Trauma Informed & Trauma Responsive therapeutic coaching for families navigating Pathological Demand Avoidance or (PDA)
An Autistic person with a PDA profile strives for fairness, to be Authentic, and to have autonomy over their own decisions and journey through life. When we continue to parent through societal norms and parenting beliefs bestowed upon us through our own journey of being parented we take this away from them, their threat response is likely to become so heightened that they will lose trust in the people around them, including those closest to them.
Their Anxiety will rise, they will feel so threatened by their environment that their autonomic nervous system activates permanently, meaning that they experience anxiety so intense that they struggle to manage everyday tasks, such as socialising, getting dressed to go to work, or school and other crucial aspects such as the things or activities they love the most.
Because people with PDA are Autistic they will also have different experiences in developmental areas such as social and communication. This profile is widely mistaken for defiant oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and challenging behaviours. Whilst the child may display ‘behaviours’ which one may think of as naughty, it is important to remember that these are driven by intense and debilitating levels of anxiety and their actual difficulties become masked or internalised, which encourages others to focus on the external information our children are offering us through behaviour.
What is Included?
- Guest Speakers
- Guided LIVE sessions
- Therapeutic Coaching
- Interactive Breakout Sessions
- Trauma Informed & Trauma Responsive
- Pre-designed worksheets for collaboration
- Recorded Sessions for catch up and playback.
- Social Connection (FaceBook, Whatsapp, Messenger) TBD
Programme Content
- Autistic Anxiety
- PDA Misdiagnosed
- PDA Misunderstood
- Behaviour Reframed
- Personal Experiences
- The Triangle of Trauma
- Trauma Profiles and PDA
- Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation
- Medical VS Social Model of Disability
Welcome to The Nurture Programme®
The Nook by Nurture - Monthly Membership
The Nook by Nurture is a dedicated space provided by The Nurture Programme to grow connection and hold space for families to enable growth. As Neurodivergent people we are often sidelined into obscurity due to the spaces created by individuals who live and thrive in a neuronormative society, making socialising, connection, building friendships and learning inaccessible.
Our online membership doesn’t just create a space for you to learn from, but to feel safety within your very own community whilst shutting the door on the shame and judgment we often experience.
Jodie leads this space through Authenticity, Autonomy and Acceptance. No one is EVER left behind. With webinars, Connection Sessions, A dedicated Facebook Group and Messenger Chat we are always here for you.
This space is yours and you are always welcome.
About Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation®
The Nurture Programme® has a unique focus, our Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation (CCC®️) model has been developed over the last year throughout our trainings and is now embedded through everything we offer.
Our programmes are designed to inform and nurture your learning with a strong emphasis on neuro-affirming and neuro-inclusive practice. Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation®️ is at the heart of what The Nurture Programme® aspires to achieve.
We believe wholeheartedly in lived experience and centreing those neurodivergent voices in everything we create. The Nurture Programme® aims to challenge the textbook theories, abandon the medical model and help you overcome “Textbook Syndrome”. By inviting you into our diverse and accepting community, we offer our experiences through strength and connection, and aim to provide a safe, inclusive space for ALL which may sometimes feel challenging, but never with judgment and always with grace.
Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation is essential for all families especially those with a neurodivergence.
A Trauma Informed & Nurturing PROGRAMME
Self-Paced learning & recorded modules with live interactive sessions
A BRAND NEW Programme aimed at parents/carers of ALL children with a focus on NEURODIVERGENCE. Our Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation®️ Parenting model is embedded throughout this programme which is designed to give you back the confidence in taking back the power to parent instinctively.
We ditch the textbooks, the consequences, the punishments and instead we guide and advocate for CONSENT, AUTONOMY and AUTHENTICITY
Three crucial aspects for our children to develop healthy connections with the world around them.
NB: Any professionals joining this programme will need to interpret the language to their own setting. I.E – Parent/ Carer – Teacher/Teaching Assistant Etc.
This programme is accredited by Continuing Professional Development at Intermediate level and webinars are recorded.
MEET THE FOUNDER
Jodie Isitt, Founder
I’m Jodie, and I am Autistic. Nope, scrap that! I’m Autistic and absolutely 100% proud and privileged to be able to share my experiences with you in the hope that we can bring about change, and balance, and inspire NURTURE throughout not just the community, but adventurously the universe!
I was only diagnosed on 2020 over 8 years after my first child was diagnosed (three Autistic children altogether) and whilst I have been predominantly using a Nurturing parenting style, it never fully translated to myself, therefore I was frequently in a state of shutdown and burnout and unable to tend to my own needs. Impossible really when I wasn’t aware there were any, let alone understand them to be able to advocate for them to be met. I made the mistake of believing I knew everything about autism, until I was diagnosed myself. I now understand and fully support that there simply are NO experts. Not one single expert on Autistic experience or other neurodivergence, because no one person can simply know and understand every single person on the planet. Our experiences are individual and unique and absolutely beautiful and learning about neurodivergence is one of the most inspiring, fulfilling things I have ever done in my life. I want to learn more, every single day. Because not only does it help me understand myself and my family, it has also helped me to become a much better person, less afraid, less misunderstood about difference and absolutely more accepting. It is a powerful thing, knowledge. And knowledge is absolutely the power we need to be able to thrive in a world with outdated beliefs of our “disordered selves”. We can use our knowledge in the most inspiring of ways, to create change, to reframe thinking and understanding and to nurture people to make that step from thinking we need to be modified, to KNOWING that we are 100% exactly as we were meant to be. And becoming that stepping stone, building that bridge and facilitating the movement from “US” to “THEM” is exciting.
We do NOT need to be modified, we do not need to change. What we need is a more inclusive, understanding and accepting society that we are appreciated in as an equal contributor.
Eloise Elford, The Nook Manager
The Nurture Programme® Testimonials
