PDA Irish Style

When back to school means more than new books. Wanting and not being able to go is not refusing For my son with pathological demand avoidance getting into the school building was always the challenge. As school broke down age 9 in 3 rd class, and he ended up out permanently, the idea of getting to school seemed further and further away. But I knew he wanted to be there, with his friends, the same as all the other kids, so I fought and fought and worked and wrote and all the other things you have to do, and by 5 th class we began a process to achieve the impossible. Change the Language used Even using the word school made it harder for my son to get there and stepping across the building threshold was impossible, and going in the morning was too early, and joining all the other children was a step too far. So we didn't try. We didn't use the school building. We didn't refer to it as school. Small Steps The plan for our first step was a half hour