Episode 2. How to support a PDA child with Eating / Podcast / At Peace Parents

This episode provides five things you can do to support your Pathologically Demand Avoidant (PDA), Autistic, or otherwise demand avoidant child in their eating, espeically if more traditional behavioral, exposure, or play-based approaches haven't been successful. We talk about five things: Understanding whether eating if your child's "Stickiest" basic need (vs. toileting, sleeping, or hygeine) and whether control coalesces around eating. Looking at eating first through the "autonomy and nervous system" lens, rather than first the Sensory Processing lens. Managing your own anxiety and energy around eating. Accommodations including but not limited to: choice, offerings, use of language, Novelty, and buffets. How to adapt therapeutic protocols - like the SOS Feeding protocol (https://sosapproachtofeeding.com/) - for Pathological Demand Avoidance or a demand avoidant child. For courses and support, you can find services at At Peace Parents Citations and sources: For more on Declarative Language, please see the "Declarative Language Handbook" by Linda K. Murphy. (https://a.co/d/cHm17jr) Term "strewing" coined by Sandra Dodd in the unschooling community. (https://sandradodd.com/strew/sandra) ✸Social media Instagram:   / atpeaceparents   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atpeaceparent... Podcast for parents "PDA Parents": https://www.pdaparents.com/podcast Podcast for parents "At Peace Parents": https://www.buzzsprout.com/2084398 ✸More resources Free resources for parents (Including #actuallyautistic pages to check out): https://www.pdaparents.com/resources Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting: https://www.atpeaceparents.com/ ✸Topics: PDA, Masking, Autism, Pathologicaldemandavoidance pdaautism, autismawareness, autismacceptance, pdaprofile, autisticmasking, psychology, gaslighting, childdevelopment, childdevelopmentspecialist, specialeducation, speechpathology, occupationaltherapy, adhdawareness, adhd, sensoryprocessingdisorder, sensoryintegration, coregulation, polyvagaltheory, polyvagal, highlysensitiveperson, highlysensitivechild, oppositionaldefiantdisorder, spiritedchild, anxiouschild, autonomicnervoussystem, playtherapy