Many times, in presentations or information sessions, parents ask "what are RDI activities"?
The beauty of RDI is that it follows the natural developmental process.
The natural, way that parents guide their child to become a competent adult, to have a quality of life.
Individuals with Autism spectrum disorder missed those developmental steps due to their neurological vulnerabilities, but if we emulate these steps in a mindful, systematic, slow-paced way, we can guide them.
What are the RDI activities?
Taking walks
Cooking and eating
Swimming
Laundry
Playing ball
Hockey
Shelving things
Washing cars
Exercising together
Building things.
Gardening
Caring for pets
and many more.
The same way that parents guide their children through everyday life activities and not being aware of it, pushing their child one step a head, stretching their child's cognitive development.
As Barbara Rogoff said: "Children's cognitive development is an apprenticeship. It occurs through Guided Participation in social activity with companions who support and stretch children's understanding of and skills in using the tools of culture." ( Apprenticeship in thinking, 1991)
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Developed by Dr. Steven Gutstein and Dr. Rachelle Sheely, of the connection centre, Houston, Texas. RDI is a cognitive, developmental, family-centered remediation program for individuals on the autism spectrum. RDI emulates the first 18 months of life and give individuals with ASD a second chance to re-go through the developmental steps they missed. RDI main goal is to improve the quality of life for the family and first and foremost for the child.
What if we could give every child with autism the opportunity for a "do-over" - to go back and master the developmental steps they missed the first time?
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The RDI program is invested in:
Building minds
Developing Dynamic abilities for real world success.
Applying best practices to learning.
Sterngthening and empowering parents, brothers and sisters.
Tailoring intervention to build on each person's and family's uniqueness.
Developing Dynamic abilities for real world success.
Applying best practices to learning.
Sterngthening and empowering parents, brothers and sisters.
Tailoring intervention to build on each person's and family's uniqueness.
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About Me
- Ravid
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- The love of children, the will to assist others and care for others and my love of learning were always the torch leading my career and personal paths. I am a mother,a Special ed. teacher, curriculum writer and an RDI ( Relationship Development Intervention) consultant in training.
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