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Old 10-15-2006, 06:23 PM #11
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Please let me know if it is...I might get that kind of question again from a parent in the school district, so I'd like to know what's what...if it's covered in intensive or not.

I'm GUESSING it should be, because it's just as 'documented' as the Lovaas stuff. Then again, if it makes sense then it usually doesn't work in a bureacracy, so who knows.

Let me know what you find out.

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Old 10-16-2006, 11:31 AM #12
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OH...I dunno if I've said this yet, but on Saturday she told me she's just completed some Wright's Law classes, and wanted to see Vincent's IEP.

WOW.

Here's a quick story I found from her on the RDI site, dunno how old or new it is:

RDI® Program Story of the Week

"I have many clients that would be considered 'low functioning' by other professionals."

Last summer, I did a Relationship Development Assessment (RDA) with a 10 year old non-verbal boy, who would have been considered "low-functioning" by other professionals. He not only had limited interest in toys, but stimmed, toe-walked, showed signs of anxiety, repetitive play, inattention, sensory issues, and speech and language difficulties, which are all co-occurring conditions. He also had very little emotion-sharing, no referencing, could not read non-verbal cues, and his eye contact was not very good. During the RDA he did not initiate any play, could not match mom’s block structure, whined while laying on the floor, could not follow non-verbal cues and generally was very anxious.

One year later, he is emotion-sharing with mom, his stimming has greatly subsided, he can reference his parents, he is a great helper in the kitchen and helps dad with woodworking, he does chores around the house, and is generally a pleasure to be with! He started out at Stage 1 and is now in Stage 4. All of the coaching done for this long-distance family was by video tape, e-mail and phone consults.

I work with many other children who would be considered “low functioning” by other professionals. They are all doing wonderful in RDI.

Many thanks to Amy Arnoff, Certified Consultant, Plainfield, IL, for her story.


So, there's a very small example of what she's like. The kinds of things she sees and helps with...I don't know a lot of kids on or off the spectrum that are 'a pleasure to be with' and man, that is a huuuuuge bonus. Think of all the people opportunities, both theraputic and peers wanting to play with them, if they are a pleasure to be around.
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