Demand Avoidant Conditions in the Early Years

For parents and professionals

Defiant, argumentative, controlling………………..or a typical pre-schooler?

This short workshop, is for professionals working in the Early Years and parents who have a pre-school child. The workshop explores the conditions of; Oppositional Defiance Disorder/Pathological Demand Avoidance. By focusing on the characteristics of both in relation to typical development of a pre-school child.

Our workshop, aims to;

Look at ODD/PDA characteristics

Typical development of a preschool child and associated behaviours

Parenting a child with PDA – Video interview

Associated neurological conditions

Strategies and resources to support a child with extreme demand avoidance

Delegates will have an opportunity to gain a theoretical overview of ODD/PDA and other presenting needs and consider how this impacts on the child’s behaviours and ability to learn. Delegates will be supported to think about their own practice in nursery and at home. Delegates will be supported to understand and use strategies that enable children with ODD/PDA to, cope in the environment and make progress.