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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.

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Learning from Each Other

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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Autism and Agression by Laura DeAngelo

Laura DeAngelo, RDI parent and RDI Program Certified Consultant, shares her journey about how RDI helped her reclaim her relationship with her son and helped him overcome his frustration and aggressions. She explains how the principles of the RDI Program made a lasting difference and improved the quality of life for her whole family. Do you have a child with autism who displays aggression? Are you bruised, stressed and feeling hopeless after being subjected to years of being...

Published 14 Apr 2011 8:32 AM by Lisa Palasti

Filed under: Attention, parenting, autism, remediation, Apprentice, Guided Participation Relationship, communication, proactive, behavior, problem solving, strategies, quality of life, self-stimulatory behavior, controlling, experience sharing
Cooking Our Way through RDI By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

We are pleased to share this week's blog article with you all from an RDI parent, Gabrielle Kaplan Mayer. Gabrielle shares her discoveries as she learns how to help her child through her own passion and love of cooking. Bon appétit! My son George, seven, was formally diagnosed with ASD when he was three years old and after researching cognitive and behavior therapies, my husband and I quickly decided to give RDI a try. What appealed to us most about RDI was the...

Published 22 Aug 2010 4:49 PM by Lisa Palasti

Filed under: Attention, Cognition, parenting, RDI Consultant, autism, remediation, Guide, Apprentice, Guided Participation Relationship, behavior, strategies
Parenting - Putting On Your Own Oxygen Mask First

Guest author, Laura Hynes, shares this blog about how vitally important it is for parents to take care of themselves and their surrounding relationships so they can take better care of their child with ASD. Have you ever heard the old saying "You can't be good to anyone else if your not good to yourself first?" Laura makes a really good case for parents need to put on their own oxygen mask first. I have a plaque in my office that says "If Momma ain't...

Published 29 Jul 2010 8:40 AM by Lisa Palasti

Filed under: goals, community, parenting, RDI Consultant, autism, remediation, Guide, Guided Participation Relationship, proactive, strategies, schedule, quality of life

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