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Created by George Timlin 2008 you can do this by the time I come Use or interests to motivate. Try to ignore negative behaviour Avoid confrontations as far as possible. Put an activity in a box which the child can open and the task for themselves. the Green Group to do Non-directive visuals Set challenges Be cautious about rewarding success Try to keep calm Avoid direct commands Gain support from other members of staff. Give child work without comment and leave them to it. Presentation of tasks Establish relationship built on trust and a sense of fairness. this, can you? Support Creative use of scheduled breaks Act incompetent Oppourtunity for role play based social skills training. Access to a bolt spacewithin the classroom or somewhere in school. Distract & divert on to a different activity. 1:1 support at start and end of day Anxiety Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome Be aware of anxiety triggers. Investigate /monitor anxiety and try to reduce it. Environment interests to motivate. Allow access to stress objects. Accommodate Teaching style Use of a picture book based on . Sit child on the fringe of class. Maximise incidental learning. Observation Disguise expectations reactions to different teaching methods. Be flexible and unpredictable Use more choices Avoid direct instructions Give two choices of tasks (both with same objective). One task should be easier than the other. Record strategies used by the child to avoid tasks etc. Adapt teaching style. Individualised, novel, creative and vary pace of presentation
A MANUAL FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, SOCIAL SERVICES AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES Handling at School and at Home…
Page 1 and 2: PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE SYNDR
Page 3 and 4: PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE This
Page 5 and 6: PDA WHAT IS PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVO
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Page 9: What is a diagnosis? A diagnosis is
Page 13 and 14: HANDLING AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME The
Page 15 and 16: Home-school liaison Teachers need c
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Page 19 and 20: ASPERGER’S or PDA WHAT’S THE DI
Page 21 and 22: this’, ‘I don’t have to, you
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Page 25 and 26: Sensory Processing Disorders TACTIL
Page 27 and 28: It is important for us to break the
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Page 31 and 32: Life with a Child with PDA and our
Page 33 and 34: Home • Major tantrums if she can
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Page 39: USEFUL WEBSITES NAS Autism Helpline

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