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inTune with PDA offers a compassionate, understanding approach to Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), focusing not just on clinical aspects, but on the lived experiences of individuals and families.

It recognises the challenges and isolation that come with PDA, moving away from traditional, harmful approaches that many assume to be helpful, such as behaviour management.

We shift away from old ways, and toward fostering connection, understanding, and self-reflection.

This program advocates for a new paradigm that respects the unique needs and experiences of PDA individuals and their families, emphasising healing, acceptance, and the journey towards embracing PDA unconditionally.

Radical acceptance. Radical resistance.

 

- Kristy Forbes

inTune with PDA offers a compassionate, understanding approach to Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), focusing not just on clinical aspects, but on the lived experiences of individuals and families.

It recognises the challenges and isolation that come with PDA, moving away from traditional, harmful approaches that many assume to be helpful, such as behaviour management.

We shift away from old ways, and toward fostering connection, understanding, and self-reflection.

This program advocates for a new paradigm that respects the unique needs and experiences of PDA individuals and their families, emphasising healing, acceptance, and the journey towards embracing PDA unconditionally.

Radical acceptance. Radical resistance.

 

- Kristy Forbes

Now open all year round.

That means no more waitlists, and no more registration periods.

 

 

 

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  • What the research tells us
  • What PDA is Not
  • Understanding PDA
  • Varying expressions of PDA
  • Resisting the demands of life
  • Social tools of avoidance
  • Social misunderstandings
  • Loud thoughts, Loud feelings
  • Role play, pretence and fantasy
  • People as interests
  • Control
  • Unconventional approaches in parenting, teaching & support
  • The brain-body collaboration
  • The threat response: Understanding the Four Fs
  • Social hierarchies
  • The economy of control
  • PDA specific anxiety
  • Sensory profiling
  • It isn't just you
  • A parenting paradigm shift
  • Flexibility, choice and autonomy
  • Negotiables VS Non Negotiables
  • Natural consequences VS imposed consequences
  • Reward, punishment and praise
  • Levelling and compensation
  • Equality & Equity in relationships
  • Transparency in connection
  • Siblings
  • Tension in partnership
  • Boundaries & Advocacy
  • Silent communication with the threat response
  • Communication for the PDAer
  • Diet, food and eating
  • Sleep, rest and downtime
  • Education
  • Screen time
  • Trauma
  • Post trauma recovery

 

Lifetime Access

to all prerecorded content on the learning platform, along with additional recordings and resources

Live Bonuses

for the first three months including MasterClasses, guest interviews and LIVE Q&As with Kristy

Practical Resources

for you to use, share and adapt or change to suit your unique circumstances

 

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inTune with PDA is:

✓ A pathway to understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance as a neurobiology; outside of a medical diagnosis

✓ A means to connect with your child, your family and yourself

✓ A body of self reflection that enables us to take responsibility where we can in order to grow as parents and people

✓ A PDA autistic perspective into PDA expression and behavioural translation

✓ A journey into exploring positive PDA identity

✓ A new paradigm of thinking, doing and being, in order to support our children, our families and ourselves to be actualised to our fullest potential

✓ An opportunity to challenge our social and cultural conditioning and move away from what no longer serves us

✓ A program for reconnecting with our intuition in order to identify our childrens' support needs and best accommodate them where we can

✓ An opportunity to forgive, heal and love ourselves, as we are

 

What inTune with PDA is:

✓ A pathway to understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance as a neurobiology; outside of a medical diagnosis

✓ A means to connect with your child, your family and yourself

✓ A body of self reflection that enables us to take responsibility where we can in order to grow as parents and people

✓ A PDA autistic perspective into PDA expression and behavioural translation

✓ A journey into exploring positive PDA identity

✓ A new paradigm of thinking, doing and being, in order to support our children, our families and ourselves to be actualised to our fullest potential

✓ An opportunity to challenge our social and cultural conditioning and move away from what no longer serves us

✓ A program for reconnecting with our intuition in order to identify our childrens' support needs and best accommodate them where we can

✓ An opportunity to forgive, heal and love ourselves, as we are

✓ A journey home, to accepting and embracing PDA unconditionally 

inTune with PDA isn't:

✗ A behaviour management program

✗ A program of strategies to fix, shape, cure and/or change our children's challenges

✗ A crash course on the pathology of PDA

✗ A personalised 1:1 program specific to individuals

✗ An insider's course of all the well kept secrets on how to get our children and loved ones to eat vegetables, mow the lawn or return to school

✗ A range of tactics, strategies or techniques to change behaviour to be more compliant

✗ A program for families requiring consultation with medical professionals

✗ Going to ask you to answer quiz questions or recall learning

✗ Parent blaming and/or shaming

✗ For your PDA loved one, it's for you

✗ A program of learning that will only last the duration of the course, inTune with PDA is designed with real examples and applied learning

What inTune with PDA is NOT:

✗ A behavioural management program

✗ A program of strategies to fix, shape, cure and/or change our children's challenges

✗ A crash course on the pathology of PDA

Interested in Kristy's experience and approach?

Take a look below at some of her recordings from Q&A sessions with parents and professionals.

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We would be honoured to welcome you, to a space of deep listening, understanding and solidarity.

No parent judgement, blame or shame. 

Only love, respect and deep appreciation for how challenging and isolating the parenting journey can truly be.

I hope to connect with you soon.

- Kristy

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