Autism: A New Perspective

With RDI® all of the simple and everyday experiences we enjoy with our children become huge in terms of their growth. The post Transitioning to Adulthood: Part 2 first appeared on RDIconnect .

Dr. Steven Gutstein talks about how what we think we know about autism may not be true and gives a new definition to help us redefine autism. The post Redefining Autism first appeared on RDIconnect .

Do you have dreams for your child with autism? Dr. Rachelle Sheely talks about how we should never limit the dreams we have for our kids, autism or not, and how to help put them on a path to independence from a young age. The post Transitioning into Adulthood: Part 1 first appeared on RDIconnect .

What we find is that through that more deliberative process of bookmarking, reviewing, constructing, saving, organizing...we also strengthen that encouragement to intuitively recognize something when we see it. The post Learning from Experience first appeared on RDIconnect .

In RDI, we really believe in parents and we also believe that there is a developmental structure inherent in the way children are raised worldwide. And that just because that's difficult for parents who have a child on the spectrum, it doesn't mean it's impossible. The post Do You Feel Left Out of Your Child’s Therapy? first appeared on RDIconnect .

When the foundations of Dynamic Intelligence are set in place, the child begins to use their mind as a very powerful tool. The post Foundations of Dynamic Intelligence first appeared on RDIconnect .

This idea of independence is one that we sometimes skirt because we get caught up in the daily routine of the things that we're teaching or the things that we're doing, or I think we get caught up in avoiding it because we worry about it so much. We're afraid to face it. The post The Road to Independence first appeared on RDIconnect .

One of the critical roles of being a parent is to be a mind guide. We know that. And if you have a child with autism, you can't do it until we help you to develop this and to help the child activate that growth, so you can begin to feel comfortable with it to start orienting more. The post Why Dynamic Intelligence Part 2 first appeared on RDIconnect .

One of the things at the Pan African Congress For Autism that impressed me and really didn't surprise me was that parents and professionals alike had the same concern when they were thinking about the individuals that they deal with who were on the spectrum and their families. The post RDI®: Hope Around the World first appeared on RDIconnect .

Traditional static intelligence is necessary, but it's not sufficient to function in our modern world, which is complex and dynamic in nature. The post Why Dynamic Intelligence: Part 1 first appeared on RDIconnect .

I think the important thing for anybody who is either giving the diagnosis or working with a newly diagnosed family is to help parents know that there's a beginning point, and that that beginning point is almost always the same The post Your Family & Autism first appeared on RDIconnect .

We need to teach children to reflect and you know, that's so much a part of our program to be able to bookmark something, maybe something that doesn't work or maybe something that does work. We have a whole lot of work on that. The post Theory of Mind: Part 2 first appeared on RDIconnect .

Dr. Sheely discusses the value of parents in developing a child's sense of self. The post The Value of Self first appeared on RDIconnect .

Dr. Gutstein breaks down the complexities of Theory of Mind. The post Theory of Mind: Part 1 first appeared on RDIconnect .

Find hope in the new year with the RDI® remediation model. The post 2019: A New Year in RDI® first appeared on RDIconnect .

Dr. Gutstein talks research, dynamic intelligence and going into the future. The post The Future and Dynamic Intelligence first appeared on RDIconnect .

Because your role has become the role of a compensator and not a guide, you start compensating for more and more things and sometimes children grow past the need for compensation. The post Overcompensating for our Children first appeared on RDIconnect .

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. The post Remediation first appeared on RDIconnect .

They doubt their own inside voice and they doubt their own competence. They don't doubt their competence with their other children, but autism is a wedge, it's like a wedge with glue, and it drives families apart. The post Time To Fly: Trusting Your Instincts with Your Child first appeared on RDIconnect .

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. The post Gestures and Communication: Part 2 first appeared on RDIconnect .

What I liked about the conversation was that these six things show a self-reflection, they show the hard work he's done, they actually kind of document the guiding relationship he had with his parents. The post HOPE: A Case Study first appeared on RDIconnect .

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 post Gestures and Communication: Part 1 first appeared on RDIconnect .

The whole point of RDI is that we want our children to become independent in the way that they're going to become independent is by learning to think and to use their brains in a way that they need to be used. The post School and Your Child first appeared on RDIconnect .

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. The post Main Obstacle for Parents first appeared on RDIconnect .

In RDI we believe there is a parallel process between the consultant and the parent, and the parent and the child... We're giving them the tools so they can begin to think of their own objectives, they can come up with them. The post Empowering the Family! first appeared on RDIconnect .