Further support and training
PDA (pathological demand avoidance) webinar
Katie Trowse is an experienced educator and neurodiversity expert with her own lived experience of PDA. She's also a PDA parent.
She held this webinar to help parents and carers understand more about PDA and autonomy needs, to best support the needs of PDA'ers in their life.
In the webinar you'll:
- discover how to look below the surface of 'demand avoidance' and understand your child's unique needs more confidently
- develop personalised methods for building trust, with real-world examples
- gain tools to help manage situations effectively and build a positive relationship with your child
You can watch the PDA (pathological demand avoidance) webinar on YouTube.
Understanding sensory processing webinar
This training has been developed by the Stockport NHS Occupational Therapy team. It aims to provide parents, carers and professionals with the knowledge and strategies to help them support the development of their child or young person’s sensory processing.
The training provides an introduction to our 7 sensory systems, and discusses how our sensory systems develop and how important they are in our early years and childhood. It also provides ideas and strategies that can help you support your child or young person’s sensory processing needs.
Visit the Stockport Information and Childcare Directory to watch the understanding sensory processing webinar.
Understanding sensory needs seminar
These videos have been recorded by our parent facilitators and are split into sections that are roughly 25 minutes long. The seminar is around 100 minutes in total.
Visit the Greater Manchester Autism Consortium to watch the understanding sensory needs seminar.