Bailey’s Body Alarm
One Book. One Shared Language.
A children’s book that helps kids and the grown-ups around them understand what’s happening underneath big reactions.
Created especially with PDA, autistic, ADHD, and sensitive nervous systems in mind.
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Ages 4-10
Two Ways Bailey Helps
For Parents + Caregivers
You’ve sent the podcast.
You’ve shared the reels.
You’ve tried explaining it yourself.
And you still wish the people in your child’s world could understand what you understand.
Sometimes you don’t need another explanation.
You need something you can hand them.
Read Bailey with your child or their sibling. Give it to Grandma. Send a copy to school.
Bailey helps put simple language around what you’ve been trying so hard to explain.
For Educators + Professionals
You see the reaction. But you know there’s more happening underneath it.
Maybe a student melts down over what seems like a simple request. Maybe a child could do something yesterday but can’t access it today. Maybe “Why are they being so difficult?” doesn’t feel like the right question anymore.
Bailey gives you a child-friendly way to start a different conversation.
Use it in a classroom, therapy session, small group, or with a family to help children and adults talk about what may be happening underneath the behavior.
“I’d definitely recommend this to other parents, especially as a book to share with family, friends, teachers, or classmates who may want to better understand PDA.”
- Jennifer
Parent of a child with PDA
Meet Bailey and her Body Alarm
Everybody has a Body Alarm. It helps keep us safe.
For some kids, that alarm goes off more easily or more intensely than it does for others.
When Bailey is asked to stop building and put on her shoes, her once calm-and-warm Body Alarm starts buzzing… and then blaring.
Instead of pushing harder, Bailey’s grown-up notices.
They slow down. Give Bailey time and agency. Stay close and steady.
And eventually, Bailey is ready.
Bailey isn’t bad.
Bailey isn’t choosing this.
Something just feels really hard right now.
“This is a masterpiece. Every educator, therapist, and parent trying to understand PDA should have a copy.”
- Tara Phillips
M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist + Founder, Autism Little Learners
What if we stopped seeing only the reaction?
“Come on. It’s not that big of a deal.”
“You did this yesterday. Why can’t you do it today?”
“Why are you being so difficult?”
When we understand that a child isn’t choosing what is happening inside their nervous system, we can meet the moment with curiosity instead of judgment.
And Bailey gives children language for understanding themselves, too.
Everyone has a Body Alarm.
When mine gets big, I’m not bad.
Something just feels hard right now.
One Book. One Shared Language.
AT HOME • AT SCHOOL • IN THERAPY
A therapist can:
use the same language.
A teacher can wonder:
“what might your Body Alarm be telling us?”
A parent can say:
“My body alarm is getting big.”
A sibling can:
understand what it means.
Everyone gets a way to talk about hard moments without making the child the problem.
And because everyone has a Body Alarm, this isn’t language that belongs only to one child.
It belongs to all of us.
“My daughter has PDA, and this is exactly what goes on inside her multiple times a day. I love having a book she can finally relate to, see herself in, and use to understand what’s happening.”
- Jewell
PDA Adult + PDA Child
Start with the book. Or bring Body Alarm into everyday life.
JUST THE BOOK
Bailey’s Body Alarm™
$24.99
Premium Hardcover Edition
32 beautifully illustrated pages
Ages 4–10
Richer color + thicker premium pages
PDA information for grown-ups
QR access to free companion resources
Includes free companion resources for home + school
Discussion guides, body alarm printable, coloring page + additional pda learning
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Parent + Caregiver Support Bundle
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Bailey’s Body Alarm™ Premium Hardcover
A private mini podcast to help you reduce conflict, build more consistency, and support your child even when you and your partner aren’t fully on the same page.
How to Practice PDA Parenting When Your Partner Isn’t On Board
featured support
PDA Communication Toolkit
School Advocacy Pack
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Educator + Therapist Understanding & Action Bundle
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Bailey’s Body Alarm™ Premium Hardcover
PDA Quick-Support Guide
Help Us Get to Know Your Child
Body Alarm Home/School/Therapy Check-In
NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOL + THERAPY
PDA-Informed Classroom Toolkit
Hidden Demands in Early Childhood Settings
Also included with the book: Bailey Read-Aloud & Discussion Guide + free educator companion resources
For teachers, paras, SLPs, OTs, therapists, psychologists, and other professionals supporting children.
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Why I wrote Bailey
I’m amber arrington, a mom raising four autistic children, including a PDA child.
Bailey’s Body Alarm began because I was trying to help my PDA daughter’s older sister understand her big reactions.
At the time, the best way I knew to explain it was that her sister’s brain felt safer when she got to be “the boss” of what was happening.
But I quickly realized I needed to be careful.
Her older sister began thinking that when things got hard, she should just give her sister what she wanted.
And I never wanted her to feel like it was her responsibility to keep her sister happy or prevent her from having a hard time.
I knew there had to be a better way to explain what was happening.
I just didn’t have the language for it yet.
Body Alarm became that language.
It gave our family a way to understand that when someone’s reaction gets big, something may feel really hard inside their body. And most importantly, the children in our family don’t have to be responsible for fixing one another’s Body Alarms.
The grown-ups can stay close, get curious about what’s happening, and help their Body Alarm get quiet and calm again.
That’s the language I wanted my own family to have.
And it’s the language I hope Bailey brings into yours.
“With warmth, wisdom, and a deep understanding of children’s nervous systems, this book shows how a calm, connected presence helps children develop resilience, emotional well-being, and confidence.”
- Haley Palmer
M.Ed. Director Starlight Academy
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Frequently Asked Questions
Bailey’s Body Alarm was created primarily for children ages 4–10. It can be read together at home, in classrooms, therapy settings, or anywhere children and adults could benefit from shared language around big reactions.
No. PDA is not currently a standalone diagnosis in the DSM-5-TR. You may see a PDA profile noted within an autism or ADHD evaluation, but a formal label isn’t necessary to begin recognizing the patterns.
What matters most is understanding what’s happening for your child so you can respond with greater curiosity, support, and appropriate accommodations.
Bailey isn’t labeled in the children’s story, either. The book was created especially with PDA, autistic, ADHD, and sensitive nervous systems in mind.
The Premium Hardcover Edition available directly from Autism Savvy is printed with richer color and thicker pages than the standard retail edition.
It’s the version we chose when we could choose exactly how we wanted Bailey to look and feel in your hands.
Yes. International shipping is calculated at checkout.
Because international shipping from the U.S. can be expensive, you may prefer to purchase the standard edition through Amazon in your country when available.
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