Documentation that bridges home and therapy
Gestallt is a collaborative phrasebook for autism support teams. Capture real-world language samples, structure them for clinical use, and share them with everyone supporting your child.
What Gestallt is
Gestallt is a secure, collaborative platform for documenting and sharing the communication patterns of autistic children. It's built specifically for gestalt language processors—children who learn language in chunks rather than word-by-word.
The app connects parents, speech-language pathologists (SLPs), therapists, educators, and medical professionals around a shared record of a child's language development. Everyone contributes observations. Everyone sees the same context.
The name: "Gestallt" combines "gestalt" (the whole-phrase language patterns we document) with "all" (the whole team who collaborates). Gestalts for all.
Two modes, one record
Flexible Mode
Designed for parents and caregivers who need to capture quickly without clinical burden.
- ✓ Phrase (what was said)
- ✓ Context (what was happening)
- ✓ Tags (simple categorization)
- ✓ Date (automatic or manual)
Clinical Mode
Adds structured fields for SLPs and therapists who need clinical-grade documentation.
- ✓ GLP Stages (1–6)
- ✓ Feelings classification
- ✓ Location context
- ✓ Function tags + Source attribution
- ✓ Clinical notes
Both modes write to the same record. Parents capture quickly; clinicians add structure when helpful.
Who it's for
✓ Great fit
- Families with a gestalt language processor who want to capture observations
- SLPs who want structured home samples without chaotic sharing
- Teams who need one source of truth across home, school, and therapy
- Professionals supporting multiple families who need multi-team access
○ Not designed for
- AAC replacement (Gestallt is documentation, not communication)
- Clinical billing or EMR integration
- Teams who don't need structured sharing
- Single-user journaling (though it works for that)
Why it's different
| Alternative | Limitation | Gestallt's approach |
|---|---|---|
| Paper logs | Not searchable, easy to lose, hard to share | Searchable, backed up, instant team access |
| Shared Google Docs | No structure, no stage tracking, HIPAA concerns | GLP-native fields, team isolation, privacy-first |
| EMR/clinic notes | No parent contribution, clinician-only access | Parents capture, clinicians interpret, everyone sees |
| AAC apps | Communication tools, not documentation | Complements AAC by documenting patterns |
| Generic note apps | No GLP framework, no team permissions | Purpose-built for GLP teams with role-based access |