AAC & GLP Programming (2.0 PDHs) 

The Basic Principles for Stages 1 & 2

Join Meaningful Speech team member Laura Hayes for a 2-hour, self-paced mini-course designed to bring clarity and confidence to programming AAC for early stage gestalt language processors. 

This course is beneficial for professionals and families.

This Course Is For You If You Are:

• A parent seeking to better understand how to support your child that is an AAC user
• SLPs, educators, or therapists supporting GLP families
• A professional wanting deeper insight into AAC programming

2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Prompt-Free Pathways (1.0 PDHs) 

Prompt dependence is common for gestalt language processors and often, it isn’t about the child. It’s about the strategies we have been taught to use as parents and professionals.

In this 1-hour, self-paced mini course, Alex Zachos walks you through 9 practical strategies designed to support spontaneous, self-initiated communication without relying on questions, cues, or fill-in-the-blank prompts.

You’ll learn how to shift from “teaching language” to supporting language development, with a focus on child-led interactions, regulation, trust, and modeling language without expectation.

This mini course includes:

• 1 hour of video content
• Open comments for questions and discussion
• A professional development certificate upon completion for 1.0 PDHs

If you’re looking for concrete ways to reduce prompt dependence, this mini-course offers a clear and supportive starting point.

1.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Supporting & Advocating for an Echolalic Child (3.0 PDHs)

A Self-Paced Mini-Course for Caregivers & the Professionals Who Support Them

Join Meaningful Speech team members Katie Arnold & Jess Teixeira for a nearly 3-hour, self-paced mini-course designed to bring clarity, confidence, and practical tools to those supporting gestalt language processors.

Originally created for caregivers, this course is also beneficial for professionals who coach, guide, and advocate alongside families of gestalt language processors.

This Course Is For You If You Are:

• A parent seeking to better understand your child’s echolalia
• An SLP, educator, or therapist supporting GLP families
• A professional wanting deeper insight into caregiver advocacy and coaching

This mini-course will help you build a strong, connection-based foundation for language development and advocacy.

A live Q&A was held via Zoom on December 10, 2025 at 8pm ET with Katie Arnold & Jess Teixeira. All enrolled participants receive access to the recorded Q&A.

3.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Using Digital Resources to Support Gestalt Language Processors (2.0 PDHs)

Join Meaningful Speech team member Jessica Teixeira, M.S., CCC-SLP, for a 1-hour pre-recorded webinar that will inspire you to make digital resources a meaningful tool in therapy sessions, at home, in school—anywhere!

QUESTION & ANSWER 👉 

A replay of the live question and answer portion of this webinar was added to Kajabi on 1/31/25 for viewing (1.0 hour)

2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Language Samples and Scoring Using the Natural Language Acquisition Framework (3.0 PDHs)

Join Meaningful Speech team member Katie Arnold for a pre-recorded mini-course on language samples and scoring using the Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) framework. 

This webinar discusses:

• A quick review of the stages of gestalt language development
• How to prepare for taking spontaneous language samples
• Marge Blanc’s Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) Guidelines
• A deeper look at each NLA guideline
• Scoring vs. analyzing language samples 
• “It all depends” - Why context and history matter
• Practice scoring and analysis
  • Stage 1 vs. Stage 3
  • Stage 2 vs. Stage 4
• Recording of Question & Answer (1-hour) that took place on 4/22/2025

3.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

Starting a Niche Private Practice Mini-Course (2.0 PDHs) 

Have you been wondering about starting a niche private practice, but you're unsure how to get started?

That’s exactly why we created our self-paced Niche Private Practice Mini-Course for professionals who want to build a practice rooted in purpose and clarity.

Here’s what we cover:
✨ Our stories – Both Alex and Jess share their journeys into private practice. Each path is different and you might relate to one, or both!
✨ Why start a niche practice?
✨ Types of niches and how to define yours
✨ What you actually need to get started
✨ Deciding on your rates (we even share a helpful formula!)
✨ Insurance vs. private pay:  how to choose what fits you
✨ Superbills: what they are and how they work
✨ Health insurance/benefits for private practitioners

 BONUS: SLP and Marketing/Website guru Hannah Boeck from Cued Creative shares how niching down can have a positive impact on your digital marketing + valuable niche marketing tips.

2.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)

1-Hour Introductory Gestalt Language Mini-Course (1.0 PDHs) 

We have created a 1-hour video series (9 videos totaling 1 hour of content) for agencies, schools, clinicians and family members who are looking for quick, digestible information on: 

• What echolalia is
• How delayed echolalia (or scripting) supports language development
• How to identify a gestalt language processor
• Important foundational knowledge of the dos and don'ts of working with a gestalt language processor (GLP). 

This series dives deeper than our free masterclass on echolalia & gestalt language development. 

BONUS: This mini-course comes with a downloadable workbook! 

1.0 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)