Can I Tell You about Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Fidler Ruth)(Paperback)

Can I Tell You about Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Fidler Ruth)(Paperback)

Meet Issy - an 11-year-old girl with pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA), a condition on the autism spectrum. Issy invites readers to learn about PDA from her perspective, helping them to understand how simple, everyday demands can cause her great anxiety and stress. Issy tells readers

Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals (Duncan Margaret)(Paperback)

Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) is a developmental disorder that is being increasingly recognised as part of the autism spectrum. The main characteristic is a continued resistance to the ordinary demands of life through strategies of social manipulation, which originates from an

Collaborative Approaches to Learning for Pupils with PDA: Strategies for Education Professionals (Fidler Ruth)(Paperback)

Educational environments can present challenges for children with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), who require different strategies than children with a more straightforward presentation of autism, and schools frequently find themselves struggling to meet their complex needs. In this guide PDA

Can I Tell You about Depression?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Dowrick Christopher)(Paperback)

Can I Tell You about Tourette Syndrome?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Leicester Mal)(Paperback)

Meet Max - a boy with Tourette syndrome (TS). Max invites readers to learn about Tourette's from his perspective, helping them to understand what tics and triggers are and what it feels like to have TS. He explains how living with TS can sometimes be difficult, and how people around him can help

Being Julia - A Personal Account of Living with Pathological Demand Avoidance (Fidler Ruth)(Paperback)

Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) at aged 12 and writing this memoir at age 37, Julia Daunt depicts the ins and out of PDA and its symptoms, while maintaining a positive outlook on what is possible to achieve. Co-written with professional specialist Ruth Fidler, it covers how PDA

PDA in the Therapy Room: A Clinician's Guide to Working with Children with Pathological Demand Avoidance (Dundon Raelene)(Paperback)

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) presents a unique challenge for professionals, whereby conventional therapy methods are often perceived as demands and met with opposition where they normally would have proven effective. This guide sets out the most effective strategies for clinicians to provide

Can I Tell You about Parkinson's Disease?: A Guide for Family, Friends and Carers (Corrow Lydia)(Paperback)

Can I Tell You about Adoption?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Salaman Rosy)(Paperback)

Meet Chelsea - a young girl who was adopted. Chelsea invites you to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who were also transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what it means to be adopted, the experiences and challenges

Can I Tell You about Ocd?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Heyman Isobel)(Paperback)

Meet Katie - a teenager with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life, and how people around her can help. With illustrations throughout, this

Can I Tell You about Autism?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Telford Jane)(Paperback)

Meet Tom - a young boy with autism. Tom invites readers to learn about autism from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and explaining the challenges he faces with issues such as social communication, sensory overload and changes in his routine. Tom tells readers about all the

Can I Tell You about Dyscalculia?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Hornigold Judy)(Paperback)

Dyscalculia is a learning difference affecting the ability to process numbers. This illustrated guide provides children aged 7+ with the tools and confidence to understand the condition, discover helpful techniques, and seek additional support. It guides parents and teachers on how to help at home

Can I Tell You about Epilepsy?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Lambert Kate)(Paperback)

Meet Ellie - a young girl with epilepsy. Ellie invites readers to learn about epilepsy from her perspective. She introduces us to some friends who help present the varying forms of epilepsy. Ellie and her friends help children to understand the obstacles that they face by telling them what it feels

Can I Tell You about Asperger Syndrome?: A Guide for Friends and Family (Telford Jane)(Paperback)

Meet Adam - a young boy with AS. Adam invites young readers to learn about AS from his perspective. He helps children understand the difficulties faced by a child with AS - he tells them what AS is, what it feels like to have AS and how they can help children with AS by understanding their

Can I Tell You about Anxiety?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Tay Kaiyee)(Paperback)

Meet Megan - a young girl who has an anxiety disorder. Megan invites readers to learn about anxiety from her perspective, helping them to understand why she sometimes feels anxious and how this affects her thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Megan talks about techniques she has learnt to help manage

Can I Tell You about Sensory Processing Difficulties?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Allen Sue)(Paperback)

Meet Harry - a young boy with sensory processing difficulties. Harry invites readers to learn about why he finds it hard to process sensory information effectively, and how even simple thing such as washing, dressing and coping with meal times can be challenging for him. He also talks about

Can I Tell You about Stammering?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Cottrell Sue)(Paperback)

Meet Harry - a young boy who stammers. Harry invites readers to learn about what it is like to stammer from his perspective and how it affects his daily life and makes him feel. He talks about techniques that can help reduce stammering and describes how friends, family and others can help him to

Can I Tell You about Dyslexia?: A Guide for Friends, Family, and Professionals (Hultquist Alan M.)(Paperback)

Meet Zoe - a young girl with dyslexia. Zoe invites readers to learn about dyslexia from her perspective. She helps readers to understand the challenges faced by a child with dyslexia, explaining what dyslexia is and how it affects her at home and at school. Zoe describes exactly why she finds

Can I Tell You about Dyspraxia?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Hallam Imogen)(Paperback)

Meet Marco - a boy with dyspraxia, which is sometimes called Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD). Marco invites readers to learn about dyspraxia from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and what it feels like when he sometimes struggles to control his movement and

Can I Tell You about Gender Diversity?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Atkinson Cj)(Paperback)

Meet Kit - a 12 year old undergoing medical transition - as he talks about gender and the different ways it can be explored. He explains what it is like to transition and how his friends, family and teachers can help through talking, listening and being proactive. With illustrations throughout,

Can I Tell You about Cerebral Palsy?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Stanton Katie)(Paperback)

Meet Sophie - a girl with cerebral palsy (CP). Sophie invites readers to learn about CP from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is like to use a wheelchair to move around and assistive technology to communicate. She also introduces readers to some of her friends who have different

Can I Tell You about Adhd?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Martin Chris)(Paperback)

Meet Ben - a young boy with ADHD. Ben invites readers to learn about ADHD from his perspective. He helps children understand what it means to have ADHD and describes what it is and how it feels. Ben explains how he was diagnosed and what he has learnt about ways to relieve his ADHD symptoms, and

Me and My PDA: A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People (Dur-Vil Glria)(Pevná vazba)

This beautifully illustrated guide helps young people with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) to understand their diagnosis, develop self-awareness and implement their own personalised problem-solving strategies. Written in consultation with young people with PDA and their families, this book

Can I Tell You about Diabetes (Type 1)?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals (Macconville Julia)(Paperback)

Meet Debbie - a young girl with diabetes type 1. Debbie invites readers to learn about this type of diabetes from her perspective, describing how it feels to have high and low blood sugar levels. She explains how she can monitor her blood sugar and controls it with medication. Debbie also talks