Kaiser, A.; Hemmeter, M.L.; Ostrosky, M.M.; Fischer, R.; Yoder, P.; Keefer, M. The Effects of Teaching Parents to Use Responsive Interaction Strategies. Top. Early Child. Spéc. Educ. 1996, 16, 375–406. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] Identify what motivates their child to interact with them so they’ll know how to get conversations started The It Takes Two to Talk companion DVD shows you real-life video examples of children at each stage of communication development so that you can easily “see” your child on the DVD and identify their stage. Smith, A.L.; Romski, M.A.; Sevcik, R.A.; Adamson, L.B.; Bakeman, R. Parent Stress and Its Relation to Parent Perceptions of Communication Following Parent-Coached Language Intervention. J. Early Interv. 2011, 33, 135–150. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] As the Communicator experiences everyday activities, like getting dressed or going to bed, he hears you say certain words over and over again. In time he’ll begin to understand what they mean. He’ll let you know he understands by looking, pointing, showing or following your simple directions. This is an important part of language development because your child needs to understand a word before he can use it to communicate.

It Takes Two to Talk® guides parents through strategies that help their child learn to communicate, stage by stage. Once you have identified your child’s stage, look for that information in every chapter of the book - so you can build on your child’s communication development and have fun together at the same time!two screens are recommended — one to attend the online class and the other for session handouts. You also have the option to print out handouts. It Takes Two to Talk was developed by expert speech-language pathologists and is grounded in extensive research. This evidence-based program has been proven in clinical practice to have positive effects on the communication development of young children. As a world-renowned leader in early childhood language intervention, The Hanen Centre’s mission is to help parents, caregivers, early childhood educators and speech-language pathologists promote the best possible communication skills in young children.

Nine other people have made It Takes Two to Talk the most important and enjoyable program I have attended since having my little girl. They are the other parents who turn up every week, open up their hearts and share their stories and experiences. I have come to realise just how important these people have been to talk to, learn from and, at times, to lean on. I wish to thank each and every one of them for their support. Understand your child’s communication better and identify his specific stage of communication development so that you know what to expect next. Read through the chapter titles of the It Takes Two to Talk guidebook below to see what parents learn: You can make a bigger difference to your child's language skills when you join an It Takes Two to Talk Program. Find a Hanen speech-language pathologist to guide you today.

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A: Yes. The workshop covers the application of the Hanen approach to a variety of settings, including one-to-one consultations with families. Taking the workshop gives you access to the It Takes Two to Talk parent workbook, as well as to handouts and other resources for effectively involving parents in their child’s intervention in one-to-one contexts. A few months ago, I was invited to an information session about The Hanen Centre’s It Takes Two to Talk® Program. Being a mum to a beautiful three and a half year old girl with Global Developmental Delay, I was definitely interested as my daughter spoke only a few, unclear words. Pepper, J.; Weitzman, E. It Takes Two to Talk: A Practical Guide for Parents of Children with Language Delays; The Hanen Centre: Toronto, ON, Canada, 2004. [ Google Scholar]

The speech-language pathologist guides you every step of the way, helping you learn specific interaction strategies that can be applied in your daily interactions with your child. All these strategies are drawn from research, that has shown them to be effective in improving children’s language skills. Your child’s first words may be simpler versions of real words, like nana for banana or teep for sleep. You’ll learn what they mean because whenever he sees or experiences these things, he’ll say the words the same way. It may be difficult to figure out what some of your child’s early words mean. Once you figure them out, you may be the only person who recognizes them. ►What the First Words User Understands What makes the It Takes Two to Talk guidebook so useful for parents is that it fits right in to the daily activities they’re already doing with their child.Bath time, play time, story time – any time is a good time for building your child’s communication using Hanen strategies.