In addition to the extensive media coverage about PDA on and around PDA Action Day on 15th May, there has been ongoing interest in PDA with coverage in professional publications, mainstream press and broadcast media – please see PDFs and links below.
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SEN Magazine July/August 2018 – Sally Russell OBE (PDA Society trustee) explains that if a teacher/SENCO has a young person whose behaviour is hard to understand, PDA should be considered. “The PDA profile turns all teaching, parenting and caring norms upside down”. SEN Magazine is the UK’s leading special educational needs magazine.
Part 2: Debra
Part 3: Morgan
18th October
Bethany’s Dad’s interview about Bethany’s misunderstood PDA profile on BBC Breakfast
24th October
Kevin Healey’s Autism Live Chat Show focusing on PDA and ATUs with Sally Russell calling for anyone working in these units or in the criminal justice system or elsewhere who have someone puzzling in their care to consider whether PDA could be an explanation and to seek expert advice, also featuring Norman Lamb MP and Bethany’s Dad
27th October
Gillian Mead talks to Kevin Healey on Autism Live Chat Show about her daughter’s shocking case of misunderstood PDA leading to damaging ‘care’