Meet the creator of RPM

Soma Mukhopadhyay is the creator of the RPM - Rapid Prompting Method. She developed RPM to help her son, Tito, an Autistic nonspeaker, communicate when multiple professionals told her that he would never be able to do so.  

Soma and Tito are featured in the BBC documentary - ‘Tito’s Story’, 60 Minutes, CNN, the HBO documentary -‘A Mother’s Courage’, the National Geographic Magazine, the Scientific American, People Magazine, the New York Times and the Austin American Statesman.    

Soma has a B.S. in Chemistry (honors), M.S. (Inorganic Chemistry), and B.Ed.   

She is currently the Executive Director of Education for HALO RPM (Helping Autism through Learning & Outreach) in Austin, TX.  

She continues to train and certify hundreds of parents and teachers from around the world in RPM every year. 

Here is the link to her website for more resources and information: https://www.halo-soma.org/