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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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  • Autism Spectrum Disorders and ADHD, RDI Strategies for Effective Management: Part 3

    In this week's blog post, guest author and RDI Program Certified Consultant, Chris Mulligan L.C.S.W, will discuss how families can use RDI principles and strategies to help manage when their children present with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a co-occuring condition to autism. This post is the third post of three in a series focused on ADHD: Part one described ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder and then discussed deficits related to regulating...

  • Montana's Story: Perspective from a Young Adult

    In this week's blog post, guest author and RDI Program Certified Consultant, Dema Stout, MA talks about working with Montana and his family. The inspiring video included in this post is Montana's story as told from his own perspective. The video which accompanies this blog was put together by Montana and Rana Burr for a workshop I did recently in San Antonio. They had previously planned to be there to answer questions, but found they would be out of town on the promised...

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD: Part 2

    In this week's blog post, guest author and RDI Program Certified Consultant, Chris Mulligan L.C.S.W, will summarize current research in the area of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in order to assist parents in sorting out the source of their child or teen’s challenges with attention. This post is the second of three in a series focused on ADHD: Part one described ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder and then discuss deficits related to regulating...

  • Helping Your Child Become A Competent Communicator

    This week's guest author, Laura DeAngelo, A.B., M.B.A., writes about avoiding the overcompensation trap when helping your child become a competent communicator. THE OVERCOMPENSATION TRAP Many parents of children with autism unknowingly overcompensate for their child's deficits in communication competence. Often parents (and other communication partners), without consciously realizing, do most of the "work" in keeping the social exchange going. The child...

  • Apprenticeship

    This week's guest author and RDI® Program Certified Consultant, Erin Roon, talks about Apprenticeship. According to the American Heritage Desk Dictionary , the word apprentice is defined as “one learning a trade under a skilled master; or a beginner.” I find both of these definitions to be relevant to the work I do each day, as well as the way I think about apprenticeship in relation to the remediation of autism spectrum disorders or related neurological...
    Published 3 May 2010 2:45 PM

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD: Part 1

    In this week's blog post, guest author and RDI Program Certified Consultant, Chris Mulligan L.C.S.W, will summarize current research in the area of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in order to assist parents in sorting out the source of their child or teen’s challenges with attention. This post is the first of three in a series focused on ADHD: Part one will describe ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder and then discuss deficits related to regulating...

  • What is RDI?

    A Brief Description of the RDI ® Program by Guest Author and RDI Program Certified Consultant, Nicole Beurkens, M.Ed. I often get questions from parents interested in knowing how my colleagues and I approach the treatment of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. I thought it would be helpful to start answering those inquiries in this format, as some of you may have similar questions. Here I will address: What is the Relationship Development Intervention (RDI...

  • The World is Her Oyster

    Guest Author: Sharon Bradbrook-Armit, Parent and RDI® Program Certified Consultant. This week Sharon Bradbrook-Armit shares her family's story; from the diagnosis of her daughter to her decision to become an RDI Consultant. I’m a Mum of a teenage daughter and back at the beginning of 2004 came across the Relationship Development Intervention Program (RDI®). At that time I would have described my daughter as: being totally prompt dependent, although being...
    Published 9 Apr 2010 1:45 PM

  • Autism and Seizures: Tests and Treatment (Part 2 and 3)

    Guest Author: Laurel Joss, M.A, EcEd, RDI® Program Certified Consultant Part 2: The Tests. If you think your child might be suffering from seizures, there are two tests that can help you get a diagnosis. The first is an EEG (electroencephalogram), and the second is the brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography). EEG (electroencephalogram) An EEG is a procedure in which small metal discs are glued to one’s head in order to detect electrical activity...

  • Holidays, Traditions and Family Events

    For this post we're spotlighting a webinar series for parents by RDI Consultant Kat Lee. This year-round series of webinars focuses on holidays, traditions and family events. Webinars are currently offered for parents and professionals who are using the RDI Program. To view one of Kat's webinars available for the general public, click here or on the link at the bottom of this post. Kat, Please tell us a little bit about yourself. My journey in autism started 15 years...

  • Autism and Seizures: Part 1 - Our Story

    Guest Author: Laurel Joss, M.A, ECED, RDI® Program Certified Consultant. I have been an RDI® Consultant for three years and an RDI® parent for seven. I started RDI® back when it was done in an empty room full of beanbag chairs. My son was four years old at the time. He’d been diagnosed with autism a year earlier, and like many mothers of newly-diagnosed children I spent a lot of time on the internet searching for help. Mainstream medicine offered little...

  • Love Isn't Always Enough

    Guest Author: Diane Morris We like to think love has power, that it forges a connection stronger than space, time and the many obstacles life can throw between two people. Countless stories and songs attest to humanity's unwavering belief that love is more than an emotion. So you can imagine my feelings of utter failure as a mother and a human being on one of the many days when my son Theo, then age six, used every ounce of his considerable strength to try to beat the...
    Published 1 Feb 2010 8:51 AM

  • The Mechanics of Attention

    Have you ever walked into a crowded room and been unable to see a friend standing right in front of you? New research from MIT suggests “when we look for something in our environment, our attention scans one thing at a time, using a serial as opposed to a parallel process.”(Buschman, Miller) This means that in a crowded room or atmosphere, we are not always going to be the initial center of attention for our spouses and friends, instead we have to wait our turns...
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  • The Intellectual Baby

    Historically, babies have been thought of as having three functions in life, eating, sleeping and pooping. Instead, what many proud parents of my “baby is an honor student” bumper stickers already know is being scientifically accredited; it is in fact true that infants are world-class explorers, observers and intellectuals. In a study conducted by Laura Schulz and Elizabeth Baraff Bonzwitz at MIT, young children were given a simple experiment involving light and...
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  • Goal Slackers

    In our households there are so many things that seem like more fun than managing our goals. For instance, my husband and I are currently trying to save up for a big trip. But, when I approached him about signing up for an online financial program he was very busy playing video golf. “Can’t I just finish this round?” he asked. “I’m playing better than I have ever played before.” Although a short term goal like a trip is much different than...
    Published 3 Aug 2009 1:33 PM
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