More Than Words® — The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder or Social Communication Difficulties
About
The More Than Words Program is a parent/caregiver training program for early communicators that provides you with the tools, strategies and support you need to help you child reach their full communication potential. Offered within a group setting, and consisting of a mixture of group (parents only) and individual consultations (parent and child), the program empowers parents and caregivers to help their child reach the following three goals:
1. Improved social communication and back-and-forth interactions
2. Improved play skills
3. Improved imitation skills
As a parent and/or caregiver, here are some of the valuable things that are learned when attending the More Than Words Program:
• What motivates your child to communicate
• How to use your knowledge about your child to set appropriate and realistic goals
• How to make interactions with your child last longer
• Tips for using pictures and print to help your child’s understanding
• Strategies for how to talk so that your child understands you
• Strategies for developing your child’s play skills
• Ways to help your child make friends
Details
- 0 to 3
- 3 to 8
- Caregiver Training
- Communication
- Daily Routine
- Language
Breakthrough Speech & Language Therapy
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This service is not intended for children who can engage in back and forth conversation with others for
multiple turns. Hanen’s “Talkability” program would be best for these children.
Sudbury-Manitoulin
In-person
2.5 hours of workshop on Fridays (parents only), and 4 individual consultations, which include parent and child. The program rotates between a few workshop sessions and an individual consultations)
Starting: Friday, July 5th, 2024
Ending: Friday, September 13, 2024
Sessions will take place on Friday mornings from 9:30am - 12:00pm.
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