1. There is
Always Hope
Rapid Prompting Method to
teach children with autism

2. Rapid Prompting Method
 Also referred to as RPM
 It was made public through the media in
the year 2000.

3. Who Developed
RPM?
 Developed by Soma
Mukhopadhyay an
Indian mother who
created it to teach her
three year old non-verbal
autistic child, Tito.
 Tito learned to write by
the age of 6.
 He is now an adult who
expresses himself by
spelling out word.
 He writes poetry and has
published a book.

4.  Soma went on to develop the
organization known as HALO (Helping
Autism Through Learning and Outreach)
 Learn more about HALO on their website:
http://www.halo-soma.org/

5. What is RPM?
A low technology method.
 Involves
1. A teacher
2. A student
3. Paper and pencil/Alphabet board
 It’s
main focus is to keep students on task
by constant, fast paced questions, and
continuous engagement.

6. How does RPM work?
WE first have to understand the differences between a
mainstream learner and an autistic learner.
Mainstream learner Autistic Learner
 Listening, understanding,  Senses become overloaded
with information which
preparing a response and becomes difficult to process.
using the necessary  It takes effort to process
muscles to communicate information from two senses
that response is a such as seeing and hearing.
Then to formulate a response.
subconscious, reflexive 
 Finally, to use the appropriate
process. muscles to communicate the
response.

7. Basically, what comes naturally to most
people takes a great deal of focused
effort, concentration and intended
planning for autistic people.

8. How does RPM work?
Self-Esteem and
Teaching Choices learning channels
A student’s self-stimulatory
1. teaching students to 
behavior is observed to identify
choose from a field of the best way each student
two learns (learning channel)
2. Students are taught to  Kinesthetic, auditory, visual, ta
ctile
spell words by pointing  Then work on motor skills to
to letters in rows of develop picking up and
letters 3 to 6 letters. pointing skills. This will allow
students to answer questions
3. Students learn to use through picking up the answer
a letter board of 26 or pointing.
letters.

9. Take a look at this RPM video

10. To learn more about RPM
 Go to the website : http://www.halo-soma.org/
1. for more information
2. for contact numbers
3. to enroll in RPM courses