Dr. Gutstein talks research, dynamic intelligence and going into the future.

I haven’t found one paper written, and I’ve read everything, that talks about the potential for remediation of these areas: of neural remediation, of psychosocial remediation. Not one. It’s all about can we teach people other ways of functioning, or just neglecting it completely and not even thinking about it.

One of the things we do when we are forming experience representations are always doing enactments. We’re not using narrative words, we’re doing enactments.

When we’re using our body, we tend to use that part of the brain that manages experiences. Many people with Autism have been taught to use language as a task. As a performance-based measure. They wind up losing the sense of experience. The sense of flow with other people.

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.

There’s still an implicit assumption that people with Autism have to fake it, or that if you just get them to behave a certain way, that that’s a sign of great progress. We have to change it.

Gestures and Autism: The Importance of SELF Communication

Dr. Steven Gutstein explains how the RDI Model doesn’t teach skills, but improves the brain’s ability to function in a way that leads to more successful outcomes.

There are differences in how children with autism develop, but there is hope for growth and connection with RDI.

Age or growth. What is the most important thing to look at when evaluating progress?

Dr. Gutstein talks about the importance of placing high expectations on our children in order to see growth.

Join Dr. Gutstein and Kat Lee as they talk about the KEY to RDI: Your child and growth.

Listen as Dr. Gutstein gives words of hope for parents of children with autism in the new year.

Dr. Gutsein continues his series, The Heart of RDI®

Dr. Gutstein continues his talk on “The Heart of RDI®”

Parents, Anxiety and the Guiding Relationship

The Heart of RDI®