Supporting Gestalt Language Processing - a Total Communication Approach

Supporting Gestalt Language Processing - a Total Communication Approach

Supporting Gestalt Language Processing - a Total Communication Approach

This new course has been written for practitioners supporting children and young people who may be identified as Gestalt Language Processors. You will learn how to recognise Gestalt Language Processors and explore strategies to develop their communication and support their social and emotional wellbeing. The course focuses on recognising and supporting individual needs. Strategies which have been effective for many GLP autistic learners will be discussed to enable you, in collaboration with others in the child's support network, to make a difference. The course is relevant for those working with autistic individuals in mainstream settings, specialist provisions, AAC users and non-speakers.

The course is written by Helen Driver and designed for TAs, Teachers and Early Years Practitioners but excellent for SaLTs too who want to develop their knowledge of GLP and neuro-affirming practice.

Face-to-Face Training
Online Training

£380* plus VAT per person.
* Price will increase to £380 plus VAT for courses commencing after 1st August 2024

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Face-to-Face Training
Face-to-Face Training

£425 plus VAT per person.

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non-accredited e-learning sessions for Supporting Gestalt Language Processing – a Total Communication Approach
Online Non-Accredited e-learning

£250* for 12 weeks' access.
* This will increase to £260 from 1st August 2024

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I have extreme joy in the increasing number of communicative moments I am having with certain children since starting the course. It can be so frustrating when everything you have tried with a child isn't working as you would expect and this approach is helping children to 'look up and out' as we are finally tuning in!
a Nursery School Deputy Headteacher, 2024, re: Elklan Supporting Gestalt Language Processing - a Total Communication Approach
On a personal level I find that I have extreme joy in the increasing number of communicative moments I am having with certain children since starting the course. It can be so frustrating when everything you have tried with a child isn't working as you would expect and this approach is helping children to 'look up and out' as we are finally tuning in!
Elizabeth Battersby, 2024, re: Elklan Supporting Gestalt Language Processing - a Total Communication Approach

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Sessions

Neurodiversity - The implications for a Total Communication Approach
What is Gestalt Language Processing?
Identifying Gestalt Language Processing and the stages
Assessment and target setting for the GLP
Communication Support for Stage 1 and Stage 2 GLP
Communication Support for Stage 3 and Stage 4 GLP
Communication Support for Stage 5 and Stage 6 GLP
Communication Support and The Non-Speaker
Behaviour is communication
Monitoring progress and sharing success

Available courses

Accredited Online Training
For Practitioners and TAs

Sep - Nov 2024

starts Tue 10th Sep, 9:30am

Sep - Dec 2024

starts Tue 17th Sep, 7:00pm

Nov 2024 - Feb 2025

starts Thu 7th Nov, 7:00pm

Jan - Mar 2025

starts Tue 7th Jan, 10:00am
For SaLTs and Elklan Tutors

Sep - Dec 2024

starts Mon 23rd Sep, 9:30am
Face-to-Face Training
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non-accredited e-learning sessions for Supporting Gestalt Language Processing – a Total Communication Approach

Online Training for Practitioners and TAs

Online Training for SaLTs and Elklan Tutors

Face-to-Face

e-learning sessions
Targeted strategies for specific age range



Gestalt Language Processing – a Total Communication Approach
e-book
e-book and paperback
paperback
e-book
Anytime access to the e-learning sessions
Twelve weeks
Twelve weeks
Twelve weeks
Teaching from an Elklan Tutor
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External accreditation with a 9 credit Award on successful completion

Learning log to complete online

Time commitment per course for all aspects 4-4½ hours total per week* 2-2½ hours total per week* 4-4½ hours per week** 1-1½ hours per week

£380 plus VAT

£310 plus VAT
(includes course resource book in paperback)

£425 plus VAT
May vary where run locally

£250*
* Price will increase to £260 from 1st August 2024

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*This is an accredited course and so you will need to actively engage with the training and complete a learning log. To do this you should expect to set aside around 4½ hours weekly.

This will include:

  • 1 to 1½ hours to complete the online session and prepare observations etc. for the live webinar
  • 1 hour to attend the live webinar
  • 1½-2 hours to plan, implement knowledge and strategies learnt and write-up the plan, observations and evaluation in an online e-log

*You should expect to set aside around 2½ hours weekly.

This will include:

  • 1 to 1½ hours to complete the online session and prepare observations etc. for the live webinar
  • 1 hour to attend the live webinar

**This is an accredited course and so you will need to actively engage with the training and complete a learning log. To do this you should expect to set aside around 4½ hours weekly.

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