#parent-childinteractions

“Complexities of Parenting” series. Part-1.As a parent of a child with special needs, you face unique challenges every day. From navigating societal acceptance and ignorance to advocating for inclusion in schools and playgrounds, it can feel like you’re constantly fighting battles on multiple fronts.But here’s the thing: you can’t fight every battle. And sometimes, it’s necessary to choose which…

Enhancing Parent-Child Interactions: Lessons from Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) – 1 We started RDI in 2003. Twenty years later, RDI’s effects continue to be felt in our lives. In my view, one of the biggest contributions of RDI was to learn how autism disrupts the rarent-child relationship. We learned many techniques to restore the guided participation relationship between parent…