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CONNECTING AUTISM - RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Relationship Development Intervention® (RDI®) Certified Consultant
The Relationship Development Intervention® RDI® Programme is family based and aims at providing Families – Parents with the knowledge and tools to remediate the impact of the ASD for the person with autism in their family.
The aim of Remediation is a way of achieving the potential for a Quality of Life for the person with ASD and their families.
HOW DOES RDI® WORK?
- RDI® is re-engineering
- It is Remediating what is missing for an infant/child or adult on the Autism Spectrum
- RDI® has been developed to remediate the Information Processing deficits that are universal but by no means unique to persons on the Autism Spectrum
- It is a cognitive developmental remediation program
- It is a marathon and not a sprint
- As a Certified RDI® consultant I am trained to guide you to become the Guides for your child
I work with parents, grandparents, teachers and other significant adults to re-construct the guided participation relationship.
I break down the process of learning to think and perceive a world full of change and complexity, into small, simple components.
I teach adults to slow down and amplify information feedback, so that both adults and children are more readily able to understand and adjust to one another.
Parents who participate in the RDI® program are reporting dramatic changes:
- Children are significantly more motivated to accept guidance
- Children value and are motivated to be interacting with parents over other activities and objects
- Children are more interested in how parents and other family members feel
- Couples report a significant reduction in conflicts and stresses related to the child
- They feel more hopeful and less fearful about what the future holds
- They feel a decreased need to act as a buffer and advocate for the child
- They perceive their children as engaging more in planned, thoughtful action and see a significant increase in their ability to generate productive creative ideas and responses
- Their children show a strong desire to take greater responsibility in their daily lives
2 ½ years after starting RDI® less than 15% of children were still in special education classes (compared to over 90% prior to RDI®)
Parents reported an increase in age-appropriate flexibility and adaptation from 16% to over 70%.
While over 90% of the children were rated in the “autism” range by the ADOS prior to RDI® commencing, after 2 ½ years fewer than 10% received the “autism” rating.
Because of RDI®, thousands of parents and educators have now realized that we can give our children and ourselves a second chance.
We can provide our children with the opportunity to become dynamic thinkers and communicators.
We can create pathways to success and a quality of life.
Steven E. Gutstein, Ph.D.
HOW IS RDI® GETTING THERE?
- Invest in building minds
- Develop abilities needed for real‐world success
- Apply modern best practices for learning
- Prepare parents to be competent Guides
- Tailor to each person’s unique needs
- Provides treatment for Adults, Teens, Older Children as well as Young Children
You are never too old to be an Apprentice
"A recent comment made about our son...
We thought there was something about him but not ASD …He's too aware and interactive and affectionate! Our Feelings… GO RDI®.... love it when he breaks every expectation of ASD!!!”
Parents of a 7 year old boy with ASD
“RDI® helped us to gain a greater understanding of what was happening to our child and his reaction in different situations. The feeling of competence instead of frustration has changed our lives considerably. We have ownership and a positive outlook for our future.”
Angie and Michael Parents
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