Thank you for registering for “Perspectives on Demand Avoidance: Is it PDA or Something Else?”.
A two-day virtual conference hosted by POPARD, in collaboration with ACT.
Date: Thursday & Friday, November 17 & 18, 2022
Presentation Handouts
Session 1: Supporting Learners with Pathological Demand Avoidance
Laura Kerbey BSc (Hons), PGCE (Autism), NPQH
Session 2: Collaborative & Proactive Solutions – Moving from Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem-Solving
Ross W. Greene, PhD
Session 3: Understanding and supporting children and young people with a PDA profile
Phil Christie, CPsychol, AFBPsS
- Session 3 Presentation Handout – 3 Slides per Page
- Session 3 Presentation Handout – 2 Slides per Page
Session 4: ESE Wars Episode III – The Return of Darth Task Evader – An analysis of escape-maintained behavior
Merrill Winston, PhD, BCBA-D
- Session 4 Presentation Handout – 3 Slides per Page
- Session 4 Presentation Handout – 2 Slides per Page
Supplemental Resources
Session 1:
- Neurodivergent Education Support and Training (NEST) website
- Kite Therapeutic Learning Service website
- PDA Society’s free videos & webinars
- PDA Society’s Reference Book for Clinicians (contains Elizabeth Newson’s “writing in a castle” example)
- PDA Society’s 2019 study Being Misunderstood: Experiences of the Pathological Demand Avoidance Profile of ASD
Session 2:
- Dr. Ross Greene’s website
- Lives in the Balance website
- “The Kids We Lose” 2019 Documentary (free)
- Learn the basics of Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (includes free videos/guides)
- Assessment of Lagging Skills & Unsolved Problems (ALSUP)
- Drilling Cheat Sheet
- True Crisis Prevention website (ending restraints/seclusion)
Session 3:
- “Family” of Pervasive Developmental Disorders visual (1990)
- PDA Society’s Identifying & Assessing PDA. Also available as a pdf.
Recording Access
All registrants received access to the recording of this presentation for two weeks, beginning Monday, November 21. Access has now ended, thank you for watching!
Acknowledgements
ACT – Autism Community Training is pleased to bring Laura Kerbey, BSc, PGCE (Autism); Ross W. Greene, PhD; Phil Christie, CPsychol, AFBPsS; and Merrill Winston, PhD, BCBA-D to Vancouver, to present on the important topic of ‘Perspectives on Demand Avoidance’. Drawing on their many years of experience, the presenters will inform, educate, and encourage dialogue amongst professionals from diverse theoretical and clinical backgrounds.
POPARD (Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders), has provided crucial financial support for this conference. POPARD provides consultation, training, and support services to all public and independent schools across the province of British Columbia, under the auspices of the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care.
ACT depends on community collaboration and support to sustain our work, as our organization is a small not-for-profit. We deeply appreciate the many parents and professionals across British Columbia who volunteer their time and expertise and donate funds, which enables us to provide free, evidence-based resources.
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Ross W. Greene, PhD
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