Super Shamlal - Living and Learning with Pathological Demand Avoidance Living and Learning With Pathological Demand Avoidance

This illustrated storybook explains Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) through Shamlal the Camel, and her avoidance of even the simplest task. It allows children with PDA to recognise and support their additional needs. A helpful introduction for parents/carers and appendices with strategies to be used at home and in school are included.

Shamlal the Camel finds it almost impossible to do all the normal, everyday things that the other camels do. Her first word was 'NO!' and this is still the word she repeats the most through every day.
Luckily, Shamlal's parents take her to a psychologist who explains that she has PDA, and gives her tips for how to live and learn with the syndrome.

This simple, illustrated storybook will help children aged 7-11 with PDA to recognise its features, and develop tools to support them. A helpful introduction for parents and carers explains how it feels to live with the panic attacks and general anxiety that are caused by living with PDA, and the appendices at the back provide useful strategies to be adopted at school and at home.