The OT said something I had never heard before. She was watching Tate move around the room — his constant shifting, the way he could not sit still, the big reactions to the smallest surprises...
Read MoreMy son has ADHD and PDA, and for months I watched him destroy things around our house — punching walls, throwing toys, ripping things apart — and I felt completely stuck. Timeouts made it worse....
Read MoreThis tape laser maze for kids started as a casual Pinterest video. It now has 19,900 saves. Nineteen. Thousand. People. Apparently I’m not the only one who needs a five-minute indoor activity that actually works....
Read MoreThere is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from standing in your kitchen at 6pm, looking at the plate you spent twenty minutes making, and watching your child physically recoil from it. Not because...
Read MoreTL;DR We pulled our PDA/ADHD son from school mid-year after the district exited him from his IEP. If you’re in that moment or approaching it — this post is about what comes next: deschooling, why...
Read MoreNobody warned me about this part. They tell you about the diagnosis process. The medication trials. The IEP meetings. The meltdowns. They give you frameworks and strategies and podcasts and books. Nobody tells you about...
Read MoreTL;DR Most US schools have never heard of PDA. That doesn’t mean you can’t get your child the accommodations they need — it means you have to know how to frame the conversation. This post...
Read MoreTL;DR What you say to a PDA kid matters as much as what you ask them to do. This post is just scripts — organized by situation. Morning, homework, bedtime, transitions, mid-meltdown, and after. Save...
Read MoreHeads up: This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. TL;DR If your ADHD child is still struggling after meds, therapy, IEPs, and every intervention you...
Read MoreHeads up: This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. All opinions are my own. TL;DR PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance, or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy) is...
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