working within education and social care. If you would like further information or would like to make a booking please do contact our training team via email: training@pdasociety.org.uk