Hanen® TalkAbility® program – For parents of verbal children on the autism spectrum

Program Details

The Hanen® TalkAbility program is designed to equip you with practical everyday strategies to help your child reach their fullest communication potential.

Verbal children on the autism spectrum often still face special communication challenges and may find it difficult to:

• Have conversations with others
• Play with children their own age
• Talk about things that interest someone else
• Change a routine without becoming frustrated

If you’ve noticed more than one of these difficulties in your child, the Hanen® TalkAbility ® program can help. Specifically designed for parents of verbal children ages 3-7 with social communication difficulties, the TalkAbility® program teaches parents practical ways to help their child learn people skills. The TalkAbility® program consists of:

• 8 parent training sessions in small, personalized groups
• A pre-program consultation for you and your child
• Individual video feedback sessions of you interacting with your child & of your child playing with another child so you can ‘see’ what is helping & what you can do.

The Hanen® TalkAbility program will run for 13 weeks commencing early August 2018.

• Home Visit to be Scheduled before August 10th
• Friday 10th August 9:15am North Sydney, Session 1
• Friday 17th August 9:15am North Sydney, Session  2
• Home Visit to be scheduled
• Friday 31st August 9:15am North Sydney, Session 3
• Friday 7th September 9:15am North Sydney, Session  4
• Home Visit to be scheduled
• Friday 21st September 9:15am North Sydney, Session  5
• Home VIsit to be Scheduled
• Friday 19th October 9:15am North Sydney, Session  6
• Friday 26th October 9:15am North Sydney, Session  7
• Home VIsit to be Scheduled
• Friday 9th November 9:15am North Sydney, Session  8

*Families can use NDIS, Medicare, HCWA/Better Start or private funding to cover the costs for the full 12 week program. No child care available