A New Autism Treatment - Relationship Development Intervention - RDI
Relationship Development Intervention is a cognitive-developmental treatment that aims to re mediate (remedy) the core deficits of autism. It is an educative consultant model where trained Certified Consultants work closely with parents and teachers of children on the Autism Spectrum to give them the tools and strategies they need to prepare these children for a better quality of life. It is a program that empowers, educates and coaches. Consultants help parents regain competency and control of their lives (and parenting) and give them the education, methods, and strategies they need in order to improve their connection and relationship with their child. In return, the Program provides autistic individuals the cognitive, emotional, communicative and social tools needed to
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Perhaps it is easiest to describe the Relationship Development Intervention Program in relation to how it differs from other autism intervention models. First, RDI is a remediation treatment program. It is the only model that looks specifically at how autism impacts quality of life and how to help this population integrate into the social world.
Secondly, Relationship Development Intervention is a developmental model meaning that the intervention is developmentally appropriate for each child. This is not a one-size-fits-all type of intervention. Every child is assessed using a Relationship Development Assessment to see where the child has developmentally “hit the wall” in their social communicative competency
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Thirdly, Relationship Development Intervention is about teaching dynamic intelligence, competence in dynamic systems. It is well known that children on the autism spectrum are capable of learning. In fact, a great number of autistic children have above average IQ’s and are “academic successes.” Relationship Development Intervention looks beyond life’s “static systems” (those life situations that are predictable, repetitive, stable, rule-driven, safe) and focuses on how to help children develop the internalized ability to succeed in complex dynamic systems (those situations that are novel, unpredictable, and characterized by variation.) In other words, Relationship Development Intervention
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The difference between static intelligence and dynamic intelligence is that is that dynamic systems require mental engagement. In static systems people simply have to acquire knowledge. They can receive it, memorize it, store it, accept and accumulate it. People on the autism spectrum are typically very good at acquiring knowledge. On the contrary, in dynamic systems one must obtain knowledge by being mentally engaged. Here, people must take on an active cognitive role where they do more than just receive knowledge. Dynamic intelligence requires people to participate, persevere, be flexible, reflect, monitor
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