Parent training...what it is...what it should be
I have met a few families recently, and while I was doing an assessment for one of them, we were talking about parent training. They told me that they had been through parent training…and from what they read about RDI they see that it is also parent training, so they wanted to know what would be the differences I figured I would write a blog post to those interested in RDI…but not sure the component of Parent training and how that fits into your lifestyle. Its true, RDI is huge on parent education…but it’s with a twist. This twist is what is unique. We are not looking at instructing parents what to do when behavior XY and Z happens. Now of course we have strategies as compensations for those behaviors…but with RDI’s parent education, we look past the symptom of a behavior. The purpose of RDI education/training is not because we feel like you need training on how to be a parent/mom/dad.. You are your child’s biggest advocate and you know your child the best! How I