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

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Up until the 1970s, early language intervention involved speech-language pathologists "treating" a child in a therapy room with little or no parent involvement. In the early 1970's, research began to reveal that the involvement of parents in their child's early speech therapy intervention was critical and that the earlier parents were involved, the better the outcome for the child. Research also showed that when parents interact with their children in specific ways that motivate, encourage and support their child's communication, they can make a significant difference to their child's speech and language development. Q: I am not an SLP, but I am interested in learning about Hanen strategies for myself or my organization. What can I do? On the other hand, when a child with a speech delay or language delay receives extra support from the important adults in his life, he can make significant gains.Early speech therapy intervention is critically important for these children to develop the communication skills necessary for future success in their academic and personal lives. Recognizing a Speech Delay or Language Delay Quintana, D.S.; Williams, D.R. Bayesian alternatives for common null-hypothesis significance tests in psychiatry: A non-technical guide using JASP. BMC Psychiatry 2018, 18, 1–8. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version] Tomasello, M. The social-pragmatic theory of word learning. Pragmat. Q. Publ. Int. Pragmat. Assoc. (IPrA) 2000, 10, 401–413. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]

Baxendale, J.; Hesketh, A. Comparison of the effectiveness of the Hanen Parent Programme and traditional clinic therapy. Int. J. Lang. Commun. Disord. 2003, 38, 397–415. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] The earlier a child receives the extra help they need, the more their language skills will improve.Thal, D.J.; Oroz, M.; McCaw, V. Phonological and lexical development in normal and late-talking toddlers. Appl. Psycholinguist. 1995, 16, 407–424. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] Learn how to build your child’s confidence and communication skills by responding with interest to what your child tells you. Wetherby, A.M.; Prizant, B.M. Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales: Developmental Profile; Paul H Brookes Publishing: Baltimore, MD, USA, 2002. [ Google Scholar] First Words Users have started to talk – or use signs. They are now developing a vocabulary of single words to talk about the things that are important to them in their world. ►How the First Words User Expresses Himself

The TalkAbility Program is designed for parents of children on the autism spectrum aged 4-8. The program shows you how to help your child have more extended conversations with adults and peers, how to tune in to messages people send without words, how to understand others' perspectives, and how to expand their play and friendship skills. Bruner, J. Child’s Talk. Learning to Use Language; Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 1983. [ Google Scholar] Eight interesting and interactive small group sessions, led by the Hanen speech-language pathologist. In these sessions, you learn about communication and language development, as well as how to use the program strategies. The Discoverer is in the earliest stage of learning to communicate. He does not yet know how to communicate deliberately (with a specific purpose in mind). He just reacts to how he is feeling and to what is happening around him, which we call responding “reflexively”. ►How the Discoverer Expresses HimselfIt Takes Two to Talk is a program developed by The Hanen Centre for parents of young children (under age five) with language delays. A Hanen-certified speech-language pathologist leads the program, which is offered to a small group of parents.