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Gestallt

Core Concepts

Understanding these core concepts will help you get the most out of Gestallt.

Teams

A team is organized around one child. Everyone who supports that child—parents, therapists, educators—joins the same team and shares the same record.

  • Teams are created by parents (who become the Admin)
  • Team names are typically the child’s name or nickname
  • Each team has its own isolated data
  • Members can only see their team’s entries

Roles

Admin

  • Usually the parent who created the team
  • Can invite and remove members
  • Can update team settings
  • Full access to all entries

Member

  • Therapists, educators, and other team members
  • Full access to create, edit, and view entries
  • Cannot manage team membership
  • Can be part of multiple teams (for professionals)

Documentation Modes

Flexible Mode

Designed for quick capture without clinical overhead:

  • Phrase: What was said
  • Context: What was happening
  • Tags: Simple categorization
  • Date: When it happened

Clinical Mode

Adds structured fields for therapy planning:

  • GLP Stage (1–6): Developmental classification
  • Feelings: Emotional context
  • Location: Where it happened
  • Function: Communicative purpose
  • Source: Where the phrase originated
  • Notes: Clinical observations

Both modes write to the same entry. A parent can capture quickly, and the SLP can add clinical structure later.

Entries

An entry (or “gestalt”) is a single documented phrase with its context and metadata.

Every entry includes:

  • The phrase itself
  • Context description
  • Tags for organization
  • Date of observation

Clinical mode adds:

  • Stage classification
  • Feelings, location, function
  • Source attribution
  • Clinical notes

Views

Dashboard

Recent entries, team activity, quick access to add new entries.

All Gestalts

Searchable, filterable list of all entries. Sort by date, filter by tags.

By Stage

Filter entries by GLP stage to track developmental progress.

By Context

Group entries by location to identify generalization patterns.

Team Admin

(Admins only) Manage members, view invitations, update settings.

Profile

User settings, team switching, session management.