gestalt language learning, The Occuplaytional Therapist

Declarative Connection

May 26, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

The kid I’m working with is a hardcore gestalt language processor*. I notice that they’re singing a song while the two of us work side by side on an art project. I can tell some […]

Defining Terms (AA23)

April 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I thought it would be helpful to have some definitions of some terms that I might use this month (and also throughout my writing). *** Autism/Autistic: I will be posting several definitions, one tomorrow and […]

Bo-ring…

December 15, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I have a child on my caseload who is Autistic and a “gestalt language learner” — a descriptive term for children who learn to speak in phrases or scripts (as opposed to learning to speak […]