Suitable for: Professionals (e.g. SENCo, teachers, teaching assistants) in Coventry settings.
This session will explore how to identify and support the communication development of children who may be Gestalt Language Processors.
Course objectives to understand:
- What is a gestalt?
- The role of echolalia
- Different forms of natural language processing
- Developmental stages in gestalt language acquisition
- How to identify whether a child might be a Gestalt Language Processor
- How to support children to make progress with their language learning
- Strategies to support children who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)