Conversations In Speech Pathology

Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) is THE poster boy for pseudoscience lately. I was aware of RPM for years but never paid much attention for the same reason most of you never have- lack of evidence (or as some would call it: “street cred”). Then something interesting happened. I was introduced to someone who used a letterboard to communicate. As others have indicated, it is hard to “unsee” once you have seen. I’ve been very interested in RPM ever since. Maria Welch is an SLP colleague of mine who also happens to be an RPM provider. In today’s still somewhat scattered episode (this is our 2.5th time recording this conversation), we discuss: What got Maria interested in RPM Maria’s evolution in thinking about children with ASD Motor Challenges and ASD Intelligence, ASD, & Testing Tailoring RPM lessons to student interest and ability The ASHA RPM position statement Now for some disclaimers: I am not endorsing RPM as a mainstream therapy to be used with all of our clients. As you will hea