Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 HI Amy: We have used RDI for 1.5 years with our 4.5 year old daughter and have seen very steady changes in her eye contact, referencing to parents and adults, her play skills, some imagination, and a reduction in her hyperactive movement and inattention during play and structured activities. She also does not stray from us in public anymore and looks for our facial expressions for emotional cues. All of this is new in 1.5 years. I can't say for sure that RDI is completely responsible, but is surely a big part. My daughter received ABA and a variety of other therapies throughout that time period. Still, it is worth the time and effort once you outline what social and emotional changes you want to see. We never went to the parent conference, but instead bought the DVD series done by Dr. Gutstein from the Connections Center inHouston. Can get it online from connectionscenter.org. He explains the whole rationale, theory and the process. Then you'll need to find a professional RDI consultant (our choice) unless you want to tackle the therapy on your own, with the help of other parents thru one of the listserves about RDI. The available listserves are changing as we speak, so maybe the home page of Connections Center can help. If you have any other questions, you are welcome to e-mail me privately. Sincerely, Lyn --- adenker wrote: > Can anyone tell me more about RDI therapy? If you > liked it, if it > worked, if it didn't. Basically, any opinion is > welcomed. I have a 6 > yr old son with PDD-NOS and I would love to learn to > be more pro-active > in helping him. I feel like I read and do different > things the > therapists tell us but I am still lost. I was > thinking about going to > the 4 day RDI conference when it comes to Houston > but want to hear what > others experience. Also, he does not need ABA so I > thought maybe the > RDI would be the way to go. > Thanks > Amy > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 HI Amy: We have used RDI for 1.5 years with our 4.5 year old daughter and have seen very steady changes in her eye contact, referencing to parents and adults, her play skills, some imagination, and a reduction in her hyperactive movement and inattention during play and structured activities. She also does not stray from us in public anymore and looks for our facial expressions for emotional cues. All of this is new in 1.5 years. I can't say for sure that RDI is completely responsible, but is surely a big part. My daughter received ABA and a variety of other therapies throughout that time period. Still, it is worth the time and effort once you outline what social and emotional changes you want to see. We never went to the parent conference, but instead bought the DVD series done by Dr. Gutstein from the Connections Center inHouston. Can get it online from connectionscenter.org. He explains the whole rationale, theory and the process. Then you'll need to find a professional RDI consultant (our choice) unless you want to tackle the therapy on your own, with the help of other parents thru one of the listserves about RDI. The available listserves are changing as we speak, so maybe the home page of Connections Center can help. If you have any other questions, you are welcome to e-mail me privately. Sincerely, Lyn --- adenker wrote: > Can anyone tell me more about RDI therapy? If you > liked it, if it > worked, if it didn't. Basically, any opinion is > welcomed. I have a 6 > yr old son with PDD-NOS and I would love to learn to > be more pro-active > in helping him. I feel like I read and do different > things the > therapists tell us but I am still lost. I was > thinking about going to > the 4 day RDI conference when it comes to Houston > but want to hear what > others experience. Also, he does not need ABA so I > thought maybe the > RDI would be the way to go. > Thanks > Amy > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Oops! The website address for RDI info is rdiconnect.com. Lyn --- Lyn Hardouin wrote: > HI Amy: > We have used RDI for 1.5 years with our 4.5 year old > daughter and have seen very steady changes in her > eye > contact, referencing to parents and adults, her play > skills, some imagination, and a reduction in her > hyperactive movement and inattention during play and > structured activities. She also does not stray from > us > in public anymore and looks for our facial > expressions > for emotional cues. All of this is new in 1.5 years. > I > can't say for sure that RDI is completely > responsible, > but is surely a big part. My daughter received ABA > and > a variety of other therapies throughout that time > period. Still, it is worth the time and effort once > you outline what social and emotional changes you > want > to see. > > We never went to the parent conference, but instead > bought the DVD series done by Dr. Gutstein > from > the Connections Center inHouston. Can get it online > from connectionscenter.org. He explains the whole > rationale, theory and the process. Then you'll need > to > find a professional RDI consultant (our choice) > unless > you want to tackle the therapy on your own, with the > help of other parents thru one of the listserves > about > RDI. The available listserves are changing as we > speak, so maybe the home page of Connections Center > can help. > If you have any other questions, you are welcome to > e-mail me privately. > Sincerely, > Lyn > > --- adenker wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me more about RDI therapy? If you > > liked it, if it > > worked, if it didn't. Basically, any opinion is > > welcomed. I have a 6 > > yr old son with PDD-NOS and I would love to learn > to > > be more pro-active > > in helping him. I feel like I read and do > different > > things the > > therapists tell us but I am still lost. I was > > thinking about going to > > the 4 day RDI conference when it comes to Houston > > but want to hear what > > others experience. Also, he does not need ABA so > I > > thought maybe the > > RDI would be the way to go. > > Thanks > > Amy > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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