The Hanen It Takes Two to Talk program is for parents of children (birth to 5) who have language delays. The program provides you with the tools and strategies to support and help your child reach their full communication potential.

The Hanen It Takes Two To Talk program is offered to parents by EarlyEd’s Hanen Certified Speech-Pathologists who have received specialized training from The Hanen Centre.

The It Takes Two to Talk Program teaches you, step-by-step, how to become your child’s most important language teacher. The program shows you how to:

• Recognize your child’s stage and style of communication so that you know which steps to take next
• Identify what motivates your child to interact with you so you’ll know how to get conversations started
• Adjust everyday routines to help your child take turns and keep interactions going
• Follow your child’s lead to build his confidence and encourage him to communicate\
• Add language to interactions with your child to help him understand language and then use it when he is ready
• Tweak the way you play and read books with your child to help him learn language
• Change the way you speak to your child so that he’ll understand and learn new words

It Takes Two To Talk is being offered by EarlyEd in 2018 on the following dates:

8x 3 hour group sessions

• Thursday 1, 8 & 22 March
• Thursday 5 April
• Thursday 3 May
• Thursday 17 & 24 May
• Thursday 7 June

4x Individual sessions

The location for this parent training course is yet to be confirmed.  Please call for more information. 

Visit It Takes Two to Talk to learn more and Contact us to register.

Learn more about Hanen programs from The Hanen Centre