Meet Soma! Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) is a teaching method, created 30 years ago, by a parent, Soma Mukhopadhyay, and has developed into the global, life-changing method, empowering thousands of neurodivergent learners with means to express their: • Learning, • Reasoning, • Understanding and @ Thoughts By identifying the student’s open learning channels) at that instant of learning. | SOMA RPM

Soma Mukhopadhyay began the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) in the 1990s, rooted in her experience with her son, Tito. What started through careful observation, respect, and trust in a learner’s intelligence became the foundation of a profound shift in how we understand communication and learning. Over time, other methods emerged, and that is part of the natural evolution of knowledge. Soma Mukhopadhyay opened this path. Her work sparked a movement that continues to grow, allowing more people to ac

ASHA’s Board of Directors recently approved new position statements that discourage use of two particular techniques, Facilitated Communication (FC) and the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM), because they lack scientific validity and do not foster independent communication. Both statements were open to peer review by all interested parties. ASHA stands firmly behind its members in support of effective services leading to independent communication for those they serve. To read the statements and for m