At Peace Parents Podcast
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The At Peace Parents Podcast is your source for all things related to understanding, supporting, accommodating, and advocating for your demand avoidant or PDA child. It will completely transform the way you think about your PDA child's brain, behavior, and parenting, and support you in finding your path to more peace and stability in the home. For more information see www.atpeaceparents.com
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Throwback: 5 Ways to Recognize Pathological Demand Avoidance at School | Ep. 179
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Educational Exclusion, Radical Trust, and What PDA-Affirming Schooling Looks Like: Otto Specht School | Ep. 178
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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One Year Later: Justin's Story of Progress With His PDA Son | Ep. 177
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Basic Needs and Pathological Demand Avoidance: Toileting, Sleep, Hygiene, Eating, and Safety | Ep. 176
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Throwback: Is Pathological Demand Avoidance the Same as Autism, ADHD, or Anxiety? | Ep. 175
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Why You're Walking On Eggshells: Cumulative Nervous System Activation And Your PDA Child Or Teen | Ep. 174
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Finding Meaning as a Parent of a Pathological Demand Avoidance Child or Teen | Ep. 173
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Shame, Power, and Pathological Demand Avoidance in Children and Teens with Dr. Gillian Boudreau | Ep. 172
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Why Lowering Demands May Not Be Enough For Your PDA Child | Ep. 171
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Using the PDA Lens to Change Your Parenting With Pathological Demand Avoidance | Ep. 170
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Addictive Behaviors and the Nervous System in PDA: A Conversation With Jan Winhall | Ep. 169
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Understanding the Root Cause of Pathological Demand Avoidance and Equalizing Behavior | Ep. 168
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Advocacy for Pathological Demand Avoidance with Dr. Destiny Huff | Ep. 167
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Four Ways To Create Calm With Your Pathologically Demand Avoidant Child | Ep. 166
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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A PDA Neuropsychologist on How Pathologically Demand Avoidant Brains Actually Work | Ep. 165
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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How A Dad Changed His Parenting To Stop Fighting His Child With Pathological Demand Avoidance: An Interview With My Husband | Ep. 164
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May 26, 2026 |
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Giftedness, Pathological Demand Avoidance and Burnout in Adults: My Story | Ep. 163
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May 19, 2026 |
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A Speech Language Pathologist on Selective Mutism, Pathological Demand Avoidance and So Much More | Ep. 162
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May 12, 2026 |
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What Occupational Therapists Need to Know: Restrictive Eating and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 4 | Ep. 161
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May 05, 2026 |
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Practical Autonomy-Based Tools for Families Stuck in Food Struggles - Restrictive Eating and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 3| Ep. 160
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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10 Misconceptions About Eating And Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 2 l Ep. 159
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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My Son Only Ate Three Foods - Eating and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 1 | Ep. 158
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Getting Husband and Parents On Board with Pathological Demand Avoidance | Ep. 157
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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What Radical Acceptance Actually Looks Like for Pathological Demand Avoidance Parents | Ep. 156
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Raising Twin Pathologically Demand Avoidant Boys: Socialization, Therapeutic Equalizing, and the Long Game | Ep. 155
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Entrepreneurship And The Strengths Nobody Talks About From A Pathologically Demand Avoidant Adult | Ep. 154
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Addiction And The Long Game With Mom Of A Teen With Pathological Demand Avoidance | Ep. 153
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Practical Tips for Bathing, Hair, Nails, and Getting Dressed - Hygiene and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 3 | Ep. 152
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Ep. 151 - Teeth Brushing, Dentists and Pathological Demand Avoidance
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Ep. 150 - Hygiene and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 1
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Ep. 149 - Mom Can't Get To Her Bedroom Without Causing A Meltdown For 10-Year-Old PDAer
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Ep. 148 - Tips for Parenting Your Pathologically Demand Avoidant Teen - Part 2
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Ep. 147 - Tips for Parenting Your Pathologically Demand Avoidant Teen - Part 1
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Ep. 146 - 10 Misconceptions About Pathological Demand Avoidance
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Ep. 145 - Toilet Training and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 3
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Ep. 144 - Helping Your PDA Child or Teen Get to A Doctor's Appointment
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Ep. 143 - Toileting and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 2
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Ep. 142 - Toileting and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 1
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Ep. 141 - Getting Started Parenting Your PDAer
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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A Pathologically Demand Avoidant OT on Burnout, Recovery, and Supporting PDA Kids in Practice | Ep. 140
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Ep. 139 - PDA Child Is Unable To Eat Or Drink Because Of Loose Tooth
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Ep. 138 - The 10 Hardest Lessons I Learned in 2025 As A Mom of 2 PDA Kids (Part 2)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Ep. 137 - The 10 Hardest Lessons I Learned in 2025 As A Mom of 2 PDA Kids (Part 1)
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Ep. 136 - Teaching Frustration Tolerance to My PDA Child?
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 135 - PDA Teen Can't Stop Wrestling Dad
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 134 - De-Escalating Your PDA Teen in Public
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 133 - PDA and ASD Evaluations for You and Your Child
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 132 - When PDA Child Won't Let Me Take a Pause
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 131 - PDA Daughter Pinches and Scratches Me While Falling Asleep
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Neighbors Repeatedly Visited By Son With Pathological Demand Avoidance | Ep. 130
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Seeking Novelty and Dopamine: Parenting a Teen with Pathological Demand Avoidance Who Wants to Buy Everything | Ep. 129
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 128 - Recognizing My Second Son is PDA
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 127 - How to Manage PDA Child Equalizing on the Walk to School
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 126 - Supporting Your PDA Child Dysregulated by Boredom
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 125 - Helping Sibling Understand PDA Sister's Equalizing
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 124 - PDA Child's Equalizing Triggers My Trauma
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 123 - When 4-Year-Old PDAer Equalizes on Younger Sibling
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 122 - Radically Accepting My Child's PDA While Worrying What Others Think
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 121 - Parental Burnout and PDA
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 120 - Healthy Self-Concept for PDA Child or Teen
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 119 - Life-Changing Impacts (for all) By Shifting How They Parented Their PDA Child
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 118 - PDA, Screens, and AI - Oh My!
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 117 - Is My Child PDA or Non-PDA Demand Avoidant?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 116 - Choosing Your Perspective While Parenting A PDA Child or Teen
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 115 - Journey of a PDA Parent with a PDA Child
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 114 - Is PDA always Autism?
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 113 - You're Not Parenting Your PDAer Wrong!
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 112 - Alumna Talks About Parenting PDA and Two Other Neurotypes
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 111 - Compulsive Eating by Your PDA Child or Teen
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 110 - Speech Dude and I Talk School Accommodations for PDA Children and Teens
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 109 - My Conversation with Physician and Founder of All Brains Belong, Dr. Mel Houser
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 108 - 10 Tips to Improve Connection and Communication with your PDA Child or Teen
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 107 - 20 Things I'd Tell Myself About My PDA Child's Restrictive Eating
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 106 - Screens and Your PDA Child or Teen
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 105 - How to Know if Your Child or Teen is PDA
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 104 - Harmful Myths About PDA in Children and Teens
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 103 - Healing Your Nervous System as a Parent of a PDA Child or Teen
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 102 - Six Things from Buddhist Psychology that Help Me Parent My PDA Child
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 101 - The Biggest Surprise in 5 Years of Occupational Therapy with My PDA Son
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 100 - What If My Partner Won't Accommodate Our PDA Child or Teen?
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 99 - Helping Our PDA Children and Teens Build a Healthy Self Concept
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 98 - What About When My PDA Child or Teen Grows Up?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 97 - Demi Burnett's Story as a PDA Autistic Adult
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 96 - Could Making Your PDA Child Walk Prevent Them From Eating?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 95 - Where Parents, Therapists and Teachers of PDA Children and Teens Get Stuck
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 94 - Normalizing PDA Parenting Techniques
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 93 - Grief, Ableism and Other Diagnoses while Parenting Your PDA Child
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 92 - Tips for Holiday Parenting Your PDA Child or Teen
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 91 - School Advocacy For Your PDA Child or Teen
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 90 - Offering Summer Camp to a PDA Child - An Alumni Story
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 89 - Parenting PDA Children and Teens so They Access Basic Needs
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 88 - Lowering Demands for Your PDA Child or Teen
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 87 - Controlling, Criticizing and Destructive Equalizing in PDA Children and Teens
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 86 - PDA en Español!
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 85 - If Your Co-Parent Wants Evidence of PDA
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 84 - Using Declarative Language with Your PDA Child or Teen
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 83 - Misconceptions on Setting Boundaries with a PDA Child or Teen
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 82 - Changing to a PDA Parenting Approach Can Be Awkward!
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 81 - Is ABA Really the Gold Standard for Our PDA Children?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 80 - Can Therapies Help PDA Children and Teens?
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 79 - When and How Do You Correct Your PDA Child or Teen?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 78 - Why Behavioral Approaches Don't Work With PDA Children and Teens
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 77 - From Solution Seeking to Decision Making While Parenting A PDA Child
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 76 - What the Lack of Research on PDA Means (and Doesn't Mean)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 75 - Signaling Safety to Your PDA Child or Teen
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 74 - The 4S's of Nervous System Regulation for Your PDA Child or Teen
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 73 - Interview with Kelly Edwards: Unschooling Your PDA Child or Teen
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 72 - You Don't Have to Be Perfect!
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 71 - The Role of Intuition While Parenting a PDA Child or Teen
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 70 - Advocating With Your PDA Child or Teen's School
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 69 - What to do when your PDA child or teen is controlling, criticizing, swearing at you...?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 68 - Externalized vs Internalized PDA
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 67 - Donna Georgen: Expert Coach for Parents of PDA Tweens, Teens and Young Adults
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 66 - None of This is Your Fault! (Shame and Parenting a PDA Child or Teen)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 65 - What is it like to grow up as an internalized PDAer?
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 64 - Parenting a PDA Child like Scientist Would
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 63 - Parenting PDA Children and Teens Amidst OCD, Violence and Siblings with Dr. Alex Klein
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 62 - Violence and Risk Mitigation Raising a PDA Child or Teen
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 61 - Kendahl Damashek: Expert Coach for Parents of 2E PDAers
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 60 - Polyvagal Theory and Parenting a PDA Child or Teen
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May 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 59 - Angry and Exhausted from Advocating for Your PDA Child? These ideas can help.
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 58 - How Polyvagal Theory Explains Masking in PDA Children
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May 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 57 - Conversation with Dr. Alex Klein, Clinical Psychologist
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May 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 56 - PDA Children Avoiding Writing and Drawing
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 55 - Boundaries vs Rules with Your PDA Child or Teen
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 54 - Play Therapy and PDA - A Conversation with Therapist Lauren Stern Noel
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 53 - Parenting vs Caregiving for a PDA Child or Teen
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 52 - Rhythms versus Routines when Parenting a PDA Child or Teen
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 51 - Signalling Safety to Your PDA Child or Teen
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 50 - Sensory Processing Disorder or Pathological Demand Avoidance?
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 49 - Conversation with Lauren Stern Noel, Developmental Therapist (and great friend!)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 48 - Siblings and PDA (Again)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 47 - What skills do we need to parent our PDA children?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 46 - "Strewing" to Accommodate your PDA Child or Teen
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 45 - First PDA Discussion with Dr. Alex Klein, Clinical Psychologist
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 44 - Five places parents get stuck
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 43 - Guilt and second arrows as parents of PDA children
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 42 - Service Dogs and PDA
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 41 - PDA and Taking a Research Perspective
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 40 - If I accommodate now, what will happen when they grow up?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 39 - Parenting through the holidays
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 38 - Is PDA on a spectrum?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 37 - Let's talk about empathy
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 36 - Are you a PDA parent of a PDA child?
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 35 - 6 Tips for Making Halloween More Manageable for your Family.
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 34 - The fawn and freeze responses
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 33 - Behavioral approaches and why they don't work
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 32 - Is therapy good for PDA kids?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 31 - What does it look like long term if we don't correct our children's "bad behavior"?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 30 - Have you "radically accepted" your PDA child or teen?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 29 - Can you "heal" Pathological Demand Avoidance?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 28 - OCD, Anxiety or PDA?
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 27 - Is My Child PDA or Autistic with Demand Avoidance?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 26 - What is the difference between PDA and trauma?
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 25 - Reframing Progress as a Parent of a PDA Child or Teen
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 24 - Finding *your* unique PDA child or Teen's Edge.
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May 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 23 - Sticker Charts and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 22 - Timelines, Pre-PDA Awareness, and My Son's Burnout
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 21 - Marriage and Co-Parenting with a PDA Child or Teen
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 20 - Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) vs. Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 19 - Identity: Yours, Your Child's, and Mine
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 18 - Why is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) so Hard to Understand? - Part II
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 17 - Why is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) so Confusing? - Part I
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 16 - Toileting and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 15 - Siblings and PDA
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 14 - Your "Secret" and "Inappropriate" Questions about PDA
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 13 - The Three Stages Parents of PDA Children and Teens Go Through
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 12 - Parenting a PDA Child or Teen with an Experimental Mindset
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 11 - "Aren't You Just Rewarding Bad Behavior?"
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 10 - Masking, PDA Children and Teens, and YOU!
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 9 - How to Manage the Holidays with a PDA Child
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 8 - How do I know if my child is PDA or Autistic with Demand Avoidance?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 7 - 4 Ways to Support Your PDA Child's Nervous System
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 6 - What is a "Cognitive Loop" for a PDA Child or Teen?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 5 - Grief and Radical Acceptance as a Parent of a PDA Child
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 4 - Boundaries and the PDA Child
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 3 - Rewards and Consquences and the PDA Child
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 2 - Supporting Eating for a PDA or Demand Avoidant Child
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 1 - Recognizing Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in an Educational Setting
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Nov 15, 2022 |