Ep. 5 - The RPM Program for Non-Verbal Learning with Lenae Crandall Artwork

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The Akhil Autism Foundation podcast provides practical and science-based solutions for families dealing with autism. Featuring guest interviews with experts in the field of autism, including physicians, health coaches, researchers, nutrionalists, herbalists, movement and speech therapists, as well as authors, educators and parents of children on the spectrum. Foundation founder and executive director, Manisha Lad is a Nutrition Consultant, and mother of an only son recovering from autism. He inspired her to not only start the Akhil Autism foundation, but he transformed her to become a Holistic Health Coach and Autism Advocate. Akhil’s Foundation was formed to Educate, Treat, Research and Support Autism. Help an autistic individual lead an independent and functional life. Every Autistic individual deserves treatment and every parent needs education.

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Ep. 5 - The RPM Program for Non-Verbal Learning with Lenae Crandall

September 30, 2022 • Manisha Lad

Ep. 5 - The RPM Program for Non-Verbal Learning with Lenae Crandall

Show Notes:

· Can you tell us a bit about your background and how it led to founding HEED? (3:39)

· How and why Lenae became a Certified RPM Provider, discovered “The Mind Tree”, and got involved with Soma Mukhopadhyay and HEED. (4:29)

· Found HALO (Helping Autism through Learning and Outreach) (5:47)

· Working with Soma (8:00)

· What is RPM program? (10:04)

· Presume Intelligence (10:55)

· How it benefits the Autism community (14:30)

· How does one get started on the RPM journey? (16:26)

· Starting with Paper Choices – How to choose and what to choose? Getting the body and mind to integrate. (17:00)

· Motor Modeling vs. Physical Facilitation (21:06)

· Implementation Techniques

· The Different Learning Channels (27:09)

o Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Movement and Tactile

o Identification and Use of Learning Channels – Generalized, Global, Selective, Auditory channel, Visual channel, Sensory tools

· Eyes and tracking the Letterboard (40:26)

· Development of Tolerance Areas - Stimming behaviors (19:40) & (36:10)

· The Processes of Encoding and Mental Mapping (42:44)

· Can you also teach Extracurricular activities like skateboarding, and roller skates classes, cooking (individual leisure activities training for our kids) (47:15)

· Controversy regarding teacher prompting student with cues to choose the right answers (48:44)

Links:

HALO - https://www.halo-soma.org/

HEED - http://www.heedrpm.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/HEED-RPM-1436248763329075

Akhil Autism Foundation Research with University of Virginia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXl5Ku23_pU

The Akhil Autism Foundation has funded research with the University of Virginia using eye-tracking technology, which reveals agency in assisted autistic communication. You can learn more at the link provided in the show notes for this episode.