SPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT FOR JARGON & ECHOLALIA: Gestalt Language Processors
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2021
- Kelli Meyer M.Ed, CCC-SLP, Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
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// Speech Therapy for Decreasing Jargon and Echolalia:
Helpful for Children who are Gestalt Language Processors!
* PLEASE NOTE THAT GESTALT LANGUAGE PROCESSING IS NOT EXCLUSIVE TO AN AUTISM DIAGNOSIS*
For more resources on GLP, visit MeaningfulSpeech.com
What does typical language development look like? Learning 1 word at a time, beginning with 1-5 words, increasing to 50-100 through single word acquisition, then combining 2 words together, and finally speaking in short sentences and answering questions (3-5 words and WHAT questions)
What does a child who is a Gestalt Language Processor look like?
Gestalt language processors learn language in chunks rather than one word at a time. These children learn phrases and then generalize those phrases to every time they have a similar experience or something that reminds them of that phrase. Instead of learning "dog," then "big dog" and finally "Wow! that's a big dog!" Gestalt Language Processors will hear a parent/tv show/song say this one to time, and then say that same phrase every time they see a dog! (vs. just saying "dog") This causes confusion because parents often times thing that a child is (receptively) understanding everything that they are saying, when in fact, their expressive language skills are presenting as much higher than what they actually understand.
As described in Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum: A journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language (Marge Blanc, 2012), there are four primary stages of language development among gestalt language processors. They are summarized below.
The Six Stages of Natural Language Acquisition (Blanc, 2012)
Use of complete gestalts (or scripts) that are repeated directly back or reused later.
Ex: “Let’s get out of here.”
Ex: “Want some more?”
1. ECHOLALIA
2. MITIGATED ECHOLALIA
3. ISOLATION OF THE SINGLE WORD
4/5/6.BEGINNING GENERATIVE GRAMMAR
//JARGON //
What is Jargon? Jargon is long strands of unintelligible speech, often followed by a single word that is understood and used appropriately. Ex: baklalakhg car!
Is Jargon typical in language development? YES. Jargon is typical between ages 12 months and peaks at 18 months, while decreasing until it has completed faded out and has been replaced by a combination of true words at age 2 (combining 2-3 words together).
When Jargon CONTINUES after 18-24 months, and when it is not directed towards a person in a communicative attempt, we begin to recognize that a child might actually be using a gestalt (or script). OR they simply do not have enough vocabulary to express what they are trying to say.
SO, HOW DO WE DECREASE JARGON and INCREASE VOCABULARY?
We PROVIDE and MODEL the words using the same pitch, intonation and syllable structure that they are using (i.e. "I see a red car!") to describe the experience or message that you think they are trying to relay! We also can SIMPLIFY their intended meaning by offering just 1-2 single words and directing the words TOWARDS a person using a shift/share attention approach (i.e. "LOOK! CAR!") to ENGAGE and attempt to communicate a message.
// ECHOLALIA:
What is echolalia? Echolalia is the repeating of words/phrases/questions/answers exactly the way it was presented. (i.e. "What do you want for lunch? Chicken or Ham?" Child: Chicken or ham," OR "yes or no?" "yes and no" OR "Bye Tommy!" Child: "Bye Tommy!") Echolalia can be immediate (happen right away) or it can be delayed (a child repeats something later on that was said earlier). Is Echolalia normal in language development? YES, it peaks at 30 months and decreases from 2.5 years to age 3, as a child learns to answer questions and make comments indepdently.
Jargon and Echolalia can be delayed in decreasing in a child with a speech delay.
WATCH this video to see TREATMENT APPROACHES and ideas (bc I'm out of characters to write!)
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I have to tell you… you were called for this. The passion is legitimate. Any child that has you as teacher is blessed.
❤️❤️ this is so nice, thank you so much
Im in grad school right now and boy do I wish I had someone like you as my clinical instructor!! Feeling so unsupported during our treatment sessions, I turn to RUclips videos for ideas on therapy
I’m so happy you posted this a lot of people would assume “autism “ which isn’t always the case just late speakers
Yes, thanks!
I really like how you explained Gestalt Language Processors. I will definitely share this to parents.
Great video! I really love how you explain it, get to the point quickly and provide great examples. I tend to stop watching videos because they take too long to explain/get to the point but you did awesome!! Thank you!
Thank you for this video. It was very helpful mt child is past 30 months and is using a significant amount of echolalia and jargon. This is helpful.
I'm so thankful, I found your page. You are amazing. I needed to see this video.
This is very helpful., my son is a gestalt processor and he's just starting his speech therapy
This is a very good guide on how to continously do it at home
Thank you so much for sharing such an amazing information.
Thanks Kelli!! Have just started grad school in SLP and these are super helpful tips!
Oh yay! I’m so glad these videos help! You got it girl! 👍🏽
Tank you for sharing this video with us, i love your passion while you’re speaking…
Always so helpful! Your videos make so much difference! Thank you 🙏
I am SO happy to help, thank you for watching & for the comment!
Very helpful! Thank you for this.
Great timing. Our toddler (2 years, 9 months) still uses a lot of jargon. She'll look up at us and point at something she is trying to talk about. Great advice :)
Perfect!! Yes!
Thank you so kindly, insightful lecture.
Wonderful video for SLPs and families! Thank you so much!
Thank you for watching & sharing w families!
This is amazing advice thank you so much.
Thanks so much for the nice comment! Thanks for watching!
Very interesting, My mother told me I was 4 years old before I started to talk. I kind of missed learning to sound out a word so I have always had trouble reading outlaid. Then on top of this I started School when I was 5 years old, my birthday is in late September. So all through school I had a hard time trying to keep up. Only in the last two years after talking to my younger brother have I started to realize these things. My mother tried to get help for me. I had several Reading tutors over the years. Finally I was held back in the ninth grade but I think it was too late. By the way I am retired, own my home, I think I was successful because Of hard work.
Your always up beat and great to listen to love it ty ❤
Thank you for sharing. My four year old still has unintelligible phrases sometimes and it worries me sometime. As his mom though I feel like I can tell he’ll be alright it will just take time, but those milestones bring SO much anxiety. He has no issues anywhere else learning wise that we can see. He follows directions well, we just have a lot of small children and I have always felt he may just not get enough time to practice talking… either way thank you for sharing. It does encourage other’s.
Love this lady, this is brilliant. 💗🙏
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This video has massively impacted my connection with a child I work with, who has autism. I had such a beautiful moment where the child looked straight at me like; hey U understand me. It was the best feeling in the world. Thank you so much for making it so easy to understand how to implement these experiences. 💖🙏
My kid is 8, he's been reading since 2, but was considered nonverbal till 6 almost 7, at 6 he started saying yes and no, he doesn't like playing with others, and even though he uses echo and jargon, he was reading at 6th grade level at 5. Once homeschooling, he started speaking, his issue seems anxiety driven and he'd make choking sounds when upset, Once able, he told me his throat is closing, then I found out about aphasia and dysphagia. He stopped the choking sounds but it's definitely an indication he's upset. When your throat closes, you can't talk, and whatever you were going to say is gone and forgotten. He also loves different languages, he can speak Spanish and Russian very well, and he speaks English well, the words just don't always go with the situation.
How is his diet ? Could the issue be in his gut ?
Thanks so so much. Your video makes an impact
thank you!
I am a speech pathologist working in early intervention. I love to share these videos with parents to give them more information on a topic I introduced, to given them a way to receive the information at a time they are able to spend the time to really understand and "digest" it. Sometimes that's hard for them to do while the child is present like during our sessions. So, thank you sooooo very much for making these!
But..... in early intervention, I find children don't always have the autism diagnosis yet. So I hesitate to share a video that states echolalia and gestalt language processing is "how someone with autism communicates." I have found that many children use analytic processing or gestalt processing, or even a combination of the both, whether they are autistic or not. My point being that the information in this video would be beneficial to parents of early language learners whether their child is diagnosed autistic, not yet diagnosed, or maybe even never will be diagnosed. And having the statements at the beginning about "this is how many children with autism learn language," may make a parent not want the great information you're sharing.
Excellent point! I agree as well that GLP is not exclusive to autism. I didn't realize I said that in the video. Unfortunately I can't edit the film part of the video but I will add a blurb in the beginning of the description for this purpose! Thanks for bringing that to my attention and thank you for sharing!
Guess what?! I was able to edit out those 2 seconds!
Very informative. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you!
This was so helpful. Thanks!
Yay! I’m glad!! Thanks for watching!
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Thank you so much for the video!!! This is the first video I understood and the examples were very clear and easy. I will try at home those tips. My daughter will turn 3 next month and she uses a lot of scripting and jargon. How do you deal with multilingual families can this also influence that she is still struggling expressing her own or more complex sentence ? She understands all languages (4) but she uses lot of scripting in two of them mostly and also combined language when scripting. Thank you!
This is great, my son is in speech therapy and using lots of echolalia to communicate. Our speech therapist uses analytical strategies but will start modelling this for him and look more into gestalt.
sounds good!
so helpful!! thank you!
Thank you! I’m glad it’s helpful!
I love your videos. They’re very helpful! Thank you
Thank you so much for watching! I hope it helps!
Amazing video! Thank you
Thank you!
Love it! Could you create a video on how to practice speech in the car? I want to take advantage of all the drive time we have.
Great idea. I will do my best
I love these tips my daughter is scripting and has a lot of echolalia at this moment one of my friends send me your video thanks for the tips 🙏
Oh yay! I’m a glad it’s helpful!
LOVED this video! What are some examples of goals for children who are gestalt language processors in Stage 1? For example, if the child is using whole language gestalts such as, '"Be right back" when they are leaving an activity or space OR "There you go" as they hand an item to an adult OR "Grab my hand" as an adult it guiding them somewhere, what would a goal look like for them?
Hmmm those are very general gestalts so just focus on making them more specific & functional! “__ will imitatively & spontaneously produce 3 novel gestalts beginning with ‘ __’” in 80% of unstructured language opportunities
SLP here 👋 great informative video. Can you recommend a good course for learning more about gestalt language processing?
My son is 3, turning 4 in August and he uses echolalia primarily. He has some functional vocabulary.
How he communicates is if he wants something he'll say "mommy pencil" and point to where the pencils stay.
Sometimes I'll give him something and he'll say thank you, when he doesn't I say "say thank you" then he says "say thank you"
He gets very frustrated when I don't understand him, this is usually when he'll use jargon, I guess. He will throw things or storm off while saying a bunch of gibberish (I can't hear any distinct words)
He understands and follows instructions just fine so it's not like he's not understanding.
We live in a multilingual community and home so I've wondered if this contributes to his delay.
I've also heard a lot that boys tend to be slower to speak than girls, who accurate is that?
Most folks with knowledge on this subject speak about ages 18 months - 2 years so I am STRESSED.
Great video!
So happy to help!
I've been searching for something that explains where my 3 year old is right now. He has a good number of words in his vocabulary, can make all the sounds, knows his letters, etc. but still uses a lot of jargon when we attempt conversation or he just repeats the standard response that he is used to hearing and jumbles a lot of the words. I've slowly started recognizing more real words mixed in the jargon and getting him to form more complete thoughts. This was great!! Anything else that you have on the topic would be awesome! Also, is this a sign of ASD?
so happy to hear that! Echolalia and Jargon are natural processes in language acquisition; however, they can also be characteristics of autism, depending on the child.
My 3yr old boy does the same like he's so smart with his alphabeth and would recite back an entire ad he saw on tv or an intro song to a show but would not respond with words or have a conversation
My 3 year old uses jargon without the clear word at the end just plain gibberish. He cries and avoids my cues for him to imitate me. I will try these tips you gave. Thanks!
As his expressive vocabulary develops, you’ll begin to hear the 1 clear word! Also notice the intonation & rate / pitch to see if you recognize it from any shows or movies!
Omg this is so helpful, thank you so much for posting this video. I wish I came across this kind of videos earlier, he is turning 4 next month but his vocabulary is more like a 2.5/3 years old child.
I unintentionally started doing what is told in the video and he is improving day by day, I would love to see a video on what to do next? How to introduce more complex sentences? So they can start proper conversation thanks ❣
Meaningfulspeech.com has a very reasonably priced course I believe! That’ll be the most fully comprehensive resource on this topic bc it’s a speciality, whereas I’m more of just general / broad information across all topics!
I hope this helps & im so happy it helped! Great job mama!
I found this video really good. My daughter has autism. She’s just turnt 5. She started regressing at around 15 months. She sings a lot, her words aren’t as clear as they used to be, but you can understand her and she tries to correct herself. She has recently been requesting ‘drink’ ‘crumpets’ ‘car’ etc and the last few days ‘feed ducks’ ‘is it bath time?’ Is her longest and most used sentence as she loves a bath. But she cannot answer questions yet. Although I think she understands. She’s very hyper and it’s hard to keep her sitting for an activity which I think makes them barrier for her to soak up more understanding
Hi there, it sounds like your little one is a Gestalt Language Processor. Children, learning crew and analytical process learned differently! Check out meaningful speech for more info
How would I help a 14 year old who is a gestalt processor express more complex thoughts? I'm homeschooling him and we're doing a classical education program. His reading comprehension is very good but when we get to abstract idea like why dod this happen? What so you think about?, etc., he has a hard time expressing those
Can you provide the treatment approach with author?
Thank you for your tips and strategies. Can you do a video on how to make my son ask questions? He’s very good at his speech now and he can answer wh questions. He’s improving rapidly since I’m doing therapy.
That is fantastic and this is a good video idea!!
Great Video! I will definitely be using these strategies! do you have any good resources, like articles on GLP, that you could share?
Check out MeaningfulSpeech.com of on Instagram - that is her specialty! My information is generally broader! :)
Do you have an "ng" video? Struggling to teach this sound but its on the speech development chart for my child's age. Thank you so much. Your videos are the absolute best ❤
That’s definitely a tough one to teach! I would recommend teaching each sound separately and then combining them quicker & quicker! and you can use visuals like a Post-it note as well for each sound & move them closer and closer together as a visual representation of the sound combination
Also, can you help what we can do with selective mutes please. You are amazing, I’ve followed you since Covid started and you’ve helped me help so many young people. I can’t thank you enough!
Hmmm good idea! I’ll look into it!! Thank you for watching!
This is so cool and helpful! My autistic 5 year old tries to communicate a story to me like this “a shark and a volcano the princess the key!” And I know “There was a shark in the volcano and the princess escaped with the key!”
Amazing!!! Keep up the great work!!
thank you for your effort for us
Actually i want to ask you that how can i become pediatric speech language pathologist
thank you
11 years old and full Echolalia. How to help?
Thanks Kelly! I was looking for this topic and found your informative video..
so glad, thank you for the comment!
Please, please can you tell me how to adapt everything you do for older children and teenagers with severe autism? Thank you 😊
Ahhhh! Okay! Try some life skills games / activities on UltimateSLP.com!
Does this apply to autistic gestalt language processors too?
Ive been wondering about my 3.5 year old's speech. She has improved a lot but I know that her language development is atypical, I never knew what it was. But she has both Jargon and Gestalt. She babbles at times as if she is trying to tell me something and she does repeat phrases, but ive noticed that she's to build new phrases. If i want to get her tested, who should I approach.?
Hi there I love your videos! My son is 2 years and 3 months and has been diagnosed. He has about 70 words that he says but mainly he will just name objects that he sees (I don’t have to say it first he can say it on his own) sometimes he repeats two words together like ‘go weee’ whilst going down the slide. He points to what he wants but how do I get him to say it? Would I say that in the third person too so ‘I want apple’ whenever he points? Xxx
Yes that is perfect! And you can always provide choices as well so that he will need to differentiate between two different stimuli with words - I also have a video I will attach about combining words !
ruclips.net/video/mstB5XWmTcA/видео.html I think this is the one!
Student here. Entering my major classes in January 2024.
This is my new favorite channel, so many great tips! Our 3-year-old daughter has autism and echolalia is one of her biggest things. She often repeats phrases she’s heard later on randomly out of context. Or she’ll repeat the same phrase over and over again. Do you have any tips on how to respond to that?
Sometimes a child will replay a scene, video or experience in their mind that was pleasurable - try adding to it if you can (for example, saying "yes! We watched peppa yesterday!) to let her know that you understand what she is speaking about / experiencing! Then you can build context and more language from there! Meaningful Speech also has some more information for GLP for parents!
@@TheSpeechScoop thank you so much!
I was a very early talker and was recently diagnosed with autism in my late 30s. Echolalia has always been there, but since other language skills got an early start it's never been a dominant part of my speech. The reasons for it include:
"I haven't had my coffee yet. I acknowledge your question. Processing... Please wait."
"Your last sentence is also a line in . It feels incomplete if I don't respond with the following line."
"This sentence is stuck in my head as if it were a song."
"This word sounds funny."
"I paid far too much for my degree to not put my linguistics minor to use and pick this word apart sound by sound."
"You made an entertaining sound. I will return the favor."
"I am not sure of the context for what you just said. I will repeat it back and add a question mark?"
Thank you.
What if they are saying neither form of talking but at times will say one word when they want to. At other times they talk but it sounds like muffling of a song but I don’t hear any words but she knows the flow of like the alphabet song without clearly saying the letters. Thanks
Just curious where is the term gestalt coming from? In German, gestalt isn’t pronounced with the J sound so I’m wondering if it has a different origin! It’s provinced more like Gesh-stahlt. Very informative video however!
My newly turning 3 year old still using some jargon but I find she can sing all the songs but isn’t entertaining conversation. Sge know her shapes colors and repeats after you but to say what she wants is an issue
Can you do another video of how a gestalt protocol would be used in older kids who have been taught the opposite or a different way?
Also, have you see any resources on gestalt language learners who are hyperlexic? Since they tend to do better learning language that is written out. I’m going to search now to see if you have any videos for older kids. Thank you for making this.
Great question! I am not sure of any resources for GLP who are hyperlexic but I know Boho Speechie & meaningful speech have some great resources on their pages!
What about nonsensical words jargon? My son is saying a lot more jargon he is 2.5yrs but they seem made up or more like he’s stringing along two words into one word. He used to repeat black sheep a lot from the Brown Bear Brown Bear book. Then I noticed he started to say “baaaajiiii” and for the longest time I didn’t associate it to anything but it very well may be black sheep but it’s taken on its own word. He also will just say parts of a word, like instead of orange he will say “shh” which is the ending sound of orange.
Pls make video how to stop toddler to make multiple response? You asked him lets clap hands and he claping AND right after that show me his head or whatever we teach him. Pls help and make video about it
I've been trying to learn foreign languages ,but no matter how much i listen , I cant process the meaning and constant stream of speech . I can say all the individual sounds perfect and correct , but still cant process the speech . Do you know what it is and how to help it and do you know any special techniques or devices that cant help me with speech comprehension and processing of speech in foreign language ? Thank you and god bless .
My son 3 yrs old tries to point out what he need and uses echolaila too how to reduce it and make him good communication
I have a video on reducing Echolalia but just give him the words in a phrase if you can, if you know what he wants when he points! Then fade out the verbal prompt & try to just use hand cues!
@@TheSpeechScoop thanks for replying me
I am a first grade teacher and have a student with autism. She has very low verbal skills and has echolalia. When she does speak, like when she is reading a sentence, she does not enunciate her words. She sees our speech therapist once a week. I am wondering how I can help her with enunciation. We are about to train her on an AAC device as well but I would really like to see her enunciate better. Any tips?
Very good explanation of Echolalia, I do have a question. My twins are both on the spectrum but have hugely different ends of the spectrum. My more severely effected has gone from non verbal at 3/4 to now reeling off huge sentances from films and tv programmes and songs, huge echolalia with 90% repeating whats said to him. Just wondering would you still class him as nonverbal as i certainly do as his speech isn't ever in a conversation like situation etc. Ho[e that makes sense. Ps great Video , Liked and Subbed, Adam Plymouth UK
No I would definitely classify him as verbal! Even though we may not be aware of the intended meaning, there is often meaning to him and/or sensory input going on behind the scenes! Continue to build on his favorite gestalts and modify them throughout the day!
Does this work for autistic kids? My son learns in phrases. He is autistic and only partially verbal
Yes!
My son 3 years old is still using a lot of jargon. 😫
Is it considered echolalia when my toddler says a phrase over and over. He’ll come up to me and out of the blue tell me “mama’s car is locked. We don’t play in mamas car.” He’ll say this about 10-15 times a day.
He also does thing thing where I’ll ask if he would like milk or water and he’ll answer with “I don’t want milk” so I’ll say “you’d like water?” And when I give him water he’ll whine and say “I want milk!” He does this with lots of things like other foods and toys.
I would say no, this is not echolalia but instead an overgeneralized experience that might have happened one time, in which he continues to use the same script over and over again to communicate a thought or idea that is related. For example, maybe he wants to ride in the car and he is saying mamas car is locked. These things might have also come from shows/tv/music that he has heard and remembered. This truly sounds like Gestalt Language Processing. Meaningfulspeech.com has a lot of great resources to check out for a better understanding and indept treatment processes!
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Wasted years of speech therapy with my son and I have already learned more from this video than them.
Medam my baby was 6 yr old she had ecolelia 🙏pls mam tellme some tips😢
Limit questions! Provide responses in third person and only say things that you think she would want to say, ie. "I want cookie" instead of "do you want a cookie?"
My daughter is using babbling right now
You didnt be
Please talk less
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How do you expect her to talk about SPEECH therapy while talking less? Everything she said was useful and for a reason. Maybe you just need to take a nap or have some coffee