Back to training home Courses & events for education professionals We offer a suite of training options for education professionals, including live & CPD accredited courses which we deliver on various dates throughout the year and on behalf of other organisations such as schools & residential settings; [...]
Back to training home All Q&A Recordings You can now access recordings of our recent Q&A Lives. Registering gives you access to the recording for 30 days. In addition, we also have replays of our past Q&A sessions, where guest speakers answer questions about PDA and specific topics, available [...]
Back to training home Courses & events for social care professionals We offer a suite of training options for social care professionals, including live & CPD accredited courses which we deliver on various dates throughout the year and on behalf of other organisations such as local authorities, [...]
PDA Day and Action Week 2023 Thank you to everyone who joined us this PDA Day and Action Week (10th - 16th May) in working towards better understanding, recognition and support for all PDA people and their families. It's not too late to join Team PDA and help make [...]
Personal Reflection: Surviving A-Levels by Jo. Jo is a PDA young adult. He studied A-Level Philosophy, Maths and English at a mainstream school and shares his personal experience here, offering valuable insights for both young people and adults. Jo reflects on some of the challenges he faced and the approaches [...]
Today is the start of Autism Acceptance Week 2023 and we’d like to talk about PDA which is an often misunderstood profile seen in some Autistic people. We want all Autistic people to be understood, accepted, and correctly supported, but there are many PDA Autistic people who aren’t, because [...]
With the news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, there are many changes, cancellations, demands and, for some people, heightened emotions. We thought it might be helpful to compile the following resources and tips to help those in the PDA community who may be affected. We’ll add to this page [...]
“A wolf in sheep’s clothing” - we agree with IPSEA A statement on the SEND Review Green Paper In March 2022 the government began consulting on a SEND Review Green Paper. At the same time, it launched a Schools White Paper and published a Schools Bill. That’s a lot [...]
In recent months there has been extensive coverage about PDA in the mainstream press and broadcast media and in professional publications. Below is a recap, with links to the coverage. Please do contact us if you’d like further information or for press enquiries. 12 May 2022, Channel 4 News The [...]
Identifying & Assessing PDA In January 2022 the PDA Society published 'Identifying & Assessing a PDA profile - Practice Guidance', collating the professional practice and experience of a multidisciplinary group of professionals working in the NHS and private practice. The guidance is shared below, with a PDF version available [...]
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