It Takes Two to Talk

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It Takes Two to Talk

• The Hanen Program for Parents of Children with
  Language Delays

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Who should attend?

• Parents of children who
• use sounds or movements to express wants and
  needs
• use single words
• are beginning to use 2 to 3 word sentences
• do not exhibit a motor speech delay
• do not exhibit ASD characteristics

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Program Format

• Orientation Session
• 8 families per program
• Pre-program home visit and videotaping plus
  language evaluation
• 8 group sessions 2 ½ to 3 hours each
• 3 video feedback sessions/home visits
• Post-program language evaluation

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Delivery Model on the IEP

• 24 hours of parent facilitated intervention for
  one semester
• Optional ½ hour to one hour of direct speech
  therapy per week
• IEP to be revisited after 1 semester to determine
  final placement

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Research on Parent Implemented Interventions

• Can increase the intensity of intervention in a
  cost-efficient manner
• Comparison of Intervention Hours
• Parent-implemented intervention
• 1 hour per day for 12 weeks 84 hours
• Individual and small group speech therapy
• 1 hour per week for 12 weeks 12 hours

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Results

• Session evaluations weekly sessions and video
  feedback sessions are evaluated on a scale of 1
  (not very helpful) to 5 (very helpful) - parents
  consistently rate 4 ½ -5
• Changes on Rossetti children are evaluated on
  interaction, pragmatics, play skills, gestures,
  language comprehension, and language expression
  during the first session, children improved by an
  average of 6 to 9 months

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• Learning Language
• and Loving It
• The Hanen Program for Early Childhood Educators

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Program Format

• Orientation Session
• 10 teams per program consisting of teacher, EAs,
  and therapists
• Pre-program video tape session
• 8 group sessions 2 ½ to 3 hours each
• 4-6 video feedback sessions per person
• Pre and Post interaction/language evaluation on
  use of strategies in the classroom

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Research on Learning Language and Loving It

• Teachers become more child centered, increase
  their talkativeness, promote childrens active
  participation and turn taking, and use book
  reading as a conversational activity
• Children of trained teachers talk more, use more
  diverse vocabulary, and use more multi-word
  utterances

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Results from Fall 2005Interaction and Language
Rating Scales
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Results from Fall 2005Interaction and Language
Rating Scales
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QUESTIONS??

• www.hanen.org
• Sandy Mayne
• 299-9010 ext. 115
• mayne_at_aps.edu
• Amy Witt
• 298-6752 ext. 3429
• aitken_at_aps.edu