Communication Development Center

Communication Development Center

Noah’s Blog

Noah’s Blog

Thank you, Noah, for your interactive blog posts here! There will eventually be several video clips in this ongoing story, which is aptly title “To Stage 6 and Beyond,” so please come back for that. Please pardon the clumsy way that Video #1 ends, because we promise Video #2 will smooth over the glitches. Also, please pardon the blurred videos, as they preserve this family’s privacy, but give you a bit of visual to enhance the audio. Finally, when you get to Video #2, I use the term ‘points out’ to comment on how Lucien talks about the visuals in his environment, and I even point to gesture along with my words; but Lucien isn’t literally pointing until we get to the third video. OK, now enjoy!

Noah’s Blog Part 1

Noah’s Blog Part 2

Noah’s Blog Part 3

Noah’s Blog Part 4

Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum:

The Journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language, Marge Blanc, M.A., CCC-SLP

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“This is the language course we missed in school”

Leslie W., M.A., CCC-SLP

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“This is the language course we missed in school”

 – Leslie, M.A., CCC-SLP

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“This is the language course we missed in school”

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NLA SLP International Registry POLICIES

Here are the Communication Development Center Policies that we all probably agree on, because we care about our clients, potential clients, and their families. We want to remind everyone that we are not in competition with one another, rather as a team spreading our neurodiversity mindsets and providing Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition expertise with the world. We want potential clients to know who we are as professionals, but we don’t want to appear to be competing or end up competing with each other. We are all in this together, all learning, and all capable of learning more along with our clients and families, no matter how experienced or well educated we are.

We also presume that we are all SLPs, SLTS, SLPAS, CDAS, and not BCBAs and RBTs. We also presume that we are all ND-affirming, not compliance-based, use child-led therapy, are family focused, and acknowledge the principles of child development and the development of self-regulation.

Each of us is proud of the courses we’ve taken, readings we’ve done, in services we’ve provided in our school or clinic etc… but we’re not in competition with each other so our policy is to respect that our comment section reflects collegiality.

Here are some examples that might illustrate what families would be looking for:

  • Autistic SLP, specializing in ND-affirming client and family support
  • Multilingual; Indian subcontinent languages
  • Extensive experience 18 months-18 years
  • Experience with early childhood Stages 1, 2, and 3
  • Experience with children 18 months-10 years
  • Experience with older students up to 18-years
  • Experience with all ages through early 20s
  • Clinic-based and School-based experience and 2 NLA courses
  • In-home experience after taking the Natural Communication course in Spanish
  • Clinic-based experience with bilingual Hindi and English; completed Uncleft course
  • Team-based services in ND-affirming Elementary School
  • Currently taking the Natural Communication course after completing the Meaningful Speech course
  • OT supported co-treatment with some of our clinic-based clients using NLA and sensory integrative strategies
  • Actively learning about AAC supports for GLPs
  • AAC experience with apraxic/dyspraxic individuals and GLPs University clinic-based services for ALPs and GLPs of all ages
  • Remote services in underserved communities
  • Providing virtual consultative services in these locations

Since our goal is to both reflect your practice as you want to reflect it and maintain the collegiality we mentioned earlier, we will contact you if we feel that an edit to your listing would better reflect those values.