Tools
Things you can use today
Five small tools to think with, fill in and print. They are all open on this page: the demand planner is first, the rest follow. Nothing you type leaves this device, and every part is optional.
Drafts are kept in your browser's own storage so you can come back to them; nothing is sent anywhere. Clear removes a draft at any time.
Demand planner: prioritise and compromise
What the PDA Society used to call "pick your battles". Sort today's demands into three baskets: the few that have to stay because of safety or health, the ones that can flex, and the ones to let go for now.
Capacity check-in
Six quick sliders about how today is going so far, and a gentle suggestion for the kind of day it might need to be.
"All about me" passport
A one-page profile to hand to a school, a clinic or a club, so the people around a PDA person know what helps before anything goes wrong.
Calm plan
What helps before, during and after a meltdown or shutdown, written down while things are calm so nobody has to think from scratch in the moment.
"Explaining PDA" letter helper
A plain letter for a school, a club or wider family, with blanks you fill in. It explains PDA in a few honest sentences and says what helps your child.
These tools are thinking aids made by PDA Compass. They are not medical, psychological or legal advice, and they do not assess or diagnose anyone. If someone is in danger right now, Help right now has emergency numbers and verified helplines.