PDA Starter Kit
This list of resource is broken down into immediate PDA essentials, and in the comments section of this post is a more comprehensive list of other books and resources that support the PDA journey
(Adapted from one of Andrea Perkin’s great lists!)
BOOKS:
Navigating PDA in North America by Diane Gould and Ruth Fiddler
Low Demand Parenting by Amanda Diekman
The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene
The Declarative Language Handbook by Linda Murphy
PDA ORGANIZATIONS:
PDA ADVOCATES:
Kristy Forbes (inTune Pathways)
Amanda Diekman (Low Demand Amanda)
Rabbi Shoshana (instagram)
Riko’s PDA Page
Journey’s with PDA
PODCASTS:
InTune Pathways
Big Baffling Behavior Show
Divergent Conversations
PDA Parents
Other helpful resources
Books:
Beyond Behaviors and Brain Body Parenting by Dr. Mona Delahooke (and follow her on FB)
Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors by Robyn Gobbel (pediatric trauma therapist and another brain-body parenting expert). Robyn has an amazing podcast called The Baffling Behavior Show.
The Whole Brain Child by Dr. Dan Siegel
Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn
Social Media pages:
@prntgdcolonized (FB and IG, BIPOC)
Greg Santucci, OT (website and FB)
NeuroWild (FB and IG)
The Occuplaytional Therapist (FB)
@Destinyhuff_IEP_Advocate (IG, BIPOC)
More PDA-specific books:
The Family Experience of PDA and Can't Not Won’t by Eliza Fricker
Understanding PDA by Phil Christie, Margaret Duncan, Ruth Fidler and Zara Healy
Helping Your Child with PDA Live a Happier Life by Alice Running
My Daughter is Not Naughty by Jane Sherwin
PDA by PDAers by Sally Cat
The Teacher’s Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance by Claire Truman