04-02-2006, 08:43 AM
segarama Wrote:Good Evening
Last night I spend about a half an hour looking at this particular url from RDI that was retrieve for the net 1-19-06. At first you think it is just a commercial and maybe it is.....however if you take type to look at the entire site you will be quite taken by the approach they use for intervention. I am very familiar with the program and it works for many autistic children and PDD children.
Best,
Rob URL:http://www.rdiconnect.com/
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Good Evening, 2-3-06
Having a family with autism and pervasive developmental disorders etc. and being a former superintendent of schools for many years, I can tell you directly that the very best programs for early intervention [which is finally agreed upon as one of the best things to do to help your child] concentrates on sensory amelioration and forms of applied behavioral analysis...[adapted]. This is a life time duty that we must see that our children receive. Now as far as the Public and Private Schools are concerned, the quality of early intervention and availability of early intervention varies from school district to school district and from country to country. My deepest advice is to get professional help for you child either through the schools or through private therapy. Money is best spent on therapy for the child; not money for attornies to fight the schools....because your ladder that you might be climbing may be against the wrong wall...and you may be climbing to the wrong destination. Teachers are just now really being trained in the United States for early intervention. This does not discount the many that took it upon themselves to be trained using professional development dollars or their own money. We must work together in full cooperation for the benefit of the child.
Rob