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RDI® Consultants Bring Hope
It’s easy to give up after an autism diagnosis. Here is one parent’s story of how RDI® gave them back hope.
As an RDI® Consultant, I Empower Parents
A lot of parents don’t realize that they have power to help their own kids.
Mindfulness
I want to be present in my life. I want to actually experience it, the good and even the bad. I want to learn and not repeat mistakes. I want to actually be a part of the good things that happen, really being in it and really feeling the feels. This is a mindset known as mindfulness.
The Mission Preview: Envisioning Your Family’s Future
In RDI parents are given the hefty task of imagining their family life in 5 years, 10 years.
RDI®: Going Slow
Mindful parenting sounds so easy, however, it is hard work and takes a long time to master.
Parents Can Make A Difference
We want to stand with other families to say that our children bring much good to their families and communities.
Thinking Beyond Eye Contact: Part 1
In teaching children with ASD to visually reference, it is important to understand and respect why they may look away.
Declarative Language
Children with ASD do not need language models that lead to the development of instrumental…
Using RDI for Non-Speaking Children with Profound Movement Disorder
What I have seen these children overcome speaks volumes…
Experience Sharing Communication
Reciprocal communication impacts a person’s ability to think, remember and relate.
Helping Your Child to Learn to Solve Problems
Guides recognize that learning, and from there competence, comes with doing. It comes with struggling, thinking, failing and succeeding. Guides recognize their ability to make the most of regular ole’ interactions when they focus on spotlighting problems rather than solutions.
The Concept of Spotlighting
The aim is to encode a memory of being a competent decision maker…
Previewing and Planning for the Holiday Season
Trying to fit in too many special holiday events creates stress and can set off meltdowns for apprentices (and guides!).
Episodic Memory – Part 4
As children form relationships with their peers, they use their episodic memory to create stories of developing friendships as well as narratives of themselves as desirable play partners. Early on in peer interactions, all children are concerned with the immediate gratification that comes from events such as going first, playing what they want to play, winning a game and using a toy when they want to use it. However, as children get practice in the realm of peer dynamics, they come to observe unwritten rules and subtle yet ever present patterns.
RDI Program and the Power of Pausing
A pause in the right place at the right time gives your child time to breathe, time to consider, time to process, understand or summarize what’s been said, and time to prepare for what may be coming next
RDI Program for Adults
I think that is where my stumbling block lies …preparing the proper time and space for successful work.
Family Adventures
In RDI we coach parents to include their ASD child in meaningful opportunities where both parent and child collaborate not only in ‘doing’ things together.
Scientist’s Conclusions Affirm RDI®’s Approach
This scientist’s suggestions about how to treat ASD children that are consistent with what we do in RDI.
Elevator Speeches: Explaining RDI® in Simple Language
Do you ever feel you have trouble explaining RDI concisely and simply? Here are a few elevator speeches from RDI consultants that they use when they need to describe our programs in a hurry.
Learning vs Thinking
We are capable of learning many things but our knowledge will mean very little unless we are prepared to utilize it. It is not to say that learning is not important – only that it’s only useful if you are a thinker!
Dr. Gutstein Explains the Key Elements of RDI®
These concepts can be used to help your child’s learning, growth and neural, social and intellectual development and are the core of the RDI® program.
An RDI Approach to Speech Therapy
When we care for people with brain injuries…
Teaching Social Skills with RDI®
Unlike other therapies, RDI® encourages parents to teach their children social skills not to make others comfortable, but to set the foundation for success in life. It’s more about the “why” behind social communication, rather that the “what.”
M.E.S.S.I.E.R. World
Dr. Steven Gutstein of RDIconnect shares why we must develop Dynamic Intelligence to navigate our complicated and messy world.
When Failure Leads to Curiosity
Uncertainty can cause anxiety – especially among autistic kids and adults. But did you know that you could use that uncertainty, to produce neurological growth?