Re: Soma and the Rapid Prompting Method

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Our family would be very interested in trying the Soma - Rapid Prompt method with our son. Let me know what we can do to help arrange an Atlanta session.

Thank you so much --

Lou Blankenship

[Guest guest]

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Would you to put your post on the Parents Educating Parents and

Professionals Listserv? Sharon

Sharon Gudger

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> I just wanted to share with everyone that my son, Lindsey, and I

just

> returned from California from a four day " camp " with Soma, where

she

> taught us the Rapid Prompting Method. Soma is the mother of Tito,

a

> severly autistic boy who has been on TV because she taught him to

> write and type, and he has written a book and some poetry.

>

> Anyway, my son does not have speech. He had it for a few years,

from

> age 3 until age 5, and then lost it again. He is 6 now. With

RPM, I

> can get him to communicate again! At this point, I give him two

> choices, and he has to either answer the question or " fill in the

> blank " by picking up the choice that he wants to answer with. I

found

> out that he still knows the alphabet, that he knows numbers up to

100,

> that he can use logic and reasoning to deduct answerst to

questions,

> that we can have discussions about things, he knows his family

members

> and that his brother is 2 and he is 6 years old, that he likes the

> color yellow and that he knows that he gets toys at Christmas. It

was

> such a wonderful experience!

>

> Soma would travel to Atlanta if enough people are interested, I

think.

> If you are interested, please let me know on this group, and I

will

> try to arrange a visit from her here.

>

> If you want to explore the idea further, there is limited

information

> on a web site at www.halo-soma.org. Also, there is a yahoo group

> called " rapid prompting " .

>

> Cowen

[Guest guest]

Sharon:

Sure. What is the e-mail or yahoo group address?

Re: Soma and the Rapid Prompting Method

,

Would you to put your post on the Parents Educating Parents and

Professionals Listserv? Sharon

Sharon Gudger

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peppinc/

peppinc-subscribe

> I just wanted to share with everyone that my son, Lindsey, and I

just

> returned from California from a four day " camp " with Soma, where

she

> taught us the Rapid Prompting Method. Soma is the mother of Tito,

a

> severly autistic boy who has been on TV because she taught him to

> write and type, and he has written a book and some poetry.

>

> Anyway, my son does not have speech. He had it for a few years,

from

> age 3 until age 5, and then lost it again. He is 6 now. With

RPM, I

> can get him to communicate again! At this point, I give him two

> choices, and he has to either answer the question or " fill in the

> blank " by picking up the choice that he wants to answer with. I

found

> out that he still knows the alphabet, that he knows numbers up to

100,

> that he can use logic and reasoning to deduct answerst to

questions,

> that we can have discussions about things, he knows his family

members

> and that his brother is 2 and he is 6 years old, that he likes the

> color yellow and that he knows that he gets toys at Christmas. It

was

> such a wonderful experience!

>

> Soma would travel to Atlanta if enough people are interested, I

think.

> If you are interested, please let me know on this group, and I

will

> try to arrange a visit from her here.

>

> If you want to explore the idea further, there is limited

information

> on a web site at www.halo-soma.org. Also, there is a yahoo group

> called " rapid prompting " .

>

> Cowen

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Hi ,

It is:

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Do you want me to put it on for you? Sharon

> > I just wanted to share with everyone that my son, Lindsey, and I

> just

> > returned from California from a four day " camp " with Soma, where

> she

> > taught us the Rapid Prompting Method. Soma is the mother of

Tito,

> a

> > severly autistic boy who has been on TV because she taught him to

> > write and type, and he has written a book and some poetry.

> >

> > Anyway, my son does not have speech. He had it for a few years,

> from

> > age 3 until age 5, and then lost it again. He is 6 now. With

> RPM, I

> > can get him to communicate again! At this point, I give him two

> > choices, and he has to either answer the question or " fill in the

> > blank " by picking up the choice that he wants to answer with. I

> found

> > out that he still knows the alphabet, that he knows numbers up

to

> 100,

> > that he can use logic and reasoning to deduct answerst to

> questions,

> > that we can have discussions about things, he knows his family

> members

> > and that his brother is 2 and he is 6 years old, that he likes

the

> > color yellow and that he knows that he gets toys at Christmas.

It

> was

> > such a wonderful experience!

> >

> > Soma would travel to Atlanta if enough people are interested, I

> think.

> > If you are interested, please let me know on this group, and I

> will

> > try to arrange a visit from her here.

> >

> > If you want to explore the idea further, there is limited

> information

> > on a web site at www.halo-soma.org. Also, there is a yahoo group

> > called " rapid prompting " .

> >

> > Cowen

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