04 FEBRUARY 2026
Join our free webinar with Anne-Marie Harrison, Education Director from Ideas Afresh, as helps parents and carers understand Pathological Demand Avoidance, spot the signs, and learn practical strategies to support your child at home and school.
📅 Date: Wednesday 4th February
⏰ Time: 10am - 11am
In this webinar, Anne-Marie will:
✔️Build an understanding of PDA by exploring how anxiety develops, where and when it is triggered, and how it presents in pressure-sensitive children.
✔️Examine the physical, emotional, and cognitive impact of PDA on children and the wider effect on families.
✔️Use real-life experiences to identify practical ways to reduce anxiety and support positive engagement and participation.
About our speaker
Anne-Marie Harrison, PGCE, BAHons.
Education and Training Director IdeasAfresh Ltd.
Anne-Marie has extensive experience across the SEND sector. After early experience in child development and education Anne-Marie enjoyed a 15-year career training multi-disciplinary teams in supporting autistic children and their families, at the National Autistic Society (NAS). Anne-Marie has contributed to NAS programme development, is acknowledged in Plan A for Autism (Dr Caroline Smith) and has delivered lectures at university. Her book Babies Are Noisy was published in 2013 while her professional reflections have been published in sector journals.
Anne-Marie has travelled internationally to deliver speeches and training, experiencing autism practices in different cultures.
Her professional experience and personal neurodiverse journey have empowered her in developing a thriving training and support business that offers personalised and bespoke CPD accredited training courses for both families and professionals. Her expertise reaches across all sectors and facilitates a rewarding opportunity to fully value the contribution, the neurodiverse community makes in today’s society.