RDI Solving the Relationship Puzzle

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Hi Listmates.

Just trying to get an idea of how many interested parents/professionals would be

interested in attending a 1 OR 2 day workshop with Gutstein author of

Solving the Relationship Puzzle.(It would be greatly appreciated to note if 1 or

2 days is preferable ..a 2 day workshop Dr Gutstein would be able to go in

length and have a longer Question and Answer period ..and whether TUe/or Wed

would be preferred IF we do only a 1 day)..If we do a one or 2 day it would be

held in Nassau County Long Island New York (location pending).Sometime in May

(probably on a Tuesday or Wed, from 9-4 each day)

He will present an intensive (he is apparently a very motivational, motivating

speaker and uses LOTS of media ..videos and slides) workshop to introduce you

to the Relationship Intervention Program.

*This method also

works for others who have neurological

disorders that

lead to similar social and emotional deficits.

He will discuss in detail what Relationship Development Intervention is and how

to implement it within a non existstant or existing program (to enhance whatever

other intervention you may have).

He will focus on understanding the Unique Social and Emotional Deficits of

Autism Typical

Relationship Development.He will also focus on doing the RDA (assesment) to

Determine Where to Start Developing Relationship Intervention

Plans Developing a Social and Emotional IEP that is Meaningful Using RDI with

Different Age Groups, Populations and in Different Settings.

Here is a breif overview of what the workshop would entail:

TAKEN FROM DR GUTSTEINS SITE:

http://www.connectionscenter.com/

More about the

workshop...

Heroic parents,

desperately search for a peer

who will accept

and play with their son or

daughter with

Autism, Aspergers, PDD and

NVLD. They dream

that an understanding friend

will serve as the

crucial relationship bridge,

opening the

social world for their child.

Inevitably, they

come face-to-face with a sad

truth. You cannot

acquire friends as if they were

objects or

possessions. And you cannot place

a child with

severe social deficits in a normal

setting and

expect he will understand the subtle

signals of

friendship through osmosis.

Until recently,

there were few alternatives to the

prayers and

dreams of parents and family that

somehow, someway,

they would find an

alternative to

the general medical expectations;

that their

child's condition would most likely

result in a life

apart from others.

After years of

clinical practice, teaching and

research, Dr.

Gutstein and Dr. le

Sheely were

unwilling to accept these bleak

predictions. They

believed that people in the

Autism spectrum

could become true partners in

authentic

relationships. But, only through an

intervention

program designed to fit their unique

style of

learning. Relationship Development

Intervention -

RDI - is the result of their

persistent

efforts to open the world of joy,

excitement and

unity found in authentic

relationships, to

persons in the Autism

spectrum.*

Through RDI, there is a path to

emotionally

fulfilling lives for thousands of

children,

adolescents and adults facing lonely,

isolated futures.

Dr. Gutstein has

described the theory and

methods of RDI in

his top selling book,

Autism/Aspergers:

Solving the Relationship

Puzzle. In the

spring of 2002, Kingsley

will publish Dr.

Gutstein and Sheely's

two-volume

collection of over 300 activities and

objectives for

relationship development.

Parents,

educators and professionals

throughout the

world will finally have the tools to

design

comprehensive relationship programs.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND IF WOULD ATTEND . ALSO if you prefer the 2

day or 1 day and if TUE or Wed would be better.

EMAIL Me

ndibra@...

The fee would probably be anywhere from 75-100 dollars depending on how many

days we will end up doing)