Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum

by Marge Blanc

This book outlines a specific protocol for facilitating language acquisition in children on the autism spectrum.

Genres: Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Julie Casady · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve always believed that echolalic speech was communication. However, I’ve struggled with how to help my clients grow from echoed speech to spontaneous, flexible language. This book outlines how to do that. I’m super excited to put it into practice. Also, I appreciate the way in which Marge emphasizes that gestalt language is a normal part of language acquisition and she celebrates neurodiversity.

[Tarah Fedenia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is really important information on echolalia and was a real paradigm shifter for me. Lost one star for the generalizations about boys' brains vs. girls' brains.

[Emma Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

I definitely learned a ton about GLP and have some good principles to work off of now. Of course, the principles of intervention and assessment really don’t translate to a school S-LP context, because that’s not the kind of therapy setting that a GLP is really going to thrive in. But hopefully I can take some pieces of this into the school and to the parents!

[Leah]

This book is worthy of your time if you have a child on the autism spectrum with language difficulties, especially if they seem to be “stuck” in their language usage.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting idea for helping autistic children develop natural language. Very thought-provoking.