Ep. 90 - Offering Summer Camp to a PDA Child - An Alumni Story
I love it when alumni of our Paradigm Shift Program™ send me updates. It's just so wonderful to hear about the work that parents do and the slow but tremendous progress they make. In this episode I de...
5 Dec 202447min
Ep. 89 - Parenting PDA Children and Teens so They Access Basic Needs
I conceptualize PDA as a nervous system disability because it can impair access to basic survival needs - such as eating, sleeping, toileting, movement, and safety. It's terrifying for parents when t...
26 Nov 202433min
Ep. 88 - Lowering Demands for Your PDA Child or Teen
Lowering demands is how many parents start accommodating their PDA child or teen, and it's also where many get stuck. In this episode I talk through the mindset work that parents can do to get unstuck...
15 Nov 202435min
Ep. 87 - Controlling, Criticizing and Destructive Equalizing in PDA Children and Teens
Does you child or teen often try to control you, criticize you and/or destroy your things or things around the house. This is very common among PDA children and teens, because they are equalizing. Equ...
7 Nov 202444min
Ep. 86 - PDA en Español!
Este episodio está en español. This episode is in Spanish. En este episodio hablo con Juliana Carrillo sobre PDA - la Evitación de Demanda Extrema - y como entender la discapacidad del sistema nervios...
1 Nov 20241h 2min
Ep. 85 - If Your Co-Parent Wants Evidence of PDA
It's very common for two parents to be on different pages or trajectories with PDA understanding and acceptance. Sometimes this is because one parent wants more "evidence" that PDA exists at all, whic...
21 Okt 202431min
Ep. 84 - Using Declarative Language with Your PDA Child or Teen
In this episode I share the techniques for using declarative language that I've seen are most effective for parents of PDA children and teens. And I snuck in a suggestion on how to get your PDAer's te...
17 Okt 202428min
Ep. 83 - Misconceptions on Setting Boundaries with a PDA Child or Teen
There are tons of misconceptions about if and how we set boundaries with our PDA children and teens (spoiler - we do!), and in this episode I talk through the most common of them. I also explain the p...
10 Okt 202439min
