Welcome to Part 4 of Unified Visions’ PDA CEU series, a parent's perspective. This episode explores how practitioners can translate research on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) into compassionate, practical, and individualized support in everyday settings. Together, we discuss the PDA behavior profile described by Newson and colleagues (2003), family and individual perspectives, and important limitations within the current research base. The conversation also considers how anxiety, trauma, context, and lived experience can shape demand avoidance and should inform ethical, socially valid intervention planning.
Objectives
After this course, you'll be able to:
- Understand key features associated with the PDA profile.
- Consider parent, family, and individual perspectives and their impact on daily living.
- Identify strategies that may support individuals with PDA, including low-demand and invitation-based language, shared decision-making, meaningful choices, negotiated breaks, and co-created expectations.
Continuing education
BACB® credits earned on completion.
- Total Learning CEUs
- 0.5
- Ethics CEUs
- 0
- Supervision CEUs
- 0
- General CEUs
- 0.5
- PDUs
- 0
Podcast Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): From Research to Everyday Life
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