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The Hanen Centre is a recognized innovator in family-focused early language intervention programs and learning resources for parents and professionals around the world. As a charitable organization founded more than 30 years ago, The Hanen Centre is committed to making a difference in the lives of young children by supporting and collaborating with the important adults in their lives. This applies to children who have language delays, who are at risk for language delays, as well as to those whose communication is developing as expected. 

The Hanen Centre’s mission is to provide the important people in a young child's life with the knowledge and training they need to help the child develop the best possible language, social and literacy skills.

Hanen does this by:

  • creating training programs in which parents and other caregivers learn how best to promote children's communication and language development during everyday activities
  • training speech-language pathologists/therapists to lead Hanen Programs for parents and teachers and to use the Hanen approach in their day-to-day clinical work
  • training family support professionals to lead programs for parents of children at risk
  • sharing information on promoting children’s communication and language development with all professionals who work with young children
  • developing outstanding, user-friendly learning materials, grounded in research
  • conducting leading-edge research in our field
     

Training and Resources for Community Workers 

  • The Hanen Centre offers the You Make the Difference® Workshop to family support professionals involved in community prevention programs and parent education. This innovative workshop enables community workers, public health nurses and others working with parents and their young children to lead the You Make the Difference Parent-Child Interaction Program as part of their prevention services. The program, designed for groups of parents, is aimed at fostering the parent-child relationship and promoting the child’s everyday opportunities to learn social and language skills.
     
  • The You Make the Difference Program is supported by a practical and colourful guidebook and instructional DVD. These resources may be used by parents and community workers involved in the program, or by anyone interested in acquiring practical, research-based strategies for enhancing parent-child interactions and promoting early-language skills.


Training and Resources for Educators and Child Care Providers 

  • The Hanen Centre has developed an innovative program for educators and child care providers who work with young children in early childhood or nursery settings and want to learn more about how to foster children’s social, language and literacy development. The Learning Language and Loving It™ Program is supported by a user-friendly guidebook, as well as a DVD. Although these resources are designed for participants in the Learning Language and Loving It Program, they are available to anyone who wants information on how they might use the Hanen approach in their daily interactions with groups of children.


Training and Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists 

  • The Hanen Centre offers outstanding workshops around the world for speech-language pathologists. Drawing extensively on adult learning principles, Hanen Workshops offer speech-language pathologists leading-edge training in effectively running Hanen Programs for groups of parents, educators, child care providers and others who care for or work with children aged zero to five who have language delays.
  • All Hanen Workshops for speech-language pathologists include state-of-the-art educational resources that make the learning experience more meaningful and give speech-language pathologists the tools they need to effectively lead Hanen Programs. Many of these materials are also available to speech-language pathologists interested in learning more about the Hanen approach.


Programs and Resources for Parents 

  • The Hanen Centre develops outstanding programs for parents of children with language delays, unparalleled in their practical, user-friendly approach and in the beautiful guidebooks and DVDs that support them. Hanen Programs can only be offered by a Hanen Certified SLP or ECE who has received specialized training at a Hanen Workshop.
  • Hanen Programs for Parents include:
     

It Takes Two to Talk® - involving Parents of Children with Language Delays in their child’s intervention

Target Word® - - involving Parents of Children who are Late Talkers in their child’s intervention

More Than Words® - involving Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in their child’s intervention

You Make the Difference® - a Parent-Child Interaction and Prevention program

  • Hanen Programs for parents are supported by user-friendly materials to guide families along the way. Although these resources are designed for parents involved in a Hanen program, they are also available to parents who want information on how they might use the Hanen approach in their daily interactions with their children.


The Hanen Centre is also involved in a number of other activities 

  • Conducts and publishes research on its programs and issues related to their effectiveness.
  • Offers translations of many of its learning resources in languages other than English to meet the increasing demand for information and training on the Hanen approach around the world. In addition, Hanen Workshops and Programs take place in non-English speaking countries as it continues to grow and increase its accessibility to new communities and cultures.
  • Offers subsidized Hanen Workshops to speech-language pathologists working with preschoolers in publicly funded organizations in Ontario, Canada through a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.


For more information about the Hanen Centre, visit their website at www.hanen.org. 

1075 Bay Street
Suite 515
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 2B1
Phone: 416-921-1073
Fax: 416-921-1225
info@hanen.org 

 

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