PDA Pathological Demand Avoidance Strategies | Low-Pressure Parent Support

A practical guide to supporting children who experience high levels of anxiety or threat in response to everyday demands. It explores demand pressure, collaborative language, autonomy and flexible approaches. It includes a demand audit, hierarchy of demands and personalised autonomy-support plan.

What it helps address:
Helps families caught in repeated cycles of refusal, anxiety, negotiation and escalation. The strategies support adults in lowering unnecessary pressure, increasing a child’s sense of safety and choice, and approaching essential demands collaboratively. This is a support resource, not a diagnostic assessment.