Gestalt language processing (GLP) is a language acquisition model that enables learners to acquire language in units or chunks called gestalts, instead of single words. These gestalts are then broken down into individual words. As a top-down way of learning that promotes flexible, spontaneous language through emotionally charged, richly intonated word chunks, GLP has been found to be more effective than the bottom-up Analytical Language Processing format used to promote language development in the past.
Research shows that up to 85% of neurodivergent children are GLP learners whose brains pay better attention to chunks of language or gestalts. Max*, 4 is a case in point. A month after beginning GLP, when he returned for his second session, his parents were thrilled to report about the improvements. He was now even humming the comments filled with rich intonations he had been hearing.
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