Developing Motor Skills for Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method by Soma Mukhopadhyay

Developing Motor Skills for Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method by Soma Mukhopadhyay

Imagine living in a body where your coordination fails to execute a specific mental command: Let's say your mind wants your hands to execute a function like holding a pencil to write a word, but all the motor coordination allows you to do is simply make a pencil mark. Imagine, if you can, wanting to be functionally independent and yet the body movements you make are beyond your mind's control. - Such is a state that can make living least enjoyable. Just as it is important for the mind to be stimulated through academics and communication, it is important for the body to continue learning skills so that Mind and Body find a way to unify. A plateau in cognition can make one feel stagnant. So why wouldn't a plateau in developing skills make one feel stuck? Communication skills on a letter-board or a key-board is essentially the same motor skill - Pointing. Growing one's skill beyond pointing is an essential goal of RPM. Otherwise, a 'Skill-plateau' may lead to further frustration if the mind is unable to direct the body to manipulate its environment. The external world, including one's own body, is a three dimensional space. To manipulate it one has to overcome selective activities (stims or OCDs). So there needs to be step-by-step lesson plan on how to achieve each goal. This book is an earnest effort in how to plan the first skill goals that go beyond pointing skills. It goes a step further to experience the world through the principles of Rapid Prompting Method.

Soma Mukhopadhyay is the Executive Director of Education for HALO (Helping Autism through Learning & Outreach) in Austin, TX. Soma holds a Bachelors of Education degree and a Masters degree in Chemistry . Students come from all over the world to benefit from her innovative teaching approach . Since developing the Rapid Prompting Method to teach her own son Tito, Soma has been featured on CNN International, 60 Minutes II, PBS, Good Morning America, Scientific American, the New York Times, National Geographic magazines. Soma is the author of five books including this title, Understanding Autism through Rapid Prompting Method, Developing Communication Using Rapid Prompting Method, Curriculum Guide for Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method and Developing Motor Skills Using Rapid Prompting Method released in 2014.

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ISBN 13	9781478728412
ISBN 10	1478728418
Title	Developing Motor Skills for Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method
Author	Soma Mukhopadhyay
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Outskirts Press
Year published	2014-05-06
Number of pages	356
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