Melissa Neff
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1,584 appearances
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first heard Jun 2017
last heard Dec 2022
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It definitely involves a lot of flexibility.
It involves a strong relationship.
The par like I said, the parents that I have worked with that have these kiddos.
are superheroes in my opinion because they have worked so hard to try to
make their child feel less anxious and feel comfortable.
So being aware of those things, reducing sensory demands, giving them choices, but not too many.
Those are kind of the big
Recommendations.
for how to how to manage sort of the daily issues with PDA.
Yeah, I mean I think if you're in a public school setting, you know, you definitely would want to try to
get an accommodation if they're eligible for special education through an IEP or if they're eligible for accommodations through a five oh four plan.
The problem is, right, so that we don't recognize PDA and the DSM and neither do the school systems.
So
Sometimes there's these amazing school systems that say, Hey, we're really open minded.
Let's hear about
PDA and how we can accommodate this kid, but probably more often than not, that's not going to be the qualifying diagnosis that they're going to accept or be able to serve the child under due to like their own funding specifications.
So that's tricky because
Let's say they are diagnosed with Asperger's disorder or level one autism spectrum disorder with a PDA profile because they do meet criteria for Asperger's, then they could qualify um under an IEP and then you could specify if the school is open to it, you could specify, okay.
We're gonna meet the child outside.
at the car every morning and we're gonna create a routine um that they can be part of where they're gonna start the day in the guidance counselor's office and when they feel ready then they're gonna move to class and we're gonna do a little bit of
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