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The PDA Educator Support Pack gives teachers, education assistants, relief staff and student support teams clear, everyday guidance for supporting students who experience demand avoidance, anxiety or a strong need for autonomy.
Instead of treating avoidance as defiance or focusing on compliance, this pack helps educators recognise what may be happening beneath the behaviour and respond in ways that reduce pressure, protect connection and build trust.
The large classroom posters keep essential strategies visible and easy to follow, while the matching desk companions give staff a quick-reference tool they can keep close by. This helps create a more consistent approach across teachers, education assistants, relief staff and support spaces—so the student isn’t expected to adjust to a completely different response from every adult.
🧠 A2 Classroom Support Poster
A practical classroom guide featuring supportive communication strategies, helpful approaches and key reminders for reducing demand pressure and building trust with PDA and demand-sensitive students.
💜 A2 “6 Essential Steps for De-escalation” Poster
A clear, easy-to-follow visual guide for supporting a student during moments of overwhelm or escalating distress. Ideal for classrooms, wellbeing spaces, support rooms and staff areas.
📖 2 Matching Double-Sided Desk Companions
The Classroom Support Guide on one side and the 6 Essential Steps for De-escalation on the other. Perfect for teacher desks, relief teacher folders, learning support offices, wellbeing teams and individual student support files.
Better understand demand avoidance and the need beneath the behaviour
Reduce unnecessary pressure within everyday classroom interactions
Use more collaborative and autonomy-supportive communication
Respond more consistently during moments of overwhelm
Support de-escalation without adding further demands
Build greater trust, safety and connection with students
Give relief staff and support teams immediate access to key strategies
Classroom teachers
Education assistants
Relief and substitute teachers
Learning support teams
Wellbeing and regulation spaces
Individual student support files
Schools supporting PDA or demand-sensitive students
Practical strategies. Clear reminders. More consistent support.
Because when every adult understands how to reduce pressure and respond supportively, the student no longer has to start from scratch with every person they encounter.
The PDA Educator Support Pack gives teachers, education assistants, relief staff and student support teams clear, everyday guidance for supporting students who experience demand avoidance, anxiety or a strong need for autonomy.
Instead of treating avoidance as defiance or focusing on compliance, this pack helps educators recognise what may be happening beneath the behaviour and respond in ways that reduce pressure, protect connection and build trust.
The large classroom posters keep essential strategies visible and easy to follow, while the matching desk companions give staff a quick-reference tool they can keep close by. This helps create a more consistent approach across teachers, education assistants, relief staff and support spaces—so the student isn’t expected to adjust to a completely different response from every adult.
🧠 A2 Classroom Support Poster
A practical classroom guide featuring supportive communication strategies, helpful approaches and key reminders for reducing demand pressure and building trust with PDA and demand-sensitive students.
💜 A2 “6 Essential Steps for De-escalation” Poster
A clear, easy-to-follow visual guide for supporting a student during moments of overwhelm or escalating distress. Ideal for classrooms, wellbeing spaces, support rooms and staff areas.
📖 2 Matching Double-Sided Desk Companions
The Classroom Support Guide on one side and the 6 Essential Steps for De-escalation on the other. Perfect for teacher desks, relief teacher folders, learning support offices, wellbeing teams and individual student support files.
Better understand demand avoidance and the need beneath the behaviour
Reduce unnecessary pressure within everyday classroom interactions
Use more collaborative and autonomy-supportive communication
Respond more consistently during moments of overwhelm
Support de-escalation without adding further demands
Build greater trust, safety and connection with students
Give relief staff and support teams immediate access to key strategies
Classroom teachers
Education assistants
Relief and substitute teachers
Learning support teams
Wellbeing and regulation spaces
Individual student support files
Schools supporting PDA or demand-sensitive students
Practical strategies. Clear reminders. More consistent support.
Because when every adult understands how to reduce pressure and respond supportively, the student no longer has to start from scratch with every person they encounter.
