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Spelling to speech for selectively verbal students - fading out the letter board

Students who are selectively verbal have either/or - Stimulatory speech - Impulsive speech - rote speech - ocd speech The teacher helps...

The process of creative writing using RPM

Article on Neuroclastic ( interview with Terra Vance)

https://neuroclastic.com/an-interview-with-soma-mukhopadhyay-pioneer-of-rapid-prompting-method-rpm/

An interview with Rob Bernstein

Rob Bernstein had given me an opportunity to speak about RPM

RPM and Developing 'Purposeful' Speech through Spelling to Speech

Speech can be - impulsive, limited to request, limited to rote or scripting. Absence of speech is often times confused as absence of...

Growing a visual and Purposeful Kinesthetic coordination

When the student begins spelling, the teacher at first positions the letter board adapting to the student’s performance field. Later she...

Social conversation using RPM

Many times students cannot display a social gesture - which requires motor skills. Even a social smile requires tremendous effort to...

RPM for a beginner

When a beginner is introduced to RPM, there is a sensory confusion. There may be a sensory and performance stress. The teacher tries to...

RPM skill goals

RPM is designed for individual objectives. Every student can have an individualized skill plan. So some can explore handwriting or typing...