RDI | Autism PDD

Has anyone had success with RDI?  Can you use this method in conjunctions with other methods like ABA and TEACCH?  I am thinking of attending a two-day RDI workshop in  June in Vancouver and would like to know if it might be worth while.  Any ideas, comments would be appreciated

Catharine

OK I am not sure what RDI stands for. Could someone help me out?Relationship development intervention I believe. I agree with"jdecina", I have been providing ABA therpay for almost
6 years now and RDI is a great program to incorporate with ABA. Discrete
Trials do take time, but that doesn't mean in between trials you can't take
10 minutes to play an RDI activity. I think it really gives children the
opportunity to practice learned information from ABA with a little
support. And also, your relationship with your child is so important and
thats the nice thing about RDI is that it focuses on interaction within the
family first and then it breaks out into other social situations. I don't
have a lot of training in RDI, its very expensive to become certified, but I
absolutely have found it to be a positive influence not only on the
children but also the families, it really creates that positive, fun loving,
relationship that you want to have with your child! If you can , get
trained, if your therapists can afford it, encourage them to be trained
also. It really seems simple but there is a system to it, so don't assume
that just because someone has seen RDI that they know what they are
doing, always check those credentials. Good Luck! I attended the 2 day parent workshop more than a year ago.  It seemed to make sense.  I do some of it, not in any structured way. I practice RDI in everyday life.  I never cut bread or anything for my son the same way.  I make him read my face and stuff like that.  My previous ABA consultant said we could not do it with ABA.  I don't know if that is because of logistics for her or if one would interfere with the other.   I think it's good.

thanks!

Catharine

Catharine,

I know "littlebopeep" uses RDI with her son and seems to be pretty excited about it. Perhaps if you pm her she might be able to tell you a little about her experience.

 

It is not something that CAN'T be done at the same time as ABA, but if you are using discrete trial, that takes up LOTS of time.  Frankly, I think RDI is best for parents to implement.  As you point out, it's really about a way to approach everyday life with your child.  After all, the most important relationship ANY young child has is with his parents.Our ABA program actually has RDI lessons in the program. You can definately implement RDI into ABA. Our DTI does not take too much time. We organize our sessions so that DTI is part of the session but there is also time allotted for floortime, sensory activities and things like RDI. I'm sure there are ABA consultants who won't mix the programs as I know there are RDI consultants who won't come near a parent implementing ABA. It really depends on the consultant, but there if you find cooperative consultants I don't see any reason why both can't be implemented.
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