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Some people, both children and adults, have brains that say “no” to everything. It’s a bit like a switch that flicks down as soon as we think of doing anything, even things we wanted, like eating cake. It makes the idea of doing these things feel very bad so we want to avoid them. This is known as pathological demand avoidance. About pathological demand avoidance Although pathological can mean a having a bad habit (like pathological liars), when doctors talk about pathological, they mean something is caused by an illness or by the body itself. The doctor who named pathological demand avoidance wanted to show that it is caused by the way brain is built - a bit like how wanting to run away from foxes is built into rabbits. Pathological demand avoidance happens without us thinking about it, so we often don’t notice it, and the bad feelings it gives us (like eating cake being horrible) can seem real. We often only notice it when something is pushed on us by someone else, like brushing our teeth or going to school. We can’t just forget about it, because someone keeps telling us that we have to do it. This can create a big problem because our pathological demand avoidance will keep telling us “no, don’t do it, it’s bad!” This is one reason it’s called demand avoidance (instead of thing avoidance): it only really shows up when people demand things from us, even though it is there all the time, and can makes us not want to do things we had really wanted to do (like eating cake, going to play outside or reading a story we’d been excited about). Another reason it’s called demand avoidance is because even things that weren’t demanded of us (like thinking of putting on a coat) can feel like nasty demands as well. Features of PDA Pathological demand avoidance is called PDA for short. It’s a bit it’s confusing because PDA means the action of the switch telling us not to do stuff, and also is the name for the type of brain we have. The PDA brain is one of many different brain types. PDA brains aren’t all exactly the same, but they always have a few things in common with each other: Pathological demand avoidance Anxiety (worrying about stuff/feeling scared) Wanting to know what’s going on Wanting to be in control of what’s going on (for example, choosing the rules of a game) Getting overloaded easily (feeling tired out) Needing quiet time Having very strong feelings we can’t control People with PDA brains also often: Like to daydream or imagine things Like to pretend to be different people or animals Like playing with words (for example, making up new names, and making rhymes) Wanting things to be fair Judging people on how good they really are (instead of how we’re expected to see them) Having very strong ideas/wants that we can’t let go of We often like other children and adults, but may: Find it difficult to understand what they want Find we made mistakes without realising it Want to get along well with them, but don’t know how Not know what to say Want to seem the same as them Want to hide how we are different from them Feel very strongly attracted to someone so we can’t stop thinking about them PDA and the autism spectrum PDA brains fit into something called the autism spectrum. The autism spectrum is the name for brain types that have difficulties understanding other people and find it hard to change ideas. PDA brains are different to other brains in the autism spectrum because of special features like our pathological demand avoidance and needing to be in control. Meltdowns Not all PDA brains are the same. Some of us can’t help shouting, screaming or hitting people when things feel too much; some of us might feel they have to run away; and others just cry a lot, or find ourselves arguing or demanding things we don’t really want. Whether we hit people, run away or cry, when we find ourselves stuck doing things we can’t control, it is called a meltdown. Other people are often confused and upset when we have a meltdown because we seem angry or difficult for no reason. They probably don’t understand that we can’t help what we are saying and doing. Meltdowns happen when our PDA brains are overloaded and can’t cope any more. It’s a bit like shaking up a bottle of fizzy drink and unscrewing the lid. Having lots of quiet space helps us to avoid meltdowns (just like fizzy drinks don’t explode if you don’t shake them up before opening the bottle). Having lots of demands put on us (things like “go to school”, “sit still”, “wash your face”) tire us out (put us into overload) because we have to fight with so much pathological demand avoidance. People who don’t understand PDA can be surprised when we have meltdowns after they tell us what to do a lot. Quiet time need They may also not understand how much quiet time we need and call us lazy, but PDA brains need lots more quiet time than other types of brains. We may think we are lazy as well, because other children and adults don’t need as much quiet time as us, and our pathological demand avoidance stops us from doing things that other people do. Burnout As well as causing meltdowns (where our emotions take control), not having enough quiet time can cause burnout (where our brains run out of energy). It can take a very long time to get our energy back from burnout, and we need even more quiet time than normal to recover from it. Creativity PDA brains are often very creative. We are often good at coming up with new ideas. We are also often good with words and may enjoy playing with them, for example, inventing new names for people and pets and making up rhymes. Daydreaming and roleplay PDA brains are often very good at imagining and making up stories. Some of us invent very complicated fantasy stories which we may daydream to ourselves, or act out in real life. When we act things out in real life it’s called roleplaying. PDA daydreaming can help us through difficult times that we can’t get out of. Daydreaming can comfort us if we don’t want to, or can’t play with other children during school breaks; if we are stuck in a classroom; or if we can’t get to sleep at night. We may find ourselves daydreaming more often if we are very sad or worried. Our daydream stories are often about us being in control. Being in control is important for PDA brains, and daydreaming about it can help us feel better when we don’t have much control in real life. Control need The PDA need for control is very, very strong. It’s not about having power over other people, but about having control over our own worlds. Demands can be thought of as all the things we are not in control of (having no choice about going to school; brushing our hair, tidying our rooms, etc), so having control means we are avoiding demands (PDA brains always want to avoid demands). This is why it helps us to be given choices: choosing allows us to be in control of our worlds. Feeling like we might lose control (so not be able to avoid demands) can make us feel very anxious. Anxiety Although high anxiety (worry and fear) is a feature of PDA, many of us don’t even notice feeling it, because it has always been there so it is normal for us. Intolerance of uncertainty PDA brains can feel very anxious if they don’t know what’s happening. We can feel upset if we don’t know what will happen in the day. Sometimes we might panic if we hear people talking on the phone, but don’t know what the other person has said. We might also worry a lot if we don’t know what’s happening in a TV program and ask our parents or a friend to tell us what the story is. We might not want people to realise we don’t know though, because we want other people to think we know as much as they do. Problems with other children and adults Our PDA control need may make it hard for us to keep friends because they don’t like us telling them what to do. For others, we may feel very shy and find it difficult to even talk to other children. We often find being with other people (children and adults) very tiring, and need quiet time to get our energy back. If we can’t have quiet time, we may get overloaded and find people annoying. We may find it difficult to tell what other children and adults are thinking and feeling. This can be because our PDA brains aren’t able to read all the face, body and voice signals that other types of brains can see. Sometimes we may feel confused if other children treat us like we are stupid because we didn’t read all their signals, but we can understand people very well in other ways. Obsessions about people Although we may have these difficulties getting along with other children and adults, we do tend to be interested in people. Our interest in a particular person may become so strong so that we find it hard to stop thinking about them. Masking Many of us (both children and adults) want to seem the same as everyone else and hide what we feel is different about ourselves. We may try to not to show it if we feel upset, scared or angry. This is called masking. One type of masking is copying how other children or grown ups act and speak, this is called social mimicking. Being fussy with food We can have lots of problems with food. First of all, our pathological demand avoidance can cause us to not want to eat things if they feel like a demand. This could be because we weren’t asked what we wanted to eat; or because we are expected to eat it all up. Our pathological demand avoidance can then make these foods feel nasty to us so we want to avoid them. Many PDA brains are also very sensitive to tastes, textures and smells. This means foods that might taste, smell and feel fine to other people, might not be nice for us. Liking to help people Although our pathological demand avoidance causes us to say “no!” if people ask us to do things, we often do like to be helpful. We just need to do it because we have chosen to. We probably won’t want to help though if people expect us to (because this may feel like a demand). What doesn’t help us Treating us as if we have a different type of brain doesn’t help us. Our PDA brains respond differently to things, such as demands, than other types of brains. Our pathological demand avoidance isn’t a habit that we can learn to let go of. Punishing us for avoiding things or having meltdowns doesn’t help either. Telling us that other children cope with things that we can’t cope with often just makes us feel bad, but we can’t change what type of brain we have. Telling us we just have to do things will make our pathological demand avoidance worse. What does help us Feeling we have a choice can switch off our demand avoidance “don’t do it!” feeling, so it is much easier for us to do things if people give us a choice, instead of telling us we have to. We can even tell ourselves we have a choice (for example, “I don’t have to do that”), we may find our demand avoidance against it goes away. Having enough quiet time helps us too. PDA brains overload easily (this might be because it is very tiring having to fight demand avoidance all the time). We are better able to fight demand avoidance if we have had enough rest. Understanding how our PDA works helps us to feel OK about ourselves too.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with this engaging and informative reading activity pack about Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. This pack includes a variety of resources to help your students learn about Sally Ride’s life, achievements, and legacy. You will find: A reading passage that covers Sally Ride’s biography, from her childhood interest in science and sports, to her groundbreaking career as an astronaut and physicist, to her passion for education and advocacy for girls in STEM. Comprehension questions that test your students’ understanding of the main ideas and details of the reading passage, as well as their ability to make inferences and connections. A flip book that allows your students to summarize and illustrate the key events and facts of Sally Ride’s life in a fun and creative way. A trading card project that challenges your students to create a visual and textual representation of Sally Ride’s character traits, accomplishments, and quotes. A quiz that assesses your students’ knowledge of Sally Ride’s life and achievements, as well as the vocabulary related to her field of study and work. Vocabulary posters that introduce and define the important terms and concepts related to Sally Ride’s biography and career, such as astronaut, physics, space shuttle, Challenger, and more. A spotlight on vocabulary activity that reinforces your students’ understanding and usage of the vocabulary words through matching, fill-in-the-blank, and sentence writing exercises. This reading activity pack is perfect for Women’s History Month, or any time of the year when you want to inspire your students with the story of a remarkable woman who made history and changed the world. Your students will love learning about Sally Ride and her amazing contributions to science, space exploration, and education. Features: Formats: PDF, JPG and PPTX. Page Size: 11 x 8.5 inches. Resolution: High-quality 300 DPI. Page Count: 8 pages. ⭐️⭐️ Please leave a comment below to let me know what you think. Thank you!! ❤️❤️Follow me to be the first to hear about freebies and updates❤️❤️ Thanks for visiting my store. Djawhar Eddine is a teacher of opportunities.
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Happy Monday! or should I say Moan-day??? Anyway - it's almost done! :) I have been working on a few of my Famous American packets. They started out as Famous American Inventors.... but I have expanded my scope to include more famous people! I just finished a biography packet on Sally Ride and I have a little freebie for you! Click on the picture below to go to my tpt store for the paid Sally Ride packet. I will link it here and on my tpt page. Click on the picture below to go to my free Sally Ride Scavenger Hunt As I was working on this unit I remembered all the times I witnessed the launch of the space shuttle from Kennedy Space Station. I didn't realize how lucky I was to be so close to it, or to have family members that worked there. When compiling information about Sally Ride I was reminded of the Challenger. I find it amazing that so many years later I can still remember exactly what it looked like when it exploded and precisely what I was doing. I guess 9-11 is also like that for many of us. I didn't know that Sally Ride's third space mission was to be on the Challenger once again. There are just so many interesting things to learn in this world! I don't know how I will ever learn all of them! :) Have a great week!
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Sally Fallon Morell, bestselling author of Nourishing Traditions, debunks diet myths to explore what our ancestors from around the globe really ate--and what we can learn from them to be healthy, fit, and better nourished, today The Paleo craze has taken over the world. It asks curious dieters to look back to their ancestors' eating habits to discover a "new" way to eat that shuns grains, most dairy, and processed foods. But, while diet books with Paleo in the title sell well--are they correct? Were paleolithic and ancestral diets really grain-free, low-carb, and based on all lean meat? In Nourishing Diets bestselling author Sally Fallon Morell explores the diets of our primitive ancestors from around the world--from Australian Aborigines and pre-industrialized Europeans to the inhabitants of "Blue Zones" where a high percentage of the populations live to 100 years or more. In looking to the recipes and foods of the past, Fallon Morell points readers to what they should actually be eating--the key principles of traditional diets from across cultures -- and offers recipes to help translate these ideas to the modern home cook.
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If you need an activity that will: be fun and engaging for your students improve their researching skills promote team work if they are working in groups help them learn new facts promote the work of women in science Then this product is just right for you. Included: 24 worksheets with the following scientists: Hypatia, Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall, Barbara McClintock, Caroline Herschel, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Dorothy Hodgkin, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Grace Hopper, Inge Lehmann, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Lise Meitner, Mary Anning, Rachel Carson, Rosalind Franklin, Sally Ride, Nettie Stevens, Chien-Shiung Wu, Elizabeth Garrett, Marie Maynard Daly, Shirley Ann Jackson Print and hand these worksheets to students and let them do the research. This activity is ideal for celebrating International day of Women in Science or International Women's Day or for any other occasion when you want to introduce the work of famous female scientists to your students. This research activity can be used separately, but is also connected to this one . You can use Women in Science posters as a good introduction to this research activity. You might also be interested in: Women in Science Posters Famous Scientists Inspirational Quotes Posters Let's connect: Blog Pinterest Instagram Keywords: women in science, bulletin board ideas, posters, famous scientists
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Do you have helpers in your classroom? Many teachers have asked over the years about how classroom helpers work in our classes. Here are the top three questions: "Why do you have classroom helpers?" "How do you organize our helpers?" "Can you help me get mine started?" Here are our answers: 1. It helps build a community. 2. The children take on a responsibility/leadership role. 3. Helps the classroom run smoothly. 4. Reduces the teacher's workload. 5. Children LOVE taking responsibility for our room! Each Monday the children look forward to their new jobs! We rotate the jobs because more that one child usually enjoys a job. We like to give every child an opportunity to try each job. Sometimes they find they really enjoy a job that they thought they wouldn't like. Every classroom has a different plan for changing helpers and you have to find what works for you! *Alison loves to change her helpers Friday before she leaves for the day. It is just part of her routine and she feels great about getting it done early! *I love to change mine with the kids on Monday morning as part of my "Monday Morning Routine." It helps us ease back into our week! *Another friend of mine changes her helpers every two weeks because one was too fast. Once the helpers are assigned and posted on our "Helpers" chart the week starts. I never forget who has a job because the chart is there to refer to and the kids know their jobs and take pride in having them. My answer is "YES!" We have several helpers to match what you might need in your room. They are also editable and you can change the job titles & add your students names. You can even add your own cards to match on the "blank" card pages. Once you choose the theme/style that matches your classroom, putting it together is easy peasy! Here is the set I used last year: I backed my cards after I printed them with yellow cardstock to match my color scheme. There are so many ways to display your helpers, here are a few of the ideas we have used: We have attached them on ribbons and used clothespins for the names. We have placed them in a pocket chart and just tucked the children name card next to the job. We have placed them on a magnetic surface, too! These are just some of the jobs in the pack! Best thing, they are EDITABLE! You decide what the names of the jobs are. Here is our selection in a variety of themes: (You can click on any picture below to see it in our store.) Don't see what you need? Contact us at [email protected] to get your request on our list of projects now! Have other ideas for jobs, we would LOVE to hear them. Please comment below or send us an email. Happy Teaching!
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