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To best support their future clients, SLP students who plan to work with young children need a solid understanding of how to coach parents. The Hanen Centre offers an Academic Presentation that gives students an in-depth look at how to effectively involve and collaborate with parents in early language intervention. So far, we’ve delivered this presentation at over 200 universities around the world as part of our Student Outreach Initiative.

Who will benefit from this presentation?
This presentation is designed for students who have completed, or who are presently taking, a course in child language disorders.

• Rationale for involving parents in their child’s early language intervention
• Overview of It Takes Two to Talk® – the Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Language Delays
• Assessment and collaborative goal setting with parents of young children with language delays
• Introduction to adult education and to Hanen’s teaching-learning cycle that facilitates parents’ learning of responsive interaction strategies
• A simulation of teaching parents a strategy during a group session using the teaching-learning cycle
• Introduction to videotaping with feedback as a tool to facilitate parents’ consistent and independent application of responsive strategies during everyday interactions with their child
• A summary of efficacy studies on parent-implemented early language intervention and the It Takes Two to Talk® Program

We've made the presentation as practical and interactive as possible by including:

• Analysis of video examples of parents applying responsive interaction strategies with their children in everyday situations.
• Clinical case studies
• Breakout group sessions in which students brainstorm and problem-solve around clinical decision-making and goal setting.
• Video demonstration of part of a video feedback session.
• Discussions, polls and opportunities to ask questions.
• Video examples of parents talking about their experiences in It Takes Two to Talk® – The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Language Delays.