The Tavistock Clinic in the United Kingdom will be hosting the Beginning and Intermediate Professional Seminars!

Beginning Seminar:  August 24-27, 2010.

Intermediate Seminar:  August 31-September 3, 2010.

Location:  Tavistock Clinic, 120 Belsize Lane, London, UK, NW3 5BA.

Course Organizer/Instructor:  Dr. Jessica Hobson.  

The single most important tool for a family is the RDI Consultant. Consultants are professionals with varied backgrounds, such as Speech Pathologists, Psychologists, teachers, Social Workers, Autism Specialists, Occupational Therapists, Physicians and veteran parents. The concept of guided participation applies equally to the work consultants are doing with the parents they guide. It is a parallel process where parents are taught to introduce manageable challenges to their children; consultants must do the same when guiding parents. 

 Consultants help parents modify their communication, slow their pace and focus on the underlying opportunities available in their daily routines. They teach parents to conduct observation and analysis of critical processes and break down large, complex abilities into manageable pieces. While constructing clear, systematic assignments, tailored to the daily realities of the family, they make sure that parents have appropriate understanding of how they are expected to work with their child between consultant visits. To learn more about the RDI Consultant Training Program click here.

Cost:  £2500 for entire back-to-back seminar series, includes both Beginning and Intermediate Seminars (payable to Tavistock upon acceptance by RDIconnect). An additional $2640 USD for Professional Supervision (payable to RDIconnect upon completion of Beginning/Intermediate Seminars).

For more information about the RDI Certification Program (including pre-requisites) and application:  http://www.rdiconnect.com/pages/Certification.aspx.

For questions, please contact Dr. Jessica Hobson by email j.hobson@ich.ucl.ac.uk. 

*Please note that Tavistock seminars are contingent upon adequate minimum registrants. With insufficient numbers for the seminars, they may need to a later date. The Tavistock Clinic will make every effort to avoid this, and they will keep trainees informed of the status as they begin their registration process.

To learn more about The Tavistock Clinic visit http://www.tavi-port.org.