This presentation was part of the 6th Annual Mobile Mental Health Crisis Response Summit.
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance or Pervasive Drive for Autonomy) is still fairly new and yet to understand. Learning coping skills is often the go to method for children who are in distress, but PDA is a disability to their nervous system. This means that they will need a different set of tools and lens of support. Participants will get to hear the lived experiences of working and living with PDA children, learn how to connect them to safe systems, and gain understanding of PDA so they can take an informed and collective approach.
Learning Objectives: Learn how to recognize PDA Understand the science of PDA Gain tools to respond to PDA crisis
Content Level: General level: Covers crisis response basics and terminology.|Innovation: Designed to highlight new learnings, strategies or lines of thinking.
Presenter: Song Vang, LGSW, Social Worker, Therapist – Hennepin County/NAMU Integrative
Bio: Song Vang is a neurodivergent provider in the metro area who serves children and families. She obtained her Master’s in Social Work at the University of Minnesota. She is also a parent to an Autistic PDA child. She’s had the opportunity to work with children in many areas like outpatient therapy, COPE crisis, hospital, inpatient, criminal justice, social services, and restorative justice.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 1 Lesson
- Lifetime
