It Takes Two To Talk: A Practical Guide For Parents of Children With Language Delays

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Q: I am not an SLP, but I am interested in learning about Hanen strategies for myself or my organization. What can I do? Benefits of Taking the It Takes Two to Talk® Program Practical strategies you can use in everyday situations Understand your child’s communication better and identify their specific stage of communication development so that you know what to expect next.

Tomasello, M. The social-pragmatic theory of word learning. Pragmat. Q. Publ. Int. Pragmat. Assoc. (IPrA) 2000, 10, 401–413. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] 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!Identify what motivates their child to interact with them so they’ll know how to get conversations started

Later on, the Discoverer begins to explore his world more. He reaches for objects or people, or moves toward them. Sometimes, parents have to pay close attention to learn what a Discoverer is interested in. It Takes Two to Talk strategies are explained in simple language that parents will understand.The Companion DVD supports the guidebook by offering dozens of real-life video examples of the strategies in action, giving parents a clear idea of what to do and how to do it. Once parents identify their child’s stage of communication development, they can zero in on the recommended strategies for their own child. The Hanen Centre is unique in that it doesn't just involve parents in their child's early speech therapy intervention - it provides a comprehensive approach that helps parents become their child's most important speech and language teacher.Alpert, C.L.; Kaiser, A.P. Training Parents as Milieu Language Teachers. J. Early Interv. 1992, 16, 31–52. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]