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For all of us who have had a child diagnosed with autism, we know that they aren’t the only person who is vulnerable in what’s going on.
Finding Balance After an Autism Diagnosis
Parents
Feelings that Accompany an Autism Diagnosis
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All of these feelings that accompany a diagnosis of your child are ok. Other parents have felt the same way, you are not alone.
Presuming Competence in Your Children with Autism
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When we have high expectations for our children with autism it makes a huge difference. Believing in our kids will help them believe in themselves!
Do You Feel Left Out of Your Child’s Therapy?
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In RDI, we really believe in parents and we also believe that there is a developmental structure inherent in the way children are raised worldwide. And that just because that’s difficult for parents who have a child on the spectrum, it doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
The Road to Independence
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This idea of independence is one that we sometimes skirt because we get caught up in the daily routine of the things that we’re teaching or the things that we’re doing, or I think we get caught up in avoiding it because we worry about it so much. We’re afraid to face it.
Your Family & Autism
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I think the important thing for anybody who is either giving the diagnosis or working with a newly diagnosed family is to help parents know that there’s a beginning point, and that that beginning point is almost always the same
The Value of Self
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Dr. Sheely discusses the value of parents in developing a child’s sense of self.
Overcompensating for our Children
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Because your role has become the role of a compensator and not a guide, you start compensating for more and more things and sometimes children grow past the need for compensation.
Time To Fly: Trusting Your Instincts with Your Child
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They doubt their own inside voice and they doubt their own competence. They don’t doubt their competence with their other children, but autism is a wedge, it’s like a wedge with glue, and it drives families apart.
Empowering the Family!
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In RDI we believe there is a parallel process between the consultant and the parent, and the parent and the child… We’re giving them the tools so they can begin to think of their own objectives, they can come up with them.
