RDI general
The acronym for RDI means?
What is: Relationship Development Intervention
"Rapidly adapting, change strategies, and alter plans based upon changing circumstances."
What is: Flexible Thinking
Explain Imperative language
What is: a question or sentence that demands a response, responses are correct or incorrect.
What is: Expressive and receptive communication including verbal and nonverbal communication.
The acronym EIDBI means?
What is: Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention
Explain Static versus Dynamic intelligence
What is: Static is what we know (concrete, factual, black/white etc.) whereas Dynamic is what we do with what we know (flexible, adaptable, gray area, etc.).
a person who provides security, information, and recognizes necessary stepping stones for learning.
What is: guide or trusted guide
Explain Declarative Language
What is: a comment or statement, naturally providing an opportunity for social learning across the areas of seeing the big picture, reading nonverbal communication, problem solving, perspective taking, experience sharing, and self-advocating.
Define: Experience Sharing
What is: A moment when both people realize that they are having similar feelings/impressions about the current activity/experience.
What is the full date that DC was founded?
June 14th, ____
In a complex or dynamic situation there may not be a clear right or wrong response. At that time we need to access which type of flexible thinking?
What is: Grey-Area Thinking
Other acceptable answers: good enough and/or relative thinking
A subjective area within which the individual is able to recognize a match between prior experiences and current demands, and respond successfully. The ___ is a dynamic concept and is continually moving upward as individual makes progress.
What is: Edge
Identify 2 of the 3 circumstances that are outlined as a time when imperative language is beneficial over declarative.
What is: with regards to safety, when setting limits, or while learning.
Define: Co-Regulation
What is: Genuinely working together through monitoring (visually, auditorily), adapting (physically, emotionally, thinking) while staying in a designated role.
At DC we value and celebrate this difference in each other, referring to a movement which shifts away from the idea that people are disabled and towards the idea that people are unique. We respect all different ways of thinking by observing and learning, so that we can optimize each person’s potential.
What is: Neurodiversity
List 3 (of the 6) DC/RDI core deficits of Autism
What is: Broadband Communication, Co-Regulation, Apprenticeship, Experience Sharing, Flexible Thinking, or Self.
"Amplifying moments of personal experience to create productive personal memories."
What is: Spotlighting
Change this imperative and make it declarative: "What did I say?" *context: testing to see if someone was listening, from the book*
What is: "I'm not sure you hear me", "I want to make sure we are on the same page", I'm wondering if you heard what I said".
AND MANY MORE!
Define: Apprentice
What is: someone who wishes to learn from others and takes an active part by being curious and open to learning.
Here at DC we strongly utilize and encourage collaboration, not just for clients but for staff too! Give 3 strategies for collaborating.
What is: ask for information/clarifying questions, share information, ask for help, comment, define roles, evaluate, celebrate successes, notice things that help, encourage, and compromise.
List 3 of the other 5 stages of Independent Thinking (hint: R, E, GS, DI, I, SG)
What is: Readiness, Engagement, Growth Seeking, Dynamic Intelligence, Internalizing, Self-Guiding
A target where we assist clients to create a realization that they have overcome challenges in the past, therefore can do so in the present and future
What is: Episodic Memory
Oftentimes, messages are not received because you didn't have the receiver's attention. Give 3 ways you could get the receiver's attention before starting your message.
What is: get closer then try again, begin by saying their name, tap time on the shoulder, hold their attention once you've got it, minimize distractions, simplify the environment, make a repair.
Define: Agency
Agency refers to a critical Dynamic Intelligence mindset, reflecting a belief in one's personal ability to influence their life course in a desired direction. In its simplest form, infants learn to perceive that they are the ones who are influencing their environment, such as causing an object to move.
What is DC's mission statement?
What is: "Dynamic Connections strives for every person to feel competent and confident within themselves, within their relationships, and within the world."