[POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: Zoe...RDI with non verbal kids

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that Sara. We are so lucky to have parents such as yourself and Zoe who are doing RDI with your children and sharing your experiences with all of us. Please keep us informed about RDI and your children’’s progress using this intervention. I have been inspired by your input on this list regarding RDI. Indeed, so inspired that I’m having my lad assessed for RDI at the end of Jan. Many thanks

Gillian x

Hi Helen,

I can't resist answering this although I'm sure Zoe will be able to give

a fuller and more intelligent answer!

RDI works /better/ with non-verbal children. RDI is a way of helping our

children to develop /naturally/. Typical children develop many skills

(brain connections) before speech and in RDI children acquire these

first. What happens in autism is that even the most verbal children/

adults very often have huge gaps in their development such as an

inability to read faces (which comes before speech in typical

development) and an inability to use their parents as guides (also

starts before speech). The less speech your child has the better in many

ways, because the closer their development will be to that of a typical

child.

Having said that you can adjust the programme to work with highly verbal

children and adults (verbal and non-verbal)

Sara

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[Guest guest]

Hi Helen

RDI can just fit into your life around normal everyday activities -

although I would say it needs to be more regimented to begin with -

ie scheduling regular 'sessions' in evenings and weekends.

You can use RDI principles all the time ie slowing things down,

decreasing verbal interaction and increasing broadband (gesture,

facial expression and intonation).

Its not like ABA where you have to do 30 hours a week - I would say

it does have to be parent-led to get maximim effect but extenders

(especially other family members like Aunties and Grandmas) can also

be used (I think we all need a bit of respite!! We used DPs to pay

our extender, who has now gone into school with P as his support.

We trained her ourselves, which was quite hard but well worth it).

Zoe x

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