RDI Flashcards
(15 cards)
What are the main aims of RDI
Building meaningful social relationships and increasing emotional awareness and regulation
Developing flexible thinking and problem solving skills
Encouraging perspective and promoting resilience
What is RDI
It is a family based intervention designed to improve the social emotional and cognitive functioning of individuals with autism.
What are the 6 areas of dynamic intelligence development through RDI
What do RDI
Family based intervention designed to improve the social emotional and cognitive functioning of children with ASD
What are the main aims of RDI
- Building meaningful social relationships and increasing emotional awareness and regulation
- Developing flexible thinking and problem solving skills
- Encouraging perspective and promoting resilience
What are the six areas of dynamic development through RDI
- Emotional referencing
- Social coordination
- Declarative language
- Flexible thinking
- Relational information processing
- Foresight and hindsight thinking
What is emotional referencing
Learning from the emotional expressions and reactions of others
Improving communication skills to help them understand how others feel
Link to social emotional reciprocity and maintaining relationships
What is social coordination
Adjusting behaviours based on social cues and interactions
Controlling one’s behaviour to fit other people’s emotion
Link to maintaining relationships
What is declarative language
Using communication to share thoughts ideas and experiences rather than just requesting
Allows the child to express their interest in something and invite social interaction
What is flexible thinking
Adapting to changes solving problems and managing uncertainty
Ability to adapt quickly smoothly and calmly to changing situations
Link to routines and rituals
What is relational information processing
Understanding context relationships and abstract concepts
Ie volume control
Link to general social characteristics
What is foresight and hindsight thinking
Learning from past experiences to predict future outcomes
RDI process for parents
Parents undergo training with an RDI consultant to understand ASD related challenges and learn effective strategies
They learn to create an environment that fosters social and emotional growth in everyday interactions
Parent implement RDI strategies at home through the natural relationship based activities
They record progress and revive continuous coaching and feedback from the consultant
What is the process of RDI for children
Children engage in structured interactions with parents that encourage communication problem solving and emotional regulation.
Activities focus on developing skills in dynamic intelligence gradually increasing in complexity
Children practice adapting to new situations understanding perspectives and forming deeper relationships
As progress is made more independent social interactions with peers and the broader community are included
Link to characteristics
RDI mainly addresses social characteristics of deficits of ASD:
Social emotional reciprocity
Nonverbal communication
Difficulty maintaining relationships
