Children’s Books and Education Rooted in Natural Language Development
Grounded in Connection, Rooted in Natural Language Development
Language That Grows with You.
Supporting families, educators, and clinicians with stories and resources grounded in connection, joy, and evidence-based practice.
Supporting families, educators, and clinicians with stories and resources grounded in connection, joy, and evidence-based practice. I’m Kathryn Arnold, a speech-language pathologist and children’s book author who creates high-quality books intentionally written for gestalt language processors.
I’m Kathryn Arnold, a speech-language pathologist and children’s book author who creates high-quality books intentionally written for gestalt language processors.
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Meet the Author, Coach, and Speaker Behind Echo and Grow
Kathryn Arnold, MCD, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist and Children's Book Author
Welcome! I’m Kathryn, a speech therapist with nearly two decades of experience working with children in schools, private practice, and beyond. I’m passionate about supporting clinicians, teachers, and caregivers in gestalt language development.
As a mother of two boys, I know the value of slowing down, enjoying time together, and using books to support language development. Creating children’s books rooted in natural language development felt like a natural next step in my journey after years of developing educational materials, coaching, and speaking to thousands of professionals and parents worldwide.
Echo and Grow books are a neurodiversity-affirming resource designed to fill the gap in gestalt language processor resources. Each book supports language and literacy development in children while also helping adults better understand gestalt language processing.
Do you have a child who loves repeating favorite lines, phrases, or scripts from shows and books?
These stories were made for them!
How Bout Some Help:
Asking for Assistance
An Echo and Grow Stage 1 Book
Benny, a determined little bunny, and Milo, a patient giraffe with a big heart, are off on an everyday adventure discovering that it’s OK to ask for help.
Created with gestalt language development in mind, How ’Bout Some Help uses playful, repeatable language designed to support children who communicate with echolalia. Through friendship, persistence, and plenty of opportunities to say “How ’bout some help?”, children experience meaningful language that supports them when they need a little help.
But this is more than a story.
The robust back matter turns the book into a practical resource for parents, caregivers, educators, and SLPs, with approachable information and guidance on:
Gestalt language development and echolalia
Supporting a variety of communicative functions
Modeling meaningful, developmentally appropriate language
Choosing language that can be broken down and recombined as language develops
Building language, literacy, confidence, and connection through shared reading
Read it with a child. Keep it as a resource. Use it to build understanding.
How ’Bout Some Help models language for a child naturally while giving the grown-ups supporting them a deeper understanding of how to nurture their gestalt language processors’ language development.
Because asking for help is brave and communication grows through connection.
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Educator & Clinic Pricing:
Bulk pricing is available for hardback. Please email hello@echoandgrowpress.com for support.
An Echo and Grow Stage 1 Book
Benny and Milo are back on another everyday adventure—this time discovering the power of saying, “I don’t like it.”
Created with gestalt language development in mind, I Don’t Like It uses playful, repeatable language while exploring bodily autonomy, self-advocacy, boundaries, friendship, and the importance of honoring all forms of communication.
But this is more than a story.
The robust back matter turns the book into a practical resource for parents, caregivers, educators, and SLPs, with approachable information and guidance on:
Gestalt language development and echolalia
Supporting communication
AAC and multimodal communication
Building language and literacy through shared reading
Honoring self-advocacy, autonomy, and every child’s voice
Read it with a child. Keep it as a resource. Use it to build understanding.
I Don’t Like It helps children see that their communication matters and gives the grown-ups supporting them tools to better understand gestalt language development.
Because every child deserves to be heard, every boundary deserves respect, and all communication deserves to be celebrated.
I Don’t Like It
Bodily Autonomy and Self-Advocacy
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If you live outside the United States. Check your country’s Amazon. Not able to locate it? Email hello@echoandgrowpress.com, and we may be able to send one to you.
Educator & Clinic Pricing:
Bulk pricing is available for hardback. Please email hello@echoandgrowpress.com for support.
Book Me For
Professional Development
I present in-person and virtually to SLPs and educators on child-led interactions, gestalt language development, the Natural Language Acquisition framework, and how to support children at each stage of development. My talks support learning with practical strategies that can be implemented right away.
Book Me for
Author Visits
Author visits include book readings, workshops on gestalt language development, and peer education on Autism acceptance and understanding all the unique ways we communicate.
These visits offer meaningful ways to connect with students and the adults who support them.
Professional development provided
for these groups and many MORE!
