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Small Sums
Small Sums outfits unhoused workers with the specific work items required to start a new job. With our practical and timely assistance, we help remove the obstacles that often prevent workers from being able to take a job. Dressed and Ready Workers...
Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Located in North Minneapolis, the Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) links the University of Minnesota in vital public partnership with urban communities to advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthr...
Rochester Alternative Learning Center
Visit Us:37 Woodlake Drive SE, Rochester, MN 55904 https://alc.rochesterschools.org/ Contact Us:Office: 507.328.3999Attendance: 507.328.3958Attendance for APEX: 507.328.3988Fax: 507.328.3985 Services RALC Senior Student Information In...
Minneapolis Urban League
2100 Plymouth Avenue NorthMinneapolis, MN 55411 Phone: 612.302.3100 Email: info@ultcmn.org Website: https://ultcmn.org/ From employment to education, housing and engagement, the Urban League seeks to help African descendants strive for and ac...
Grand Rapids Area Learning Center
The Grand Rapids Area Learning Center provides alternative educational programming for students that are at risk of not graduating from high school. Services are provided to students from several school districts including Greenway, Nashwauk-Keewatin, Remer,...
Adult Education Program
Main Website: https://ce.mpschools.org/ Minneapolis Adult Education offers free, high-quality courses where you can learn and improve English proficiency, build academic skills, and prepare for college. Course Types Adult Diploma Free classes to ...
Diversionary Work Program (DWP)
The Diversionary Work Program (DWP) is a four-month program that helps Minnesota caregivers find jobs. The goal is to help caregivers quickly find work so that they do not need to go on the Minnesota Family Investment Program. Caregivers get help paying for ho...
Lyft Jobs Access
Get free rides United Way and Goodwill® offer rides to job interviews, job training sites, and/or a job. Additionally, specific Goodwill® sites will now offer rides for criminal record-expungement services and/or to pick up internet hotspots donated b...
Washington County Minnesota: Crisis Response
Crisis Response Unit Emergency Social Services and after hours Child Protection (after 4:30 p.m. or on weekends) Phone: 651-275-7400 Interpreter Phone: 1-844-711-1907 Fax: 651-275-7401 Website: https://www.washingtoncountymn.gov/2923/Crisis-Re...
At Peace Parents
Website: https://www.atpeaceparents.com/ At Peace Parents is a neurodiversity affirming organization training parents, grandparents, therapists, teachers and others to understand and support PDA children and teens around the world. Our mission is to re...
What is PDA?
The term PDA stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance. This is widely understood to be a profile found within some autistic people. The most obvious characteristic of PDA is a determined avoidance of so-called ‘common’ demands of life, including expectations a...
'What Helps?' Guides
The PDA Society created these ‘What helps?’ guides to provide helpful and practical information to make life easier for PDAers and those around them. If you’re new to PDA, we recommend starting with the ‘PDA approaches’ section. Here, you’ll find essential adj...
Research & Professional Practice
We know how important it is that professionals have access to a strong evidence base to inform how they work. Here, you’ll find comprehensive information about existing research on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) as well as guidance to help professionals u...
Support and Training
How we can help We know that finding the right support can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re looking for guidance, professional support, or peer connections, we’re here to help in a way that works for you. Training & consultancy Sessions are practical, acce...
Lives in the Balance
15 Main Street, Suite 200, Freeport, Maine 04032 https://livesinthebalance.org/ 207-210-6589 Lives in the Balance is a dynamic, values-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization devoted to ensuring that all kids are understood and treated in ways ...
Raising PDA Kids - You don't have to walk this road alone
Email: kate@raisingpda.com Website: https://raisingpda.com/ Mums Who Get It My ‘Mums who get it’ program is a 10-week online parent education & support group for mums raising PDA kids. Raising a child with Pathological Demand Avoidance ...
Good Inside
Good Inside is a company on a mission to give parents the resources and support they deserve to raise sturdy, confident, resilient kids. Good Inside parenting is sturdy parenting. We show parents how to effectively hold boundaries while staying connected to t...
PDA North America
Understanding & Supporting PDA PDA is an acronym that stands for Pathological Demand Avoidance, or as many prefer, Pervasive Drive for Autonomy. PDA was identified in the UK in the 1980s by Elizabeth Newson and has recently received more attention in the US...
Autism in Society: How to Be More Autism-Affirming
April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to recognize the strengths of Autistic culture while acknowledging the challenges many of us experience in navigating a non-Autistic world. This month, I am breaking down what Autism Acceptance means into actionable ste...
Autism in Families: How to be Autism-Affirming
April is recognized as Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month, a time to celebrate the culture and diversity of the Autistic community and promote acceptance and understanding. As an Autistic person, words like “autism acceptance” and “autism awareness” are jus...