Book Review: Gestalt Language Processing: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition by Alison Battye Alison Battye (2025) Gestalt Language Processing: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition. Routledge. 286 pp. Hardback. £130. ISBN: 978-1032717005.

2026/02/01 by Bronwyn Hemsley, Lucy Bryant, Katharine Beals · 1 voice
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Autism Spectrum Disorder Research #Child Therapy and Development #Educational and Psychological Assessments

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openalex publication_date 2026/02/01 · openalex created_date 2026/02/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

If youhave not yet implemented this approach, you are in for a treat.If we are willing to follow the GLP, trust them, see the world through their eyes and experience it wholly, be our most authentic self alongside of them, then I promise that this is going to be one of the most rewarding experiences of

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