PDA, Neurodivergence & the Perpetually Determined Advocate

We all experience the unsolicited advice from those who think they can give us pointers on parenting. It can be really irritating, but sometimes it can be a teachable moment. How do you explain PDA ...

28 Nov 202124min

This episode looks at what happens in the event that you have to call for emergency assistance during one of your PDAer's meltdowns. I recently sat down with a police officer to get some insight on h...

9 Nov 202126min

Now that we have 10 episodes out, we're going to take a short hiatus until November, and then we'll begin a "season 2" of sorts. We hope to continue providing information, awareness, acceptance and su...

3 Okt 20211min

This episode looks at the burnout that parents feel and ways to combat that. It also stresses the idea that feeling burnout does not make you weak or any less of a parent. As parents to neurodiverge...

19 Sep 202119min

We are a bit late posting this episode due to Covid making a stop by our house. Still, I took it as a learning moment (like any good teacher), and decided to talk a bit about the snags of navigating ...

6 Sep 202114min

This episode looks at school refusal, some of the potential triggers and some things that parents can do to help ease the anxiety that can cause refusal. I'm also including some links to great resour...

22 Aug 202126min

The episode we discuss different parts of parenting a child with PDA. This episode was made possible with the help of my awesome PDA group, and I am grateful to them for their input and suggestion of...

8 Aug 202122min

In this episode we talk to Dr. Jessica Myszak from the Help and Healing Center in Glenview, Illinois. She shares with us some of the classic signs of PDA, and how to go about the assessment and diagn...

25 Jul 202128min