PDA Professionals Bundle

A practical, research-informed toolkit for professionals working with children with a PDA profile.

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• 8 ready-to-use professional resources

• Trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming

• Based on current research (incl. Frontiers 2024)

• Designed for real-world use across education, health and care

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What’s Included

A downloadable set of eight professional-grade PDF resources designed for use across educational, healthcare, and social care settings:

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1. PDA Indicators Checklist
   Identify patterns and better understand behaviour drivers

2. PDA Language Reframe Checklist
   Shift communication to reduce demand and support regulation

3. PDA Case Studies
   Real-world scenarios to support reflection and discussion

4. Calm Plan
   Create a clear, shared approach to supporting regulation

5. Dysregulation Support Framework
   Understand what is happening and how to respond in the moment

6. About Me Profile
   A strengths-based tool to support understanding of the child

7. Conversation Starters Resource
   Support safe, meaningful communication with children

8. Sensory and Regulation Supports Guidance
   Practical ways to reduce overwhelm and increase safety

 

Who It’s For

• Teachers, SENCOs and school staff

• Health and social care professionals

• Multi-agency teams

• CPD and training leads

 

Why professionals often struggle with PDA...

PDA is still widely misunderstood.

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Many professionals are working within systems that rely on behaviour-based approaches that do not meet the needs of these children. Training is often limited or inconsistent, and families are frequently left carrying the knowledge without consistent support around them.

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This can leave staff feeling unsure, overwhelmed, or stuck in approaches that are not working.

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Why is this important?

This bundle supports a shift away from behaviour management and towards a regulation-first, relational approach.

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It brings together current research and real-life application so that professionals can better understand what is happening and respond in ways that reduce distress rather than escalate it.

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How is this used in practice?

• Supporting staff understanding and confidence

• Informing EHCPs and support plans

• Improving responses to dysregulation

• Supporting communication across teams

• Embedding consistent, neurodiversity-affirming approaches

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What are Professionals saying?

"The resources provided by Natalie are excellent and strongly informed by neuro-affirming practice and current research. I shared the regulation strategies and calm plan resources with staff at an additionally resourced provision during a PDA training session. These materials aligned perfectly with the key messages I wanted to convey—particularly the complexity of PDA and the role of anxiety and autonomy in driving behaviours.

 

Practitioners found the resources helpful for reflecting on their language and reframing current thinking. This led to staff feeling more equipped to plan for dysregulation and, crucially, to consider preventative adaptations to the environment and their approaches to reduce distress escalation. I would be more than happy to recommend these resources to any colleagues involved with supporting children and young people whose needs may be best understood through the lens of PDA."

Emma - Educational Psychologist

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Get Instant Access:

Download all 8 resources and start using them immediately across your setting.

These are designed to be practical, adaptable, and easy to implement without adding to workload.