Become an RDI® Consultant

The RDIconnect® Online Training Programme is a unique educational programme available for professionals with credentials in a broad range of professional backgrounds and specialty areas.

Completing RDIconnect® Professional Certification will enhance an individual’s qualifications, their knowledge of autism spectrum disorders and the train them in the practicalities of implementing an RDIconnect® Family Consultation Programme.

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About the RDIconnect® Family Consultation Program

Relationship Development Intervention (RDI®) offers programs for individuals on the autism spectrum, or other developmental difficulties.

RDI® programs teach parents how to guide their child to seek out and succeed in truly reciprocal relationships, while addressing key core issues such as motivation, communication, emotional regulation, episodic memory, rapid attention-shifting, self-awareness, appraisal, executive functioning, flexible thinking and creative problem solving.

RDI® is a significant departure from traditional autism interventions, and does not simply seek to mask the condition with scripted conversations or rehearsed behaviors. Our model allows for neuro-cognitive changes to occur over time that provide the individual with the skills needed to navigate life’s challenges on their own. By developing this capacity for dynamic thinking, we open the door to the possibility of a greater quality of life that includes: reciprocal communication, genuine friendships, confident, independent living, prolonged relationships and meaningful employment.

The Role of Consultants in the Programme

Unlike behaviour intervention where the professional works with the child or young adult, we train the consultants to work with the parents; teaching them to be the guide and expert to their child. RDI® consultants are key to Relationship Development Intervention® in the lives of families.

A trained RDI® Consultant works with each family to develop an individualized set of objectives that may include simplifying the home environment, slowing down the pace of life, and balancing the entire family’s schedule and life outside of a special needs diagnosis. 

Who is Training for?

RDI® consultants come from a variety of backgrounds and are currently serving in 31 countries worldwide. Our consultants come from a broad range of professional backgrounds, including but not limited to:

There are also a number of consultants who worked in other professions and then became RDI® certified after working with their own children and consultants. Regardless of professional background, successful consultants are those who value child development and the important role that parents play in the lives of a child. 

Pre-requisites:

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Completed bachelor degree (any field) prior to applying

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Read The RDI®
Book prior
to applying

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Submit a completed Application for Certification to RDIconnect

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If you are a parent of a child with ASD, you must have worked with an RDI® Consultant for a minimum of 6 months

Overview of the Training Programe

This course combines online coursework that focuses on the theoretical foundations of our programs as they apply to neural development, Dynamic Intelligence, communication, early childhood development, etiology and pathogenesis and myths vs. science. The following topics are covered through lecture, role play, analysis and discussion:

  • Autism Pathogenesis
  • Dynamic Intelligence
  • Goals and Objectives of The Family Consultation Programme
  • The RDI® Learning Community and peer support
  • General consulting principles
  • Productive client communication: maintaining boundaries, scheduling, developing responsibility contracts, sensitive clinical interviewing, avoiding the ‘instant expert’ trap
  • Guiding opportunities: choosing activities, role authenticity, mindful decision making
  • Creating assignments
  • Framing, scaffolding and productive support
  • Regulatory patterns
  • Relationship Development Assessment

During the supervision phase, trainees work with two families under the direct supervision of an RDI® Training Supervisor who guides and mentors them through 14 projects that take them through the practical elements of what was learned during the coursework.

This course expands on what was learned in the first professional training course along with what was experienced during supervision. It also focuses on how to create and be successful as an RDI® consultant. Some of the content includes:

  • Dyads
  • Personal accountability
  • Difficult cases
  • Marketing your business
  • Advanced FCP tools
  • Professional goals and planning
  • Ethics and Standards

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