Re: teaching social skills update

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam,

That sounds like what we need. Is there a link where I can find similar training

in our area (N Cal Bay Area)?

April

[Guest guest]

What is RTI?

Roxanna

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

( ) teaching social skills update

We are in our third week of parent social skill training. I would

recommend the training program of RTI. The main skills

that there are teaching are dynamic social skills.

They said that AS kids do well with social rules, scripts and

questioning but lack the skills to adapt to changes and surprises so

that they can be good employees and socialize.

These are dynamic social skills they are teaching us to model:

alternative thinking, critical analysis, good enough thinking,

fuzzy logic, what if thinking, reflection, collobrate, co-create,

empathize, perspective taking, regulation and repair, goal setting and

planning. Everything is done in very small steps and throughout the

day.

Pam

[Guest guest]

RDI (oops I wrote rti) is a training program for kids with autism

that teaches parents how to teach and model dynamic social skills.

http://www.rdiconnect.com/pages/Find-a-Consultant.aspx

I have been for years scripting and reheasing places and people

we see and met. Now that my daughter is more stable I do feel

I can add some training finally to cope with life as it is.

Not scripted and static but changing and dynamic.

I did manage to find a trainer willing to at first just charge

us for the parent training. RDI can be expensive otherwise

if you include the child and start video taping interactions.

I guess progress may be faster this way.

First weeks lesson was to minimize verbal communication

and increase non verbal communication. And to start play 20 questions more about

all kinds of things.

Second week was to frame changes to the normal places we

eat out as " fun to change " . So we took small steps to

change resturants we have been going to and to cut out the

daily trips to the pet store in favor of " fun and different " .

And we are working on picking places to go that we both will

enjoy.

Third week is to address perfectionizing by purposing doing

things good enough yet have fun doing it. Being more

playful throughout the day.

We have so many things to work on chronic disorganization,

excessive shopping, social skills etc. But now that

her outbursts are better managed working on some of these

skills is finally possible.

I hope this is of some help.

Pam

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> What is RTI?

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> Roxanna

> Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

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> ( ) teaching social skills update

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> We are in our third week of parent social skill training. I would

> recommend the training program of RTI. The main skills

> that there are teaching are dynamic social skills.

> They said that AS kids do well with social rules, scripts and

> questioning but lack the skills to adapt to changes and surprises so

> that they can be good employees and socialize.

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> These are dynamic social skills they are teaching us to model:

> alternative thinking, critical analysis, good enough thinking,

> fuzzy logic, what if thinking, reflection, collobrate, co-create,

> empathize, perspective taking, regulation and repair, goal setting and

> planning. Everything is done in very small steps and throughout the

> day.

>

> Pam

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[Guest guest]

I know what RDI is. I didn't know what RTI was except that the school

uses a philosophy known as RtI.

Roxanna

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

( ) teaching social skills update

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> We are in our third week of parent social skill training. I would

> recommend the training program of RTI. The main skills

> that there are teaching are dynamic social skills.

> They said that AS kids do well with social rules, scripts and

> questioning but lack the skills to adapt to changes and surprises so

> that they can be good employees and socialize.

>

> These are dynamic social skills they are teaching us to model:

> alternative thinking, critical analysis, good enough thinking,

> fuzzy logic, what if thinking, reflection, collobrate, co-create,

> empathize, perspective taking, regulation and repair, goal setting and

> planning. Everything is done in very small steps and throughout the

> day.

>

> Pam

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