Gestalt Language Processing: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition [Paperback]

1. An Introduction to Gestalt Language Processing? 2. Identification and Partnership??3. Foundational Principles??4. Taking and Scoring a Language Sample? 5. Stage 1: Language Gestalts? 6. Stage 2: Mitigations? 7. Stage 3: Referential Single Words? 8. Stage 4: Generation of First Sentences? 9. Stages 5 and 6: Complex to Complete Grammar? 10. Regulation Supports? 11. GLP and Access to Speech? 12. GLP and AAC? 13. GLP and Literacy? 14. Supporting Older GLPs? 15. Neurodiversity Affirming Practice

This book sets out the stages of Gestalt Language Processing and the steps in therapy to effectively help neurodivergent children, young people and adults to move on with their language development, supporting them to become independent and creative language users.

If it feels like your childs language doesnt follow the usual development pattern, then this is the book for you. Ali provides us with the tools to help our children to develop spontaneous language.? My son is one of the children in this book and the joy on his face when he creates new language is something that I treasure. There is so much hope embedded in the GLP approach to speech therapy and it demands that we provide so much more than functional language to our children. Above all though, it allows our children to be children while we are doing it.

Charlotte Beavitt, parent

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Ali's approach is empathic, flexible, sensitive, trusting and fun. ?With her deep understanding of Gestalt Processing, she has met our 6 year old son exactly where he is on his speech development journey. ?Ali?has mindfully equipped us as a family, with the tools and knowledge that benefits us,?while not overwhelming us.??

Our son is always so excited to go to 'Ali's house'! for his therapy sessions. ?

There is no doubt, in the words of Barry Prizanl³™