The use of visual routines with demand-avoidant children can be triggering. If you would like specific guidance on this for your demand avoidant child, please schedule a consultation session to discuss your individual child’s needs. Generally, I do not recommend using something that can be considered to be a demand or expectation, especially at the most depleted time of the day without careful consideration of your child’s personality and current emotional wellbeing. I would also encourage you to explore why you are looking for a routine for your PDA child. Many times, understanding of this complex neurology is misunderstood and standard autism support tools are recommended.
Although I don’t recommend routines for PDA and demand avoidant children, I often find that embracing rituals around certain times of day can help demand avoidant families with the signaling of times of day to help ground them with the environmental transitions of day to night. This can help with the transitions needed for bedtime and circadian rhythm support.