Transformative Speech Therapy: Insights into Helping Language Development with Chloe Cope

In this episode, Mina Roustayi sits down with Chloe Cope to discuss a hopeful and uplifting approach called Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) for general language delays and individuals on the autism spectrum. Chloe is a Speech Language Provider in private practice in New York City who teaches communication skills in a dynamic and non-pathologizing way. She talks about language in a holistic, full-body and full-brain experience. Chloe gives examples that help listeners gain insights into this fascinating approach to how autistic children process language. I hope this episode will raise awareness among parents, educators, and students and put their minds at ease knowing that there is an alternative way of learning language. For some individuals GLP can accelerate meaningful language production. I am already witnessing improvement with a 4 year-old pre-K student on the autism spectrum and a tendency to repeat verbatim what he hears (echolalia).
Discover the nuances of this unique language acquisition approach and its implications for educators, speech therapists, and parents. In this episode:
Explanation of gestalt language processing and its stages in language development.
Differences between analytic and gestalt language processors.
Importance of understanding the emotional and sensory aspects of language comprehension.
Resources available for teachers and parents to support gestalt language learners.
The role of occupational and physical therapy in aiding speech and language development.
Key takeaways:
Honor the person's mode of speaking for building language development
Contextualize seemingly random scripted phrases
Understand the role of emotional association to scripted phrases
Ways to discover what the individual is trying to say with scripted language
Accelerate students meaningful language learning
Preserve students’ self-esteem and motivation as learners by modeling rather than correcting.
How scripted language is used to make sense of situations
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