II/RDI (WAS:Re: Re: How ABAists view biomed and complimentary medicine)

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Thanks very much for this Sara, this is very interesting - and I spend a lot of time " mucking about " doing a lot of silly physical play, copying each other, laughing, tickling, making faces, making up silly words, etc and he seems to really crave this time -  (I am totally rubbish at having any motivation to methodically " teach " him anything whereas his father has taught him chess and other interesting things that loves but I just am not that kind of person and my relationship with him is not like that ) anyway, I've often wondered what he got out of these interactions and how, if anything, I could " teach " or guide him with these interactions or somehow make them more " intentional " . It seems like getting some understanding of II might help me develop this further and I am excited about it!

I have watched some videos and had a look at the website, it looks very interesting - is there a book about it?  Darla x

 

omg that is a difficult question!!!

They come from 2 different places so it's hard to compare them.

Firstly there is a lot of overlap - they are both based on typical

development. They would largely agree with one another I reckon.

but there are 4 main differences in my humble opinion:

I.I. is much more limited in what it tries to achieve (the

social/ communication/ play type learning of the first year of a

typical child and a bit beyond)  (many people would do it

instinctively). RDI goes further

RDI is much more complex and has hundreds of objectives. II is

almost ridiculously simple to deliver. (In my limited experience

of Tom only  - and I AM NOT saying it would be the same for

every child, despite the simplicity and lakc of objectives you

go way faster and achieve much mroe through II)

RDI is adult lead and II is mostly child lead.

RDI is a complete home-package marketed at parents. II isn't. 

It's never really been aimed at families but I am currently

involved in changing that!

Happy to chat to anyone about it.01792 296017 You can just try it

out at home to see if you like it, you don't need to do to  much

reading or receive too much training to give it a go.

Sara x