Positive Behaviour Support Strategies for Children and Adolescents with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)

Positive Behaviour Support Strategies for Children and Adolescents with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is a self-paced online course designed to equip you with a practical, compassionate, and neuroaffirming toolkit to better understand and support children and adolescents whose presentation aligns with the PDA profile. Through this tailored PDA training, you will learn how to reduce anxiety-driven demand avoidance, increase a young person’s sense of safety and autonomy, and create environments that lead to more regulation, connection, and engagement. You will also learn a wide range of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) strategies that help you respond safely and effectively to distressed behaviours while developing a personalised prevention plan grounded in the unique characteristics of PDA.
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Course content

7 sections | 8 lessons