Relationship Development Intervention is a cognitive-developmental approach to treating autism spectrum disorders. The program is based on the most recent research available of autism and typical development. It is a parent based program in which parents are provided the skills to strengthen the child's abilities in dynamic intelligence. Individuals with ASD struggle with deficits in the areas of flexible thinking and problem solving, using and reading non verbal communication, aversion to change, collaborating with others,
and sharing perspectives. RDI aims to remediate these deficits, thereby improving the child's competence to manage uncertainty and motivation to participate in dynamic, real life situations.
You can find information on the RDI program as well as a certified consultant in your area at www.rdiconnect.com
Laura Hynes, LMSW
RDI program certified consultant
Our son is doing very well under the Relationship Development
Intervention program (RDI). There is research behind this therapy and it
has proven to be successful. It is something worth researching. Their
website is www.rdiconnect.com
Or contact Tara Moffat, certified consultant for teh RDI program, at utahrdi@yahoo.com.
