"Knowing the steps of language acquisition for gestalt language processors and steps to take in assessment (collecting a language sample, determining the sources and meaning of gestalts, and identifying the stages of language acquisition for each utterance) will be beneficial in my daily practice as an SLP. And I appreciate that I can review the presentation as needed." G.G. (Jan. 2023)
"Love the stages and how they are all related. Great source of information and it is so true!" L.X. (Jan. 2023)
"I will be better equipped to explain gestalt language processors." H.C. (Jan. 2023)
"The idea of echolalia as intentional communication is a valuable insight and premise. I liked the subject matter and the personal approach of the presenter." E.H. (Jan. 2023)
"Learning the stages of gestalt language processors and the assessment and treatment approaches were beneficial. I enjoyed the examples of actual children's language samples and progression through developing language. I also liked the resources that can be used when talking to parents and colleagues for training." K.R. (Jan. 2023)
"I purchased the book and enjoyed solidifying my understand of NLA through taking the course. Watching this course, one can tell that Marge is passionate about the course, and extremely knowledgeable. It makes watching and listening so much easier." H.D. (Jan. 2023)
"I work with several kids who are GLPs. I was never taught in grad school how I was supposed to work with these types of language learners. I now have a solid framework to base my treatment and understanding of what I've been seeing all along." J.B. (Jan. 2023)
"The case studies and explanation of stages were beneficial. I liked the slides to support online learning." S.M. (Jan. 2023)
"The information about assessment and treatment as well as the information regarding the stages was beneficial." R.F. (Jan. 2023)
"This is a thorough introduction to Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition. I was empowered to know that if a child who is a GLP did not get early intervention in NLA, it's not too late for him/her to make progress through the stages, even if not all the way to self-generated grammar." T.T. (Jan. 2023)
"Every section of this presentation is useful to me in my clinical practice. I have a new lens to view the language of my clients through; both ASD and neurotypical kids. This course was well organized and easy to follow." H.P. (Jan. 2023)
"Content was relevant to my clinical practice." A.M. (Jan. 2023)
"I appreciated the outline of the stages of gestalt language development, and the section about assessment. Marge is an excellent speaker. She speaks at a good rate and is easy to follow. The course was well-organized." A.S. (Jan. 2023)
"The functional therapy examples were great." C.A. (Jan. 2023)
"The chart and stages were helpful for future reference." E.A. (Dec. 2022)
"I liked that I was provided with many visuals and case studies." M.G. (Dec. 2022)
"Handouts were great." A.C. (Dec. 2022)
"The entire course was very informative, and each topic was explained in a way to make application easy in treatment sessions." J.C. (Dec. 2022)
"The course was very informative, and I did the research that supports this movement. This course gives me a better way to view the kids that I am working with." S.F. (Dec. 2022)
"I liked how course is self-paced, so I can adequately focus on the content." M.M. (Dec. 2022)
"Language development and gaining a better understanding of NLA. I liked the course format and content." K.S. (Dec. 2022)
"How to identify stages of NLA and then assess/treat them. Self-paced and easy to follow with great resources." R.M. (Dec. 2022)
"Speaker went through the stages of gestalt processors, assessment, and tx. Practical for everyday use, can get started right away. I liked the expertise of the speaker." K.L. (Dec. 2022)
"I liked the treatment portion for working with kids on the autism spectrum. Course was easy to follow and the instructor explained complex topics in a way I could understand." A.M. (Dec. 2022)
"I liked all of it and especially the assessment and treatment sections. Easy to understand and use." C.S. (Dec. 2022)
"I really enjoyed learning about assessment and listening to the break down. Course is helpful paired with the book. It is really eye-opening that there is another lens in which to look at language development." S.S. (Dec. 2022)
"The stages, examples of scripts, treatment ideas, and language samples were beneficial. The visual support and reviewing at the end of each section was great." M.B. (Dec. 2022)
"The stages of development for Gestalt Language Processors and how to apply this to treatment was really helpful." A.E. (Dec. 2022)
"The assessment process was most beneficial at this point in my learning. I liked the way the information was presented along with real-life examples and quotes." H.C. (Dec. 2022)
"Assessment and treatment - how to determine what stage a child is at and from there what to focus on teaching and which direction to take the treatment plan. Real life examples and demonstrations of actual students and treatment plans done with them." K.M. (Dec. 2022)
"The stages of NLA were detailed, and so were the language sample examples." M.K. (Dec. 2022)
"This course showed what NLA is and how it works. The segmentation of the sessions were clearly organized." M.A. (Dec. 2022)
"I'd never heard of this before, which is wild because I went to a school that boasted its ASD program. I will immediately begin implementing this into my work with students. VERY descriptive and easy to follow. I feel confident I could do this treatment." K.E. (Dec. 2022)
"I liked the encouragement and reminders to analyze and look more closely at echolalic function and how to support language development." K.A. (Dec. 2022)
"I gained an understanding of the progression of language development through each stage. This gives me an excellent framework and targets for each stage. I felt that the language sample charts were really helpful in seeing where a child is at in terms of the different stages." M.J. (Nov. 2022)
"Lots of examples of language samples and how therapy progressed. I like the strong theoretical and practical foundations, along with research history." J.A. (Nov. 2022)
"All of this was useful because I didn't know a lot about gestalt learning." E.A. (Nov. 2022)
"I like the ability to move at your own pace." M.C. (Nov. 2022)
"I learned that it is important not to rush a child to the next level before they are ready. I liked that it gives some structure to language development for children with echolalia." K.B. (Nov. 2022)
"All topics are good. Developing skills to observe and understand Gestalt processors, learning a tool for assessing Gestalt processors, and a way to explain natural language acquisition by children to their caregivers." N.M. (Nov. 2022)
"Breaking down each stage of NLA and using language samples was extremely beneficial to help me understand better what level my students are at." A.H. (Nov. 2022)
"The information was very clear." J.F. (Nov. 2022)
"I like the pace." R.A. (Nov. 2022)
"The information about mitigating long gestalts into phrases and recombining will be beneficial to my daily practice. I enjoyed learning about how some individuals hear single words while some individuals hear sound contours." R.H. (Nov. 2022)
"Recognizing that ASD children with echolalia may be using the same language acquisition strategies as typically developing children who are demonstrating jargon." M.F. (Nov. 2022)
"The slides had a lot of information and the presentation went into depth on each slide." T.D. (Nov. 2022)
"Understanding the stages of language development in NLA and how to approach treatment was good." L.W. (Nov. 2022)
"It was interesting to consider neurotypicals and divergent children as passing through the same language stages at different times. I like the convenience and ease of the course. I will be able to benefit from her lifetime body of work." K.K. (Nov. 2022)
"Using the language sample model across multiple sessions will be beneficial. The pace was great." C.F. (Nov. 2022)
"Great introduction to the NLA process. Very helpful information." J.H. (Oct. 2022)
"The NLA stages, assessment, and application of goals were beneficial to my daily practice. I like the detailed examples with students on caseload." K.U. (Oct. 2022)
"Differentiating between treatment approaches between analytical and gestalt language processors was good information. I like the examples." B.S. (Oct. 2022)
"The references to the presenter's personal experience/stories made the information relatable. Very complete and applicable novel information to me; exciting." K.W. (Oct. 2022)
"I like the real world examples." D.A. (Oct. 2022)
"The assessment for gestalt language learners is applicable for much of my caseload and extremely important to understand." R.L. (Oct. 2022)
"A new way to look at the gestalt language processor. So glad to know this new info and share it!" D.D. (Oct. 2022)
"The clarity of the course and examples were helpful." D.B. (Oct. 2022)
"There are specific examples of language samples." V.S. (Oct. 2022)
"The course has clear descriptions of stages." S.H. (Oct. 2022)
"Assessing the stages through language samples and Marge's comment to keep many language samples to track progress were beneficial for my daily practice." S.L. (Oct. 2022)
"The course was informative. Learning more on treatment for Gestalt Language Processors." M.B. (Oct. 2022)
"I liked the SLP's personal experience as examples throughout each stage. And learning the stages of teaching functional language." E.B. (Oct. 2022)
"Easy to follow, broken into manageable sections." L.B. (Oct. 2022)
"Lots of examples with good relevance." K.R. (Oct. 2022)
"I liked how there was research included to back up the information presented." A.H. (Oct. 2022)
"My new assignment includes 3 SDC classes serving children in grades K-5. Now I can see there are children in all stages of Gestalt language processing." K.R. (Oct. 2022)
"Love that this type of language learning is finally coming to light!" A.P. (Oct. 2022)
"I liked the examples and the reality of older children not being able to get to the more complex stages of the language grammar." N.O. (Sept. 2022)
"I love the means of language sampling and will be using this in my practice. This framework has given me a whole new way of thinking about how to assess, write goals for, and teach grammatical language in practice." K.J. (Sept. 2022)
"I appreciated how it was divided into smaller consumable sections." A.D. (Sept. 2022)
"Everything in this course was beneficial to me. They did not teach most of this in grad school." L.G. (Sept. 2022)
"I appreciated the insight into the stages of gestalt language development, assessment, and intervention." M.L. (Sept. 2022)
"I have a better understanding of Echolalia now. I enjoyed the stories about the children the presenter worked with in her research and seeing their progress." K.M. (Sept. 2022)
"The stages of NLA and the general understanding of this form of language development were good." T.L. (Sept. 2022)
"I liked how the course was separated into sections." K.A. (Sept. 2022)
"The dialogue examples were useful." A.B. (Sept. 2022)
"I now have a better understanding of gestalt language as something more than “just echolalia.” H.K. (Sept. 2022)
"The course was very informative." L.W. (Sept. 2022)
"I liked the topic about how to assess children on our caseloads and modeling more mitigatable phrases for them." T.R. (Sept. 2022)
"I have been very interested in NLA and this course was a great introduction. I liked that it was provided by Marge Blanc, had a strong research base, and was very practical." H.D. (Sept. 2022)
"I liked that it was self-paced and that I am able to re-view the course as often as needed." C.H. (Sept. 2022)
"I like that it's broken into sections and has lots of examples." J.P. (Sept. 2022)
"I am thrilled to have a developmental model to follow when assessing language development for my students who are gestalt language learners. I enjoyed seeing examples of language sampling and the straightforward presentation of the material." N.G. (Sept. 2022)
"I like that I can go back to the part I did not understand and go into depth to other part that I may have doubts." D.C. (Aug. 2022)
"All of this is new information for me and I'm so excited to implement NLA with several of my clients. I like that I can implement this into my practice immediately." N.P. (Aug. 2022)
"I work with many children with ASD and this course will affect how I teach them language. The course was well-organized and even difficult concepts were explained in detail." W.F. (Aug. 2022)
"The topics were all extremely beneficial to me. The instructor was passionate and engaging and had a good combination of research and anecdotal information to teach us." G.V. (Aug. 2022)
"The course clarified the topic for me." K.J. (Aug. 2022)
"I like the info it provided about a new topic." A.M. (Aug. 2022)
"I found the review of Natural Language acquisition vs. Typical Language Development helpful as it pertains to assessment and intervention with both neurotypical and ASD gestalt language processors. I liked the practicality of learning about how to mitigate a child's echolalia as a support to continuously building grammar and ultimately self-generated, meaningful utterances." M.D. (Aug. 2022)
"The flexibility in completing the course was nice." J.T. (Aug. 2022)
"The different steps you can take to turn echolalic speech into functional language were good to learn." H.P. (Aug. 2022)
"I liked the handouts and the presenter's knowledge." S.T. (Aug. 2022)
"It was nice to stop and continue as needed, going at my own pace." K.C.-M. (Aug. 2022)
"Marge is very passionate about this topic." K.W. (Aug. 2022)
"I liked the way the information is organized." B.K. (Aug. 2022)
"This course sets the clinician up for success to be able to start ax & tx right away with gestalt processors. Very practical information with precise examples to refer back to as you start working with a new client." J.D. (Aug. 2022)
"I benefitted from learning about the origins of GLP, and how it compares to ALPs. I appreciate how the presenter de-stigmatizes GLPs." A.T. (Aug. 2022)
"This course gave a framework that can be used in practice." A.P.-S. (Aug. 2022)
"The knowledge of ASD communication and how to better support this population was good." L.O. (Aug. 2022)
"The use of language samples to illustrate the NLA stages was very helpful." J.S. (Aug. 2022)
"Overall topic was of interest for my caseload and my own daughter." (Aug. 2022)
"I like the outline, the visual paired with the lecture." E.E. (Aug. 2022)
"The easy access and that it's available for us to continue with the program at our own rhythm is great!" M.F. (Aug. 2022)
"I loved how in assessment that it was reiterated several times that this could take a month. It is so important to get this right as to where to go with therapy." K.C. (Aug. 2022)
"Learning the different stages and assessment was beneficial. I liked the ability to access the course online, and go at my own pace." W.H. (Aug. 2022)
"Marge is engaging & provided information to reshape my therapy sessions with students who are echolalic." S.S. (July 2022)
"Each section was clearly explained and the examples from children were extremely helpful." N.S. (July 2022)
"I liked the real life examples." M.D. (July 2022)
"Good and important topic." C.T. (July 2022)
"The assessment portion was very helpful and the content was relevant." F.H. (July 2022)
"I like the discussion regarding how to do the assessment and how to do the detective work to figure out the stages that are observed. I also liked the language samples. Having not done this before, it was helpful to see examples of each of the stages." M.K. (July 2022)
"The process of language development section was informative and I loved how Marge reminds us that until we know a child is not using language, we cannot call him/her "nonverbal." I also found the assessment and treatment sections beneficial for starting to think about where to go with my students who are echolalic. Also, it was easy to follow, I loved the notes to follow along and the usefulness of the content." L.C. (July 2022)
"The Information related to NLA, the stages of NLA and how to integrate those stages into treatment/practice were good." T.O. (July 2022)
"The course is very informative" V.L. (July 2022)
"Seeing examples of how to score a language sample to determine stages of NLA was very helpful. Both examples and research background were helpful." L.O. (July 2022)
"The examples and language samples were easy to learn from." N.C. (July 2022)
"The entire presentation will be beneficial for my daily practice because I work with many gestalt language learners who do or do not have a diagnosis of ASD. I like that I can reference the course again when I need a refresher and that I am able to see the slides and videos at my own pace." M.P. (July 2022)
"The discussion around the Stages of Development of language with the addition of the stages for the Gestalt learner was of particular interest to me. I appreciated the review of prior research and language acquisition across neurotypical and ASD children." L.A. (July 2022)
"The examples were very helpful to my understanding of how to progress a child's language development and how to assess their language sample." S.B. (July 2022)
"The stories about students, the research highlighted, recognition that SLPs need to take their place on teams to assist children were great!" T.H. (July 2022)
"I found the stages of natural language development most helpful. It is interesting to see the grammatical breakdown of utterances. I like the pace, organization and ease of navigating through the slides." J.S. (July 2022)
"Loved the assessment portion, the breakdown of stages and specifically the information about grammar and getting to single words. I like the content, and the fact that I could take it on my time." E.K. (July 2022)
"The background into the research that has already been done. I had not learned about this in graduate school, but I think it is so important as many of the students I have worked with seemed to have been gestalt language processors. I wish I had been taught this in graduate school instead of doing therapy that was just reinforcing gestalts and not offering opportunities for spontaneous language to occur." A.Y. (July 2022)
"I think understanding how the echolalia becomes mitigated and potentially how to use that more functionally during therapy will be beneficial." A.R. (July 2022)
"I absolutely loved every aspect of this course. In particular language foundation and the research articles. Case Examples too. I loved the course, was very flexible and beautifully explained by the presenter. Loved the pace and helped me rewind whenever I wanted to. The handouts offered with the course makes it easier to refer and stay on topic. It has opened my eyes to the whole world of Natural language acquisition, Gestalt language processing. A must for all SLPs. Thank you so much!" A.H. (July 2022)
"I enjoyed the in depth discussion and examples of NLA, gestalts and functions of echolalia. The examples of language samples and scoring was very beneficial. In depth discussion of how autistic children learn language and that all echolalia is functional. I look forward to being able to use the NLA assessment protocol to assess my autistic learners and also begin teaching new phrases." J.B. (July 2022)
"Learning about Gestalt language processing in general - this was not something we really touched on in schooling." B.G. (July 2022)
"I like the life examples." B.M. (June 2022)
"The dedication of the speaker was great!" K.S. (June 2022)
"I loved the specific examples and the breakdowns of language samples." J.D'C (June 2022)
"I loved the practical examples provided and the language samples taken from real clients. It made the information much easier to conceptualize." K.W. (June 2022)
"A super interesting course that helped me expand my resources to support the communication and language of autistic children. I would only hope that one day it would have a Spanish translation option. I liked the research sources and the exposition of real cases about the boys Marge worked with." A.M. (June 2022)
"I learned a lot more in depth about echolalia." M.I. (June 2022)
"The speaker was concise." D.G. (June 2022)
"I appreciated the assessment piece, as well as the very real examples of what NLA language samples look like." K.U. (June 2022)
"How language acquisition and pragmatic skills develop simultaneously and how treatment activities facilitate this acquisition." T.C. (June 2022)
"I have a lot of students who are gestalt language processors. This course is very applicable to my work. I always have found it challenging working on with these children. The speaker provided a good explanation about the gestalt language processing and analytic language processing which I was not exposed to this information in the grad school." T.H. (June 2022)
"The patient/case study examples with language sample analysis provided to model her discussion were great! Thorough examples and discussion of meaning." J.T. (June 2022)
"The entire course will be beneficial for me as I begin to assess and treat my GLP's! Marge is wonderful to listen to. She explains things so simply, yet eloquently. Great presenter and great notes to follow along with, and make notes on. This course is the foundation for the next two courses in NLA." S.P. (June 2022)
"The representor's content is impactful on a daily basis." J.A. (June 2022)
"I like the pace and relevant information." L.U. (June 2022)
"I liked that I could do it at my own pace and go back if needed." M.S. (June 2022)
"I liked that it was separated into sections. This helped to break it up and take pauses, if needed. Of course the content was great, too." T.J. (June 2022)
"I like that it has self-paced modules." N.C. (June 2022)
"I like that it had lots of repetition of key info throughout each component of the course." J.S. (June 2022)
"The explanation of how to model language for gestalt language processors based on their existing gestalts were beneficial. I appreciated the background information, as well as the useful information that can be applied to practice." J.W. (June 2022)
"Easy to navigate the modules, great topic and useful in my practice." R.W. (June 2022)
"Can watch at my convenience, pause, come back to it, preview assessment." M.M. (June 2022)
"I found the assessment and treatment strategies easy to understand and implement. I like that it validated how I viewed echolalia and treated it as communication. It gave me better strategies on how to help develop more functional lang and grammar in gestalt language users." K.K. (June 2022)
"I enjoyed learning about the process of language development in gestalt processors. The presenter was easy to listen to and presented the information in an easy to understand way." M.M. (June 2022)
"Learning about the different stages and how to progress from echolalic/gestalt speech to more single words, phrases, etc. Also learning how to integrate this stages into practice and how to help others foster the language development. liked that we were provided with a handout to follow along with and there were personal/clinical examples brought in to the presentation (real-life examples)." H.P. (June 2022)
"It provided information that I can implement right away." C.B. (June 2022)
"I think the assessment analysis and examples will be helpful." H.H. (June 2022)
"This was so enlightening and made so much sense! I appreciated the history, detail and examples provided. I will use this and also apply to AAC aspects of my practice. I appreciated the examples given throughout!" K.N. (May 2022)
"Gestalt Language Processing or Natural Language Acquisition was not something I was readily taught in graduate school and I need this information for my NLA clients! Marge followed her outline and visual supports well, and encouraged the participant that they could do it!" S.S. (May 2022)
"This provided me insight into how to work w/ a young child on my caseload who presents w/ echolalia." C.S. (May 2022)
"This course makes so much sense that I can't believe it's the first time I'm learning about this. Using these strategies has totally changed the way that I relate with parents and children who are gestalt language processors in my daily practice." L.W. (May 2022)
"I really like this topic – it's been so eye-opening to helping me understand the language development profiles of my clients." E.C. (May 2022)
"I LOVE the way this will help me help my ASD students learn more communicative language!!! I'm so excited to get started!" R.W. (May 2022)
"I appreciated the more in-depth discussion of sequence of learning that happens." A.S. (May 2022)
"Useful to apply to my students and their language development and states." R.K. (May 2022)
"This completely changes my perspective on what echolalia and scripting are. I now understand what purpose they serve and feel like I can rework MANY plans of care to better fit the needs of my patients. The instructor made the content easy to understand by providing examples and repeating information to solidify learning." K.D. (Apr. 2022)
"I have been looking for a course about echolalia and how to best support my autistic patients in growing language skills from echolalia, and this course was perfect! I liked the steps of language development in NLA provided and the examples of assessment and treatment." M.M. (Apr. 2022)
"The process of teaching gestalt language learners language was helpful, as I have multiple echolalic children who I work with now." L.F. (Apr. 2022)
"Learning the NLA Stages so as to understand what language I can model to help children to the next stage was beneficial for my daily practice." E.J. (Apr. 2022)
"The Assessment section and background of the framework are beneficial for my practice. I like the straightforward presentation of materials." L.M. (Apr. 2022)
"I liked that the course is self-paced." K.K. (Apr. 2022)
"The course is systematically structured, easy to follow and understand." M.L. (Apr. 2022)
"Great examples! I like hearing about the author's personal experiences." D.B. (Apr. 2022)
"Looking at echolalia more closely as intent, and working with staff who are around our students all day to help work collaboratively to increase our student's ability to communicate is beneficial for my practice." K.S. (April 2022)
"I like Marge Blanc's style, examples, and depth of knowledge." R.C. (Apr. 2022)
"Makes sense and gives me guidance in how to assign language goals for these kids and how to understand their language and help them progress." S.G. (Apr. 2022)
"This course made me look at language development through an entirely new lens. I feel rejuvenated in my treatment of language development for gestalt language learners." L.T. (Apr. 2022)
"I was not familiar with the Gestalt learner. This course explained how they learn." D.C. (Mar. 2022)
"It was easy to follow. The assessment section was especially helpful." T.R. (Mar. 2022)
"Recognizing echolalia as a path to better overall language." S.H. (Mar. 2022)
"This was very informative and very interesting to follow." A.D. (Mar. 2022)
"I found the assessment and background knowledge (development) most beneficial. I liked the examples." M.P. (Mar. 2022)
"I liked that I have a little bit of all the areas to get started and that makes me feel slightly more prepared to work with my students tomorrow. I also really appreciated the comment about how we cannot call our unintelligible students 'non verbal'." A.A. (Mar. 2022)
"I liked the evidence for letting children learn through their scripts, and for letting parents feel more comfortable about what is going on when their child scripts." J.B. (Mar. 2022)
"I am really interested in how to change my intervention style when working with a GLP. Excellent information that I can apply immediately to my practice." J.R. (Mar. 2022)
"The examples of different gestalt language processors are beneficial because I realized that another one of my students does this. The course clearly laid out the stages that students move through." E.B. (Mar. 2022)
"This applies to a particular student that I have been trying to figure out and will help me teach his team and create a better therapy plan for him." A.W. (Mar. 2022)
"I liked the manner in which it was presented with specific examples and consistent review of what was previously explained." S.C. (Mar. 2022)
"ALL OF IT was beneficial... especially how to move through each stage and when to move through them. Easily digestible and interesting tying the older research to newer information." J.S. Mar. 2022)
"I better understand why children use gestalt language and how that language can be mitigated in order to help them become more flexible in their language use. I like the examples of utterances from actual children and how to assess them." J.G. (Feb. 2022)
"I like how it was broken up into manageable sections. I also loved the illustrations. They helped me understand some of the concepts better." C.P. (Feb. 2022)
"I appreciated the presenter's delivery. It was very clear and engaging." L.K.-L. (Feb. 2022)
"I am working with several individuals that I plan to start assessment with right away! I found the assessment and treatment information very helpful. I like that I can assess without necessarily making extra purchases for specific tests/ tools based on what I learned." J.F. (Feb. 2022)
"The whole course was very beneficial. I have a high number of gestalt processors on my caseload. I will start taking language samples next week!" H.C. (Feb. 2022)
"Learning how to use a child's gestalts to help the child generate novel language." M.H. (Feb. 2022)
"I liked learning language development through the lens of NLA. Course is easy to access and listen to." A.S. (Feb. 2022)
"I liked the breakdown of language development in both typical and neurotypical children." M.K. (Feb. 2022)
"Now that I understand that many of the children that I see are using gestalts, rather than give them scripts to use like I have seen before, I can help them mitigate their gestalts into new phrases. I liked that Marge used real examples to help us to understand what the levels of language development might look like." C.J. (Jan. 2022)
"Going through the stages helps me to better understand where my clients are developmentally and how I can better model language during our sessions! I loved the content and thought the course was engaging and easy to follow." E.F. (Jan. 2022)
"I have been learning about NLA, and this was a good review before I dive into the next two stages." Y.S. (Jan. 2022)
"I have read the NLA book, so was looking forward to hearing more re: the ax and tx components of the presentation." M.S. (Jan. 2022)
"I appreciate the break down of gestalts. I feel like I may be able to figure out how to use them, however, many of my clients aren't even at this level yet." N.M. (Jan. 2022)
"Marge is SO passionate about this and it shows through her enthusiasm, quality descriptions and dedication to our gestalt language processors." M.H. (Jan. 2022)
"The course is very informative and easy to understand." A.S. (Jan. 2022)
"ALL OF THE COURSE WAS BENEFICIAL! I wish more families, clinicians, specialists, interventionists were required to take this course." L.A.H. (Jan. 2022)
"I need to mull this over a bit more but it really helps to re-frame echolalia for me. I now have a better idea of what to do with it beyond interpreting the underlying message, accepting it as communication, etc. I liked that I could do it at my own pace." L.H. (Jan. 2022)
"I love self-paced courses and having examples to apply to the knowledge and information presented." S.G. (Jan. 2022)
"It was very informative and helpful for both assessment and treatment. I liked the organization and handouts for future referencing." J.S. (Dec. 2021)
"I found the topic regarding evaluation of Natural Language Acquisition to be the most beneficial for my daily practice. I found the stages of development of Natural Language Acquisition extremely interesting and useful for evaluation and treatment." E.C. (Dec. 2021)
"It was most informative and very well presented." S.J. (Dec. 2021)
"ALL OF THE COURSE. IT'S AMAZING" A.H. (Dec. 2021)
"I enjoyed the clear break down of each level of development. Thank you so much for outlining how to do the assessment and touching on how to begin treatment! I'm finding it hard to say what I like best as it will all be so helpful. This is new for me as an SLP so all of the information presented will be so valuable." L.C. (Nov. 2021)
"I find it encouraging that children can develop spontaneous language from echolalia. I liked that the course explained the different stages well so that it can also help with treatment goals" N.G. (Nov. 2021)
"I was not aware of gestalt language processing before this course. I liked the self-directed nature of it. The practical examples." E.K. (Nov. 2021)
"The course was very informative. Good pace to follow along." M.C. (Oct. 2021)
"This was wonderful - gave me a whole new look at echolalia with some of my students, and ways to use it and shape it for their benefit. I liked that it was broken down into sections and the slides were also provided." L.T. (Oct. 2021)
"The importance of collecting and analyzing a language sample, and scoring language utterances within the various stages, will be most beneficial. I think it will help me to focus intervention at the correct stage to meet my students where they are. I appreciated the examples given, and the many resources provided for further study." C.R. (Oct. 2021)
"Well-organized and about a topic that is not generally focused on in school/at conferences/in trainings" K.C. (Oct. 2021)
"I liked the practicality of the course." M.D. (Oct. 2021)
"I liked that the course causes you to think about echolalia in a completely different way." M.M. (Oct. 2021)
"Learning more about different types of language learners and how treatment depends on the type of language learner. Researched based information that is key for SLPs to understand and apply." M.M. (Oct. 2021)
"The need to think more about the way that different children learn language and expanding my knowledge of how to work with children who don't follow expected trajectories. I liked the repetition of important concepts to emphasize them for me." S.T. (Oct. 2021)
"I found the research that is directly related to the communicative intents behind delayed echolalia is most beneficial. I liked the real-life examples Marge provided, as well as her recap and review at the end of each section." C.D. (Oct. 2021)
"Literally everything discussed in this course was beneficial- but especially the importance and necessity of echolalia! I liked how Marge explains these topics easily- I know now how to inform parents and teachers about this topic." L.F. (Oct. 2021)
"I work with many autistic children who are gestalt processors and I have never quite known how to approach their learning style. This is a great start to help shift my thinking. I liked the clear descriptions of analytic versus gestalt language processors." K.P. (Sept. 2021)
"I learned how to assess children who are gestalt language processors. It was helpful to see all the examples of the different stages of NLA based on real language samples." C.K. (Sept. 2021)
"I enjoyed the specific examples provided by the presenter." A.C. (Sept. 2021)
"That is covered the research and background with regards to applying this approach." K.W. (Sept. 2021)
"Great overview for a level 1 course." M.S. (Sept. 2021)
"The stages of NLA and using part of a "script" to teach a word in different ways was beneficial." A.D. (Sept. 2021)
"Recognizing the communicative power of echolalia and how to shape/mitigate for children will help my practice." C.C. (Aug. 2021)
"I liked the information on how to evaluate gestalt language processors. However, I think it will be difficult to implement in my current therapy situation (school district preschool). I appreciated that the course was broken into chunks so that I could take breaks and absorb the information." D.M. (Aug. 2021)
"How to help my NLA children move through the stages of language development by properly assessing and treating them. The examples were very helpful. How the material was presented and backed by research." R.V. (Aug. 2021)