PDA Burnout Conference

Thursday 26 February | 9:30am–3:15pm | Online via Zoom

Burnout is something many PDAers, parents, carers, and professionals encounter — often repeatedly, and often without enough understanding or support.

This one-day online conference brings together expert insight, lived experience, and practical reflection, all focused specifically on burnout in PDA. It offers a compassionate, informed space to deepen understanding, reduce harm, and explore sustainable ways forward.

Hosted by the PDA Society, this is a fully live conference day, designed to support learning, connection, and understanding.

About the conference

The conference combines:

• Pre-recorded presentations from expert speakers

• Live introductions and facilitation throughout the day

• Real-time discussion and opportunities to ask questions via chat

PDA Society experts and lead trainers will be present all day, supporting discussion, responding in the chat, and helping to hold a safe, understanding space.

What’s included

When you attend the conference live, you’ll receive:

• A full day of PDA burnout–focused content

• Contributions from clinicians, researchers, parents, and PDA adults

• Live introductions and facilitation around every session

• Opportunities to ask questions throughout the day via chat

• A shared, supportive space to connect with other attendees

• Free copies of the PDA Society Children’s and Adults’ PDA Burnout Workbooks, designed to:
  • Help you identify where you are in the burnout process
  • Focus on what is doable now
  • Provide practical tools you can return to over time

• 7-day access to recordings of the pre-recorded presentations after the event

Please note:
Live interaction, facilitation, chat discussions, and peer sessions are only available to people attending live and will not be available afterwards.
Individual recorded presentations will be available to purchase separately after the event.

Value & pricing

If purchased individually, the content included in this conference would cost £105.

By booking the full conference — including live facilitation, real-time access to PDA Society experts, interactive elements throughout the day, and both burnout workbooks — the live ticket price is £65.

This represents strong value for money, reflecting not just the content, but the expertise, lived experience, and live support available across the whole day.

Discounts & subscriptions

• Tickets can be purchased individually for £65

• Monthly subscribers receive 50% off (please contact training.support@pdasociety.org.uk for a discount code)

• Annual subscribers receive complimentary access as part of their subscription (please contact us to be registered)

You can sign up to a subscription plan here

What happens when you book?

After booking, you will:

• Receive an immediate confirmation email

• Gain access to full conference information, including how to join, participate, and access support on the day

• Find the Zoom link in your Training Hub account one week before the conference

Meet the speakers

Jodie Clarke
Autistic and ADHD specialist currently undertaking a PhD focused on autistic burnout in children and young people, bringing both academic insight and lived experience.

Dr Georgie Siggers
Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician supporting children and young people experiencing burnout.

Liz Evans – The Untypical OT
Occupational Therapist specialising in supporting parents and carers to reduce burnout and protect family wellbeing.

Viv Dawes
AuDHD (with a PDA profile) and autistic advocate specialising in burnout and communication.

Courtney
AuDHD coach working in a low-demand, nervous-system-informed way.

Mel Duncan
Founder of Gecko Community, offering mentoring and learning spaces for children and young people.

Adam Knowles & Duncan Caswell
Parents sharing lived experience of PDA-related burnout.

Riko Ryuki
Adult PDAer sharing lived experience of burnout and recovery.

Ed Archer
CEO of the PDA Society.

Rachel & Lorna (Conference Hosts)
PDA Society Lead Trainer and Participation and Networks Coordinator. Both are qualified teachers with lived experience of PDA and facilitate the conference throughout the day.

Who is this conference for?

This conference may be helpful for:

• PDA adults

• PDA children and young people (via the adults supporting them)

• Parents and carers

• Teachers and education professionals

• Psychologists, therapists, and clinicians

• Anyone working alongside PDAers who is seeing burnout and wants deeper understanding and practical insight

Access and inclusion

We are committed to making this conference as accessible and inclusive as possible.

• Live subtitles will be available throughout the day via Zoom

• Cameras are optional, with no expectation to speak

• Breaks are scheduled, with flexibility to take additional breaks

• A supportive, low-pressure environment is actively encouraged

If you have access requirements or need additional support, please contact
training.support@pdasociety.org.uk in advance where possible.

Our approach

This conference is not about quick fixes.

It is about understanding burnout, reducing harm, and supporting sustainable wellbeing for PDAers and the people around them.

We look forward to welcoming you.