Efficacy of RDI and ABA/Verbal behavior

This poster was shared at this years IMFAR conference...  detailing the study out of Rowan University with side by side comparison.  We are thrilled that research is being conducted and having RDI show the gains in joint attention.   Colleen Gangemi is the RDI Certified Consultant involved in this study.



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