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Dr. Steven Gutstein explains why parents are the primary guides in RDI®, how to allocate resources, and how consultants help families start small and build momentum.
Parents as Guides in RDI 2025: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Gutstein
The Guiding Relationship
A Time to Guide: Why Children Need Presence More Than Appointments
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In this episode of Autism: A New Perspective, Kat Lee talks with RDI consultant and parent Lisa Palasti about why self-care is essential for families navigating autism. They address common barriers like guilt, time pressure, and lost social connection, and offer realistic steps parents can take now, from prioritizing health appointments to building daily moments of rest and support. When parents thrive, children benefit.
Autism and Mental Engagement
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It’s possible to reform a Guiding Relationship with children diagnosed with autism, leading to growth-seeking and many more benefits.
Learn more with Dr Sheely
Learning from Experience
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What we find is that through that more deliberative process of bookmarking, reviewing, constructing, saving, organizing…we also strengthen that encouragement to intuitively recognize something when we see it.
Foundations of Dynamic Intelligence
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When the foundations of Dynamic Intelligence are set in place, the child begins to use their mind as a very powerful tool.
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.
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.
Main Obstacle for Parents
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The main obstacle if you’re a parent is that your child is not coming to you with the excitement, the motivation to grow. But RDI can help.
The Age of Your Child
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Age or growth. What is the most important thing to look at when evaluating progress?
