Olive's Day: Understanding and Navigating PDA

By Caryn Price and Georgina Benger

Meet Olive - a wonderful, funny, and thoughtful girl who sees the world a little differently. She has PDA - Pathological Demand Avoidance - which means everyday things can sometimes feel like giant demands. In this beautifully illustrated and insightful story, Olive takes us through a day in her life, sharing the clever strategies she, her family, and her teachers use to help her feel understood, included, and empowered. Beneath Olive's fun adventures lies a practical and supportive guide. Teachers will find PDA-friendly strategies to create flexible, inclusive classrooms. Parents will discover relatable and practical ways to understand their child's PDA-related behaviours and to support them at home. Children with PDA will see themselves reflected in Olive's journey and learn from her clever strategies, helping them feel understood, empowered. Warm, accessible, and hopeful, Olive's story shines a light on PDA-friendly approaches that help create supportive environments where every child can thrive. Features a dyslexia friendly font and colour coded pages to support emotional regulation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1967963738
• ISBN13: 9781967963737
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Scholastic Publisher
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 3 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5