Natural Language Acquisition for kids on the autism spectrum

FEELING OVERWHELMED AFTER your child's diagnosis of being non-verbal?

NLA is a detailed description of gestalt language development, the result of the clinical research of Marge Blanc and colleagues (M. Blanc, 2005, 2012, 2023). Founded on the pioneering work of Ann Peters (A. Peters, 1983), and Barry Prizant and colleagues (B. Prizant, 1982, 83), NLA evolved as the research-based framework that details and quantifies the process of gestalt language development from Stage 1 (use of language gestalts) to Stage 6 (culminating in a complete grammar system). NLA is not a ‘practice,’ but a description of the natural, developmental process of gestalt language development, and provides a road-map for supporting children in natural, conversational, developmentally-appropriate ways.

It’s an exciting and amazing story, one that we will bring to life on these pages. As we continue to spread the word, more and more children are being recognized as using a gestalt style, and acknowledged as the capable communicators they are and will continue to become. No longer will these children be seen as deficient analytic processors — or disordered children who need to be prompted to achieve a small semblance of analytic language development. Instead, they can now be viewed as developing language naturally — the gestalt way!

You will learn about it here. You will learn how to spot gestalt language processing, and develop the confidence to support children in their journeys from language gestalts to complex self-generated language.  

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