COMMUNICATE with
LEARN from and
UNDERSTAND your
EXCEPTIONAL child

Children's Autism Foundation (now proudly integrated with Autism New Zealand) presents "Understanding PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)", a workshop for parents & whanau and any professionals who engage with children and young people on the autism spectrum. You will leave this workshop with a better understanding of PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) & avoidant behaviours in autistic children & young people. You will also learn simple & practical strategies to support your child or the children you work with.

Topics include:

What is PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) & avoidant behaviour?
How to build trust and self-confidence in children to enable them to cope more flexibly with the demands of everyday life.
How to adapt your communication to the needs of your child.
Practical strategies & a PDA "toolkit" to better support autistic children & young people.

Plus plenty of time for Q&A at the end of the session.

Facilitated by Jo Sutton

Jo is a National Educator at Autism New Zealand. She is proud mum of three children, one of whom is autistic. Jo is passionate about supporting autistic children and their whanau to live their absolute best lives.

Vaccine Pass requirements: the NZ Govt's Covid-19 protection framework has changed. We are currently reviewing these changes for our programmes and will update soon.

This workshop is FREE for parents/caregivers/whanau thanks to support from the Kaipatiki Local Board.
Professionals $50 incl GST

Please note that this workshop is interactive. This means that we invite you to respond to discussion questions, share your experience/opinion, and of course, ask questions of your own!

Unsure if this is for you? No worries at all - your participation is voluntary! You may simply choose to sit back and enjoy. We will email out the presentation slides at the end of the workshop but you are welcome to take notes or photos. This is an autism-friendly workshop and you are invited to participate in whatever way makes you feel most comfortable. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions or require assistance of any kind.