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Guiding Our Children: Online Gaming
Nowadays, it seems like the number of family members within each household is increasing every few months. The family members I am referring to are not newborn babies, they are the electronic devices...
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Tiffany Baker: Helping all Kids Smile!
Every now and again I am privileged to know an individual who is making a difference in the lives of others. Tiffany Baker is one such individual, motivated by empathy and a deep-seated concern for...
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Building Trust: The Most Important Thing
The following is written by RDI mom who works with certified consultant Carol Subramani I look back and realize how it is the small moments that help my 8-year old daughter feel safe and let her trust...
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What is Dynamic Intelligence?
Experts studying the human mind and brain believe that our ability to make decisions, along with the sophisticated dynamic neural structure that has evolved to support human decision-making, is the...
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RDI Camp
RDI stresses that, for the brain to learn, it needs to have real life meaningful experiences - not taught in a rote manner. What’s most exciting is that all of the latest research supports this very...
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Storing Seeds
Some say autumn is their favorite time of the year; the scent of fall, the glory of mums, the farmer’s market, the crisp relief from the summer-tortured heat and humidity. Do you remember the delight...
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Crying and RDI
To cry is not an ending, but rather an beginning. Often our happiest or saddest moments are accompanied with crying. As if it’s an equation held firmly in place ever since genesis. Crying in general...
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Book Review: Tomasello
RDI has been influenced by many researchers, one of which is Michael Tomasello. As an important scientist he has helped us understand, A Usage Based Theory of Language Composition. Published by Harvard...
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The Difference Between True Experience Sharing and Indirect Influence
CommunicationThere is often the misconception that the purpose of human communication is to get our needs met. Parents look forward to their child learning to speak so that “they can tell me what they...
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Real Communication
Communication fascinates me. I am always interested in how difficult it often is to convey our thoughts, ideas, plans or feelings to others. Even more fascinating is how the nature of communication is...
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Parenting the RDI Way
The following is an excerpt from a blog post from an RDI mom. Read the full article here that includes video footage. Each time I reflect on our video footage I am always overwhelmed by what I see in...
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Mindful Parenting
In the RDI programs, we talk a lot about mindfulness; the ability to be present, in the moment and aware of our thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions. This article shares a few ideas about mindful...
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Social Interaction and RDI
Social interaction is a major challenge for most neuro-typical children and thus is far more sensitive when it comes to a child who has developmental delays and issues. Often parents find a range of...
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Pro Training in Houston - It's not too late!
Our professional Traioning in Housotn is a few short weeks away, but there is still time to get in. Contact Basirat for more information on this amazing opportunity.Once a month, Dr Sheely offers a...
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Taking Inventory
It almost doesn’t seem familiar but Houston is autumn crisp. It’s not an Ohio change-of-season crisp with fall color but a clear end to triple digits and 100% humidity sans rain. This week I was...
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Parents, Stress and Coping Strategies
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are among the most talked-about medical conditions today and also one of the most enigmatic.The peculiar characteristics that define ASD cause major disturbances in the...
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Congratulations New Consultants
Congratulations to the following new RDI Certified Program Consultants who recently completed our Professional Training Program.Fleta Pohlner - AustraliaTony Chau - Hong Kong...
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More on Tiffany Baker
The following interview was written for Tiffany's high school yearbook. Tiffany is a young patient of Dr Sheely whose vision and desire is to help children with autism and cancer. Find out more at...
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My Son as a Thinking Individual
The following was written by RDI mom who workd with Kamini Lakhani in India.Slow down to speed up. This is amongst the first of Dr. Gutstein’s thoughts that I heard over 3 years ago. The thought is so...
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Autism and the parent-child relationship
RDI consultant, Lisa Palasti is featured as a recent guest on Compassionate Solutions where she shares how the parent-child relationship is key to repairing breakdowns and supporting the special needs...
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