Relationship Development Intervention

Cost

http://www.remediatingautism.com/dynamic-connections/services-for-familes/rdi/rdi-estimated-costs.html

RDI

Level VI: Partner

RDI is an invitational Model

Level II: Apprentice

Level I-NOVICE

Level IV: Voyager

Level III: Challenger

Level V: Explorer

RDI Training

Introduced to different perspectives and use of imagination.

Takes perspective of others and a step towards development of empathy.

Partnerships developed for life long relationships

Children begin to work with partnered pairs called "dyads"

Children make adults the center of their attention. Children develop social referencing.

Stage13: Perspective

Improvisation and co-creation are the focus. Children work on relationship skills in small groups. Develop the "We-Go" which is a group ego.

training program consists of 6 levels and each level has 4 stages

Stage 21: Shared Selves

Stage 22: Family Roots

Stage 23: Group Connections

Stage 24: Intimate Relations

Stage 14: Imagination

Stage 17: Ideas

Stage 18: What's Inside

Stage 19: Converstations

Stage 20: Allies

Parents attend 6 days of intensive workshops followed by planning and regular weekly or biweekly meetings with a certified RDI consultant. Once completed they are considered a "coach"

Stage 15: Group Creation

Stage 5: Variation

Stage 6: Transformation

Stage 7: Synchronization

Stage 8: Duets

Based upon the belief that relationship skills are portable and generalizable from person to person and setting to setting.

Stage 1: Attend

Stage 2: Reference

Stage 3: Regulate

Stage 4: Coordinate

Stage 9: Collaboration

Stage 10: Co-creation

Stage 11: Improvisation

Stage 12: Running Mates

Stage 16: Emotion Regulation

These Social skills are absent in children with ASD and must be taught

Companionship interest and display of positive friendship-related emotions.

Enjoyment

Referencing

Activities and ideas of friends and social acquaintances are reference points for individual behavior

Social Reciprocity

Maintaining a give and take relationship with others

Conflict Management

Repair

Creating sharing of perceptions and experiences

Improvisation and cocreation

We-go

An awareness of the importance of groups

memories of shared experiences and favorable events

Social Memories

Willingness to participate in relationships without rewards

Maintenance

maintaining honesty and integrity in relationships with others

Alliance

Acceptance

Acceptance of individuals strengths, weaknesses, and other unique traits

Building Blocks

Emotional Referencing

Ability to learn from the emotional and subjective experiences of others

Social Coordination

Ability to observe and control behavior to successfully participate in social relationships

Declarative Language

Ability to use language and non-verbal communication to express curiosity, invite interactions share perceptions and feelings and coordinate with others

Flexible Thinking

The ability to adapt and alter plans as circumstances change

Relational Information Processing

The ability to put things into context and solve problems that lack clear cut solutions

Foresight and Hindsight

The ability to anticipate future possibilities based on past experiences

References

Relationship Development Intervention

Dynamic Intelligence

Family-based behavioral treatment designed to address autism's core symptoms.

defined as the ability to think with flexibility

Developed by psychologists Dr. Steven Gutstein and Dr. Rachel Sheely around Gustein's theory of Dynamic Intelligence beginning in the 1990's.

This includes appreciating different perspectives

Coping with change

Gustein, S & Sheely, R. (2002) Relationship Development Intervention with

Young Children: Social and Emotional Activities for Asperger

Syndrome, Autism, PDD, and NLD. London: Jessica Kingsley

Publication.

Integrating information from multiple sources

RDI

Gustetin, S., Burgess, A., & Monfort, K. (2007). 'Evaluation of the

Relationship Development Intervention Program', Sage Publications and the National Autistic Society 11: 397-411.

Aids individuals with ASD form personal relationships by strengthening the building blocks needed for social connections.

Simpson, R.L. (2005). Autism Spectrum Disorders.

California: Corwin Press.

Due to social difficulties, the guided participation relationship breaks down in children with ASD. RDI is a way for families to re-build relationships in a slow and deliberate manner.

http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/treatment/relationship-

development-intervention.

retrieved 9/12/13.

Children need to learn to reference their parents, share emotions, and use experience sharing language to build close and trusting relationships.

Gustein's theory suggests that brain under-connectivity in people with autism leads to a rigid and unchanging world view. Difficulties with processing information prevent those with autism from developing "dynamic intelligence."

Typical children develop dynamic intelligence through guided participation and guided challenges from adults.