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Supporting PDA in the classroom: how to put a learning plan together
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Lynn McCann is an Autism, ADHD and PDA specialist teacher focused on helping neurodivergent children thrive in educational settings. In this session, she explores how to assess the strengths, demands and daily challenges for a pupil with PDA and how to use the PDA Helpful Approaches in creative and engaging ways to put a learning plan together.
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Strategies for supporting someone with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) focus on understanding, flexibility and reducing pressure, rather than encouraging compliance. When you have a child with a PDA Profile in your class, it can seem difficult to implement a completely different learning plan for that child, but it is possible!
Lynn McCann is an Autism, ADHD and PDA specialist teacher focused on helping neurodivergent children thrive in educational settings. In this session, she explores how to assess the strengths, demands and daily challenges for an individual child with PDA and how to use the PDA Helpful Approaches in creative and engaging ways to put a learning plan together. She also looks at ideas for how to collate evidence of learning from the child’s autonomous activities.
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Who is the session aimed at?
SENCOs, School Leaders, Teachers and Teaching Assistants with an interest in learning more about PDA.
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Key takeaways
– Understand the daily experiences of a PDA child and their anxiety driven demand avoidance –
– Let go of typical expectations and be prepared to try something new and flexible –
– Know how to develop a learning plan that is created around the child’s autonomy and the PDA Helpful Approaches –
– Understand how to gather evidence of learning and develop an observational assessment style to be used by all staff –
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About the Creator
Lynn McCann / Autism, ADHD and PDA specialist teacher – Reachout ASC
Lynn McCann is an Autism, ADHD and PDA specialist teacher. She is the founder of Reachout ASC, a UK-based consultancy that provides training and support for schools working with autistic, ADHD and PDA pupils. Lynn has extensive experience in specialist education and is known for her practical strategies to help neurodivergent children thrive in educational settings. She has written several books on autism, including resources for teachers on supporting autistic students in the classroom. Her published works include All About Autism: A Practical Guide for Primary Teachers and All About Autism: A Practical Guide for Secondary Teachers, and Stories That Explain about using social stories for children with autism in primary school. Lynn has her own diagnosis of ADHD just 4 years ago and has a life full of amazing neuro-spicy family and friends
Reachout ASC offers training, resources, and direct support to schools and organisations to improve understanding and inclusion for autistic, ADHD and PDA learners. The team is passionate about helping people understand the experiences and perspectives of autistic young people in schools and building supportive and effective programmes that help them feel safe, learn and thrive in school. This extends to supporting autistic people in employment and training managers, employers and coworkers in understanding autism and neurodiversity.
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Rachel Stacey (verified owner) –
Very informative. A good basic understanding of PDA which has been useful to pass onto our staff in expectation of student with a PDA profile attending in September.