Working with & supporting PDA adults (CPD accredited)

A trainer led, CPD accredited, course aimed at expanding the knowledge of Professionals in Social Care and/or respite provisions, who work with and support PDA young people and adults (whether formally diagnosed, self-identified or exploring the profile).

Conventional autism approaches are often ineffective and counter-productive for PDA people and the course will explore alternative approaches that include creating a partnership based on trust; flexibility and collaboration.

This online course is for professionals working with & supporting PDA adults, and is suitable for anyone working within adult residential settings or adult social care.

This course is also suitable for PA’s who are employed directly by a family to support and care for a PDA adult either within the family home or another setting.

Number of CPD certified hours: 4

This session will consider:

• What is PDA?
• Demands and their effects
• How PDA can feel
• Helpful approaches
• Good support
• Looking at individual needs
• Collaborative problem solving
• Resources and where to go for help

This is an online session, being delivered on Thursday 11th November 2025 lasting 4 hours from 9:30am - 1:30pm (GMT). 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 should have access to the chat function and a copy of the slides will be provided after the session.

This session is being offered with a recording of the live sessions available for 7 days after the second session. To access the recording you will be registered via your ticket details for our training hub and will receive an email how to access the recording after the second session of the course, usually within 3 working days. This will provide access for 7 days from release.

Please note the question and answer session will not be recorded to protect delegate confidentiality.

Ticket Price:

Professional ticket

£105 Live training only

£110 Live training + access to the recording of the course

Prices are per person payable in advance (plus Eventbrite fees). The course fee includes a certified CPD certificate that will be forwarded after the session following confirmation of attendance.

Tickets purchased are for individual use only, please do not share your log in links. We are a small charity who receive no funding to deliver this training therefore all income raised goes directly into funding our work to improve outcomes for PDA people.

If you wish to transfer your place to another person please email training.support@pdasociety.org.uk

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.

Please note:

• Group prices available for 5 or more tickets. Please contact us with the number of tickets you would like for a quote.

• We are unable to refund tickets (Eventbrite fee is non-refundable) within 7 days of the event taking place or make transfers to a different course within 24 hours of the start date.

• 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.

• All content and slide decks shared as supporting materials are copyright PDA Society and are for personal use of the course attendees only. They may not be replicated or shared outside of the training session or be used to provide training delivered outside of the PDA Society

• 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.

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• 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.

• 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.support@pdasociety.org.uk

• 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 about this course or other courses that we offer please contact our training team via email: training.support@pdasociety.org.uk