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In this 1st episode, Corinne Zmoos, MS, CCC-SLP, is joined by the legendary Marge Blanc, MA, CCC-SLP, to lay a foundation of what Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition are. You’ll hear about the past, present, and future of this exciting part of our field and clear examples of language from each of the six stages of NLA.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MS, CCC-SLP
Corinne Zmoos, M.S. CCC-SLP, is a musical speech-language pathologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Her private practice, Messy Happy Music Lab, specializes in neurodivergent language acquisition, musical language therapy, Gestalt Processing, and AAC. As a neurodivergent individual herself, Corinne deeply understands how music lights up the brains of nontraditional learners and facilitates progress rooted in joy rather than compliance. Corinne presents nationally and internationally her framework for music theory as a critical element and intervention consideration in Gestalt Language Processing. Corinne’s current areas of qualitative inquiry are auditory-motor rhythmic cueing, musical syntax as a vehicle for linguistic syntax, and timbre-experience matching.
MA, CCC-SLP
Marge Blanc is the director of the Communication Development Center in Madison, Wisconsin, USA and author of Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum: The Journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language (2012). A Speech-Language Pathologist for 45+ years, Marge met her first autistic gestalt language processor when she was a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Marge subsequently founded the CDC clinic in Madison, to serve autistic clients and others who benefit from sensorimotor support. Marge conducted clinical research as part of her practice, detailing gestalt language development in a wide variety of children and young adults. Her longitudinal findings described and quantified the stages of gestalt language development outlined by Barry Prizant, and supported by the research findings of Ann Peters. Now in its sixth printing, the book was endorsed by Barry Prizant as “...the most comprehensive consideration of echolalia and language characteristics of persons with autism to date...(which) brings us back to a crucial understanding of language characteristics and language acquisition in ASD...”
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
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| 10 min: Background and Marge's Story |
| 10 min: Foundations of Gestalt Language Processing |
| 10 min: Outlining the NLA Stages vs. Analytic Stages |
| 10 min: Examples of Utterances at Each Stage |
| 10 min: Examples of Utterances at Each Stage |
| 15 min: Ann Peters Research Work |
| 15 min: Barry Prizant Research Work |
| 20 min: Stages of gestalt language development |
| 20 min: Summary and Takeaways |
| Financial | Corinne Zmoos is the founder of Crescendo Communication and the owner of Messy Happy Music Lab clinic services that provide virtual parent and clinician coaching. She also has a Melody Method online course and digital download online products. Corinne is an Abilities Network presenter, keynote speaker, and a former Marge Blanc and Communication Development Center consultant. Corinne receives compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
| Nonfinancial | Corinne is the host of Gestalt Get-Together Podcast and is a member and presenter in monthly SLP NLA Study Group. |
| Financial | Marge Blanc receives an honorarium from SpeechTherapyPD.com for this presentation. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist. |