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

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Thanks Sara for this

Its something I am definitely going to look into for (9yrs,

non verbal)

Happy Christmas!!

Helen xx

-- In Autism-Biomedical-Europe , Sara Moroza-

wrote:

>

> 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

>

> helenco68 wrote:

> >

> > Hi Zoe

> >

> > So, so , so pleased for you, your family and Philip. A wee

question to

> > ask...in your experience can RDI help non verbal children?

> >

> > Helen xx

> >

> >

>