Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA):
Parents and Carers
Welcome to our Parents and Carers course on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), we are so glad you're here!
Guidance and support when parenting and educating a PDA child.
This course is your comprehensive, down-to-earth guide to understanding and supporting a child with a PDA profile. Grounded in the latest research and shaped by lived experience, it goes far beyond surface-level information to explore the real challenges PDA families face—offering you compassionate, practical tools that truly work.
Whether you’re navigating meltdowns, struggling with education choices, or simply feeling overwhelmed, you’ll find in-depth insight, proven strategies, and thoughtful reflection to help you feel less alone and more equipped. With accessible content that you can return to anytime, you’ll learn about nervous system regulation, demand avoidance, felt safety, and trauma-informed approaches, alongside gentle parenting support and PDA-friendly education ideas like strewing. Created by an autistic PDA adult who is also parenting PDA children, this course is for you—because parenting differently wired kids requires a different kind of understanding.
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Our course has a mixture of subtitled videos, animations and slides to help you to get the most out of your learning experience
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Accessible on any device, feel free to make yourself a cuppa and get comfortable on the sofa whenever you feel able
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No need to wait for webinar or session dates
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Lifetime access to all resources, so take your time!
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Have a question along the way? Get in touch...
Please take a look at the PDF link below to read the full course outline.
Join our community of parents and carers who could really do with support that works.
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£30​​
New to PDA? Read our FAQ on what PDA is and how to spot it.
William Groves - School Leader
The course was visually engaging, paced brilliantly, and packed with practical advice that I could implement straight away in my role as a teacher. Natalie presents complex ideas in a clear and accessible way, making it easy to deepen your understanding whether you’re in education or a parent seeking extra support.
What really stood out was how well-designed the course was – everything from the content to the delivery made it easy to follow and incredibly impactful. It has genuinely changed the way I support children with PDA in my daily work.
This course is a must for schools, parents, and anyone looking to build a deeper, more practical understanding of PDA. I’m really looking forward to seeing what Natalie offers next – she’s a gifted educator with a real talent for making important information accessible and actionable.
Lindsay Salmon - PDA Parent
"I’m thinking that I would very much like to share it with my parents and my mother in law because I think it would help them to understand - hearing it from somebody else, and so yeah, it’s fab!”
Emma While - Parent
“I actually love you. I am somebody who actively avoids podcasts being more than 15 minutes. I usually can’t watch the training I sign up for because when am I ever at my desk for 49 million hours to do so. Even though I have watched a load back to back I LOVE that your videos are all teeny tiny. I mean, it’s as if you understand neurodiversity or something!”