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Through its innovative Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Program, RDIconnect gained a worldwide reputation for designing family-based programs. Currently, RDIconnect provides programs for an entire range of developmental difficulties.

March 2011 - Forging New Pathways

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This blog focuses on parents, professionals, families and relationships. Humorous and informative it provides an additional outlook on the day-to-day lessons and wisdom we learn from each other as well as reflective insight into the RDIconnect Programs. Forging New Pathways publishes content submitted by RDI Consultants and the families who work with them. Moderated by RDI Consultant, Lisa Palasti.

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Building Competence Through Guided Participation by Michelle VanderHeide

Our guest author this week is Michelle VanderHeide. Michelle shares a real life story about an experience she had when she was younger and how that might have turned out very differently had her "guide" (aka boss) took the time to show her the ropes. Michelle will help the reader develop a greater understanding of what to look for in individuals who may be feeling incompetent and what you can do about it. I'll never forget my first job. I started working at...

Published 27 Mar 2011 2:03 PM

Filed under: parenting, RDI Consultant, anxiety, autism, Guide, Apprenticeship, Apprentice, Guided Participation Relationship, communication, behavior, strategies, controlling
Susan Lynn Perry's new novel, Hindsight, is now available on Amazon Kindle

Susan Lynn Perry's new novel, Hindsight , is now available on Amazon Kindle . If you or anyone you know has a Kindle or an iPhone, you can download it immediately. It's a very inspirational story about autism and the lengths parents go to for our children. There's even a chapter about RDI too! To find out more about the author visit her website, http://www.susan-lynn.com/home.html . From Amazon.com: About the book: Kate Mitchell, a single mother of a boy with...

Published 22 Mar 2011 11:14 AM

Filed under: parenting, autism
Kristin Selby Gonzalez talks with RDI Consultant Kathy Darrow

Listen in as Mommy Time host Kristin Selby Gonzalez talks with RDI consultant and specialist Kathy Darrow about tools and tips that you can do with you children today! http://www.autismone.org/content/listen-kristin-selby-gonzalez-talks-rdi-consultant-kathy-darrow . Connect with Kathy Darrow by visiting her website, www.autismremediationforourchildren.com , facebook page, http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/autism_remediation/ or email, k.darrow@verizon.net .

Published 15 Mar 2011 10:49 AM

Filed under: parenting, RDI Consultant, autism, Guided Participation Relationship
Getting Away From "Getting" by Laurel Joss

This week's guest author, Laurel Joss, will share some basic RDI principles about how to take those first steps to develop a truly meaningful and reciprocal relationship with your son or daughter. In a recent episode of the hit show Parenthood on NBC, a father expressed his frustration at his inability to engage in a conversation with his son, Max, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. The show has portrayed the family's struggle with living with autism...

Published 8 Mar 2011 3:39 PM

Filed under: parenting, RDI Consultant, Guided Participation Relationship, strategies, quality of life

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Building Competence Through Guided Participation by Michelle VanderHeide

Susan Lynn Perry's new novel, Hindsight, is now available on Amazon Kindle

Kristin Selby Gonzalez talks with RDI Consultant Kathy Darrow

Getting Away From "Getting" by Laurel Joss