Resources Outside of PDA North America
Below is a list of books we’ve been collecting over the years that have helped many people on their journeys. The “outside resources list” link below has a comprehensive list of resources outside of PDA North America for supporting PDA individuals.
PDA North America created this list for informational purposes and does not specifically endorse anyone on the list.
PDA Books
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- Navigating PDA In America by Diane Gould & Ruth Fidler
- Low- Demand Parenting: Dropping Demands, Restoring Calm, and Finding Connection with your Uniquely Wired Child by Amanda Diekman
- Can’t Not Won’t: A Story About a Child Who Couldn’t Go to School by Eliza Fricker
- PDA in the Therapy Room: A Clinician’s Guide to Working with Children with Pathological Demand Avoidance by Raelene Dundon
- Me and My PDA: A Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance for Young People by Glòria Durà-Vilà and Tamar Levi
- Can I tell you about Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome? A guide for friends, family and professionals by Ruth Fidler and Phil Christie
- The Teachers Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance: Essential Strategies for the Classroom by Clare Truman
- The Family Experience of PDA by Eliza Fricker
- Collaborative Approaches to Learning for Pupils with PDA: Strategies for Education Professionals by Ruth Fidler and Phil Christie
- Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges by Mona Delahooke, PhD
- Co-Regulation Handbook by Linda K. Murphy MS, CCC-SLP
- Declarative Language Handbook by Linda K. Murphy MS, CCC-SLP
- Helping Your Child with PDA Live a Happier Life by Alice Running
- Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome: My Daughter is not Naughty by Jane Alison Sherwin
- PDA in the Family: Life After the Lightbulb Moment by Steph Curtis
- The PANDA on PDA by Glòria Durà-Vilà
- Pretty Darn Awesome: Divergent not Deficient: Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance on the Autism Spectrum
- Life on an Alien Planet: A PDA Boy and His Journey Through the Education System by Katie Stott
- It’s a PanDA thing! A visit to my world of Pathological Demand Avoidance by Rachel Jackson and Illustrated by Zeke Clough
- The Educator’s Experience of Pathological Demand Avoidance by Laura Kerbey
- Being Julia: A Personal Account of Living with Pathological Demand Avoidance by Ruth Fidler and Julia Daunt
- My Autism Book: A Child’s Guide to their Autism Spectrum Diagnosis by Glòria Durà-Vilà and Tamar Levi
- PDA by PDAers: From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking Meltdowns compiled by Sally Cat