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Thinking Beyond Eye Contact
Eye Contact is considered to be an important skill in teaching social communication to children with ASD. Eye contact matters in communication because looking at someone usually shows that we care and...
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Two Sides of the Same Coin
Habits, bad and good, have to do with the space they inhabit in our consciousness. Eating chocolate is not something I have to think about; not eating chocolate cake is something I have to think about...
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Observational Learning and Mirror Neurons
In RDI it’s very important not to elicit a certain behavior from the child but rather provide opportunities for learning. One way to do this is through a type of learning called Observational learning...
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New Online Training for Professionals
We are very excited to introduce a new way to begin your professional training: a Hybrid model that combines both online and in-person training. This reduces the expense for participants and along with...
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Connecting the Dots: How the RDI Program Brought it All Together
My work in the field of Autism began 23 years ago, when I was assigned to work as an aide in a preschool classroom full of young children with Autism in Los Angeles, California. I was fortunate enough...
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'Slip Slidin’ Away, Slip Sliding Away
“The nearer your destination the more you keep sliding away”. (Please visit the site to view this media) We have all experienced when the resolve of a good intention becomes tomorrow’s failure. We have...
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Light Bulb and Measurements
When I speak with a dad I’m working with to see how his latest video submission has turned out. He tells me it was magnificent.He’s so proud of his son.When next we meet,we agree to watch the footage...
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Have you considered the chicken-egg question lately?
Most of us who have spent time growing the minds of children on the spectrum agree that teaching static skills teaches static skills. At RDIconnect, because we have observed this trajectory, we have...
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New RDI Research Published
We are excited to share new research that supports the 'utility of the Relationship Development Assessment - Research Version for clinical practice'. This was first published in the Clinical Child...
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Conversation is like a dance performance that has not been choreographed
"Moods: It’s all in the way you say it game ", by Hasbro, was originally purchased at Walmart and is currently on sale for $90 through Amazon. It’s fun, but quite honestly, not that much fun. A little...
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Thank you, RDI®!
-->As an RDI® consultant, I have seen the truly wondrous effect Relationship Development Intervention®(RDI®) has on families.I have personally seen parents who have attempted every possible...
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Thinking About Competence
Sometimes we realize we are incompetent at a skill we value and we create a learning plan to become competent.Playing the piano, becoming a long distance runner, raising a self-confident child and...
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Check us Out!
Are you connected with us on our social media channels? We regularly post news, ideas, testimonials, images and information about our programs. This is a great way to help friends and family...
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Creating Independent thinkers
The RDI programs are designed to develop dynamic, independent thinking. This goal is attainable for many individuals who face developmental challenges and differentiates us from other 'therapy' models....
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Dancing with my Methodist Foot
Being a religious man back in the day, my grandfather loved to dance, but he mostly danced in a circle—one foot stationary with the other soft-shoeing a jig. Referring to the Methodist prohibition, he...
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Understanding Dysregulation
One of the things I do with parents is to help them understand dysregulation in their child.As we know, RDI® is a relationship based therapy that is founded on the principles of attachment.Helping...
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The RDI Book is now available on Kindle
This week, we completed publishing of the RDI Book on Kindle. If you are looking for more information about RDI, this is the best place to start. This book is a primer for the philosophy behind...
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When Professional Meets Parent
This week I was able to speak with Dr. Sarah Wayland, a cognitive psychologist, RDI consultant in training and RDI parent. Watch the video here: <p><br /></p>...
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Thinking Beyond Eye Contact Part Two
This article appeared in the spring 2013 issue of Autism Spectrum Quarterly (http://www.asquarterly.com). It is also available via free app on all major digital platforms by searching on Autism...
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Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?
“Button, Button, who’s got the button”, an age-old game, variations of which seem to exist in most cultures. In a classroom, children sit in a circle with hands behind their backs. One child who is...
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New Progam Consultants
We are excited to announce these new certified consultants who have completed the Professional Training program over the last few months: Gina Underwood: Pearland, Texas USARashmi Sen: Noida, Uttar...
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Afikomen
As Passover approaches, many parents face Seders with very young children who fidget. Fairly standard to work around the dilemma is the hiding of the Afikomen (an unleavened bread called matzah)....
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From Disconnection to Dynamic Thinking
This story was sent to us by our RDI consultant, Prue Watson, from one of her families. Prue Watson (B. Occ. Thy. (UQ), Grad Dip Ed UNE) lives in Australia and has been an RDI Certified Consultant...
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4 Steps To Telling Your Child They Have Autism
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking with Stephen Shore on a variety of topics, including helpful steps on how to tell your child they have autism. Watch the interview here:...
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Mindful Interaction
"Mindful guiding is a very deliberate process. It has a clear intention. So when we engage in guiding we are intending to increase neural complexity and trying to build the foundations of dynamic...
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