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South Broxtowe
School Behaviour & Attendance Partnership
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is widely understood to be a profile on the autism spectrum, involving the avoidance of everyday demands and the use of ‘social’ strategies as part of this avoidance. PDA individuals share autistic characteristics and also have many of the ‘key features’ of a PDA profile.
There is lots of information and resources available below and from the PDA Society.
Demand Avoidant Approaches (NCC)
Extreme Demand Avoidance (EDA)
PDA Mind Map
This mind map helps to break down the different types of support. Similar documents are available for ADHD and autism and they are good to compare together. More resources are available on SEND Supported website.
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