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80 %u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2025Elklan Supporting Gestalt Language Processing %u2013 a Total Communication Approach%u2022 A child or young person%u2019s area of high interest could be used for supporting the understanding of %u2018before%u2019 and %u2018after%u2019. For example, for a young person interested in gaming games, they could perhaps use %u2018before%u2019 and %u2018after%u2019 in context of them describing the levels of the game as they play. %u2022 Support the sequence of the days of the week/months of the year with a visual which depicts what the child or young person does at those times. For example, swimming club on Tuesdays, going to Nana%u2019s on Fridays.%u2022 It is important to consider their interests and their experience of and preference for analogue or digital time. For example, if a child or young person knows they go to a club at seven o%u2019clock use this context to introduce the learning of an analogue clock or digital timer.9.9 VOCABULARY MAPSThe following vocabulary maps are more suitable for class-based learning and could be used in addition to more general strategies. They should only be considered for those who are motivated by this approach and who have the capacity to understand the vocabulary being taught and are interested/have a strength in drawing, writing and listening. Their use should be carefully monitored, evaluated and modified to meet individual needs and interests and, whenever possible, the evaluation should include feedback from the child or young person as to whether they found the support helpful or not.Word MapsElklan%u2019s Word Maps is based on Semantic Networks devised by Stackhouse and Wells (1997). Word Maps is one example of a visual support strategy which could help a child or young person learn a new word because they give simultaneous information about the word%u2019s meaning (semantics) and structure (phonology). This helps them to understand and remember the word. The target word is written in the middle of the page and information about the properties of the word are written around it. The colour coding is red, for how the word is said, including the number of syllables/beats, what the word begins with and what it rhymes with. The green connections are what the word means.