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38 %u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2025Elklan Supporting Gestalt Language Processing %u2013 a Total Communication Approach5.7 STAGE 2Breaking apart the gestalts or reducing their length usually occurs when the child or young person has a wide repertoire of gestalts which they then can split. The splitting is referred to as mitigation.Examples of mitigating gestaltsSource of gestalt Split Mitigated gestalt usedBook%u2018Oh no that is not all%u2019from %u2018Dr Seuss - Cat in the Hat%u2019Oh noThat is not allOh noSong%u2018Good times never seemed so good, so good, so good%u2019 from the song Sweet Caroline, Neil DiamondGood times never seemedSo goodSo good so good so goodSo goodFilm%u2018That better be it for this evening%u2019s surprises%u2019 Batman animated movieThat better be itFor this evening%u2019s surprisesThat better be itOnce it is recognised that a child or young person has a wide range of gestalts, the objective of developing the child or young person%u2019s use of language at Stage 2 is to help them build a range of more flexible gestalts i.e. ones that they can mitigate. Some strings of words are not suitable to split, and some gestalts are single words. A split gestalt can be recognised if the original gestalt is known from the history of interacting with the child or young person. Alternatively, a repeated utterance used in different ways may be observed. For example, Young Person FB said e.g. %u2018Oh look find time%u2019, %u2018Oh look shoes on now%u2019, %u2018Oh look%u2019. The source of this gestalt was the caregiver saying %u2018Oh look what you%u2018ve done%u2019. %u2018Oh look%u2019 is identified as a mitigated gestalt.The important principles established at Stage 1, to support the child or young person (see pages 33-37), should be continued at Stage 2.If the child or young person is secure at GLP Stage 1 and has a wide range of gestalts, modelling the splitting of their gestalts may be beneficial.For those individuals where mitigated gestalts have been noticed, observation and transcription of utterances can be analysed using the GLP Observation Form to investigate the emergence of split gestalts which will indicate they are at Stage 2.2Breaking apart gestalts to use parts of them or combining parts of gestalts to recombine into different utterances