Author: PDA Essentials Admin
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The Brain’s Toolbox: Leading and Lagging Skills
When I first started trying to understand what was going on with my child, I kept running into the advice that I should identify his “lagging skills.” The idea was that if I could figure out what specific skills he was struggling with, I could better support him. But that was easier said than done.…
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Adjusting Your Parenting Mindset
Parenting an autistic child with a PDA profile requires a non-traditional, neuroaffirming approach. To outsiders—and sometimes even to yourself—it may seem like you’re rewarding bad behavior. This is not the case! What you’re actually doing is modifying the world around your child to accommodate and support their neurological disability. You are building scaffolding to support…
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Meltdowns 101: Phases and Looping
What is a Meltdown? How do I know this is a meltdown? Meltdown Looping I’m pretty sure this is just a tantrum. I don’t want to teach my child they can get what they want with bad behavior… So what do I do? Lots more articles to come – safety plans, deescalation techniques, trigger avoidance,…
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What is PDA?
You might already be confused, since even the name for PDA is a topic of debate. Depending on where you look, you’ll see different terms used to describe this complex profile: Why the Different Names? The debate on how to name PDA centers on whether it should be viewed as a disorder requiring intervention or…