[POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Re:RDI - teaching theory of mind

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Nina, That is wonderful. Aproper mother and son moment.

Sara xxx

malcolm4237 wrote:

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> ---we haven't started rdi yet, and i only have aba/vb training ,but

> all these years of

> having ds at home,from a sheer survival point of view i have had to

> pace myself and slow

> down(apart from learning certain skills/concepts at the table where he

> preferred the vb

> fast pace ),at his level backing off more and more as he got more

> able.Over the last few

> years we have emerging joint attention ,verified by amazed slts, and

> then at moments like

> that its like seeing a different child.

>

> He was in a grumpy mood this morning and after a while came up to me

> and said " sorry,

> screaming " . i looked sad cos i was and he said " be happy " . None of

> this was taught and he

> is coming from a very severe place. Nina

> n Autism-Biomedical-Europe

> <mailto:Autism-Biomedical-Europe%40yahoogroups.com>, Sara Moroza-

> <Moroza-

> @...> wrote:

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> > just reread your question as to how it looks - well I think it varies

> > from family to family but in our case I just bear in mind that I

> need to

> > show Tom that being with me is more fun than solitary play. I make sure

> > he doesn't have demands placed on him, that he's relaxed, that we go

> > slowly and at his pace and that we have a nice or fun time. It is slow

> > and painstaking but it works.

> > Sara

> >

> > bbrowne123 wrote:

> > >

> > > could someone please post just one post about an example of how RdI

> > > looks, say for example, how to work on teaching a child to understand

> > > a " tap on the shoulder " , etc. Or even list some of the things that

> > > RDI teaches in terms of social referencing.

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> > > It seems very closed, very few people actually talk about how

> > > it " looks " .

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> > > > > > > Zoe

> > > > > > > I think you mentioned teaching theory of mind in your

> > > > programme?

> > > > > > Can you share any ideas? We don't have full time RDI programme,

> > > > but

> > > > > > do lots of RDI activities.

> > > > > > > Thank you

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