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This straightforward guide offers a complete overview of Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) and gives practical advice for overcoming the difficulties it poses in a wide range of contexts from diagnosis through to adulthood. Starting with an exploration into the background of PDA that answers many of the immediate questions triggered when a child is first diagnosed, this book goes on to look at the impact of the condition on different areas of the child's life and what can be done to help. The authors present useful information on early intervention options and workable strategies for managing PDA positively on a day-to-day basis. They also examine ways to minimize common difficulties that may be encountered at home and school, making life easier for the child, family and peers. The final chapters tackle new problems that can arise when the teenage years hit and how to assist a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood. Illustrative case examples are included throughout, and this book concludes with a list of valuable resources for further information and advice. Full of helpful guidance and support, this user-friendly introductory handbook is essential reading for anyone caring for, or working with, children with PDA.
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Phil Christie is Director of Sutherland House Children's Services, which has recently been awarded specialist status and was judged to be outstanding by OFSTED. He leads a team of Consultant Child Psychologists at the Elizabeth Newson Centre, which carries out training and research activities and has particular expertise in Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome. Phil is Associate Editor of 'Good Autism Practice', and became Chair of the Advisory Council of the Autism Education Trust in 2009. Dr Margaret Duncan MBchB, MRCGP, FSRH trained in Sheffield as a GP and is a parent to a child with PDA. She coordinates the PDA Contact Group (part of contact-a-family), an internet based group providing information and support for parents and professionals. Zara Healy, BA (Hons), PGCE, is a parent of a child with PDA. She trained as a journalist and worked for the BBC for nearly a decade as a radio and television reporter. Zara is now a full-time Senior Lecturer in Media Production at the University of Lincoln and she continues to freelance as a broadcast journalist.
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There has long been a need for a book to explain Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome. For the first book on the subject to be so very well written is an especial delight and I could recommend it to anyone without reservation.
It steers a very careful, honest yet pragmatic course through the political minefield of the autism industry, with a clear message that PDA requires a different approach to most other conditions under the pervasive developmental disorder/ASD umbrella. The quotations from parents are well-used to illustrate the impact on families, what might work, what generally does not and the additional sometimes unbearable burden which other people's, particularly professionals', misunderstanding can create.
There are plenty of areas within the subject that could stand more detailed examination but the authors have rightly opted to produce a manageable and eminently readable volume which there can be no excuse for anyone involved in assessing or educating unusually developing children not to read and which will provide a burst of clarity and empathy for parents struggling with wrongly or undiagnosed children.
It steers a very careful, honest yet pragmatic course through the political minefield of the autism industry, with a clear message that PDA requires a different approach to most other conditions under the pervasive developmental disorder/ASD umbrella. The quotations from parents are well-used to illustrate the impact on families, what might work, what generally does not and the additional sometimes unbearable burden which other people's, particularly professionals', misunderstanding can create.
There are plenty of areas within the subject that could stand more detailed examination but the authors have rightly opted to produce a manageable and eminently readable volume which there can be no excuse for anyone involved in assessing or educating unusually developing children not to read and which will provide a burst of clarity and empathy for parents struggling with wrongly or undiagnosed children.
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Great read. Answered a lot of questions for me about my son who has actually been diagnosed with ASD...Definitely recommended.
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Working with a pupil on this spectrum I found the book helpful in understanding the behaviours and it gave strategies to use in difficult situations. The case studies also gave an insight to the condition and how it affects young people. The book was well laid out with sub-titles so that you can easily dip into it; not too wordy. The book is a good starting point in trying to understanding the condition.
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Understanding PDA
Essential reading for a subject with little available literature. A concise overview, taking into account the needs of parents as well as professionals.
Published 6 months ago by smithy555
Useful as an "introduction", if not as a "guide"
As a parent of child with PDA, I looked forward to this book and ordered a copy within the first week of release. Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Silberrad
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