ALT Resource Roundup: Gestalt Language Processing & AAC (updated 1/25/24), on top of a clipart world image.

ALT Header: How is it different from typical language processing? Analytic language development begins with single words. Single words are then combined to create short phrases, and then simple sentences, and eventually more complex sentences until a complete grammar system develops. Gestalt language development begins with ‘chunks’ of language, also known as "scripts" or "delayed echolalia." Over time, those chunks are split up into smaller words and then combined into phrases and simple sentences. A photo of a young black girl wearing headphones and sitting at a computer. The text reads "What is Gestalt Language Processing? Gestalt language processing (GLP) is one of the two types of understanding and using language. The other is analytic language processing (ALP), another name for what we have thought of as "typical language processing." Each leads to natural language development." A photo of a smiling woman with white hair. Next to it is the AuSM logo and the text "Workshop. Language