Lectures, Workshops, Consultations, Training & Development

It Takes Two to Talk®

The It Takes Two to Talk Program is designed specifically for parents of young children (birth to 5 years of age) who have been identified as having a language delay.

Individually or in a small, personalized group setting, parents learn practical strategies to help their children learn language naturally throughout their day together.

For more information please visit:

http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/It-Takes-Two-to-Talk.aspx

More Than Words®

If you have a young child on the autism spectrum or with social communication difficulties, you may be wondering what you can do to make communication easier for them. You may want to help them connect more easily with others, make friends and experience less frustration.

As a parent, there’s so much you can do to help your child during the everyday routines and interactions you already have together. At a More Than Words Program, you learn specific, research-based strategies to support your child’s social communication and play skills, while also connecting and having more fun together.

For more information please visit:

http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/More-Than-Words.aspx

Supporting individuals with an Oral Eating and Drinking Care Plan

For children, young people or adults who require supervision, coaching, guidance and support for their safety and wellbeing during mealtimes an Oral Eating and Drinking Care Plan (OEDCP) is put in place. These are typically lengthy documents that highlight how to best support the person using a variety of methods. Our workshop aims to increase participants confidence in understanding these documents and in providing the correct supports to the individuals they work with. During the workshop we explore the strategies that may be included in OEDCPs and the reasoning behind them. Our practical component includes understanding different food consistencies and practicals on making different fluid consistencies.

Education staff, care services, parents and guardians are welcome to attend these workshops.

AAC workshops

Our AAC workshops can be tailored to suit your specific needs.

Information may include:

• An overview of what is AAC
• The assessment process for providing an AAC system
• An overview of different types of AAC systems
• Training in how to use specific AAC systems including:

Consultations

We are able to offer consultations to speech pathologists or other professionals whose clients may require AAC or mealtime supports.

Our experienced team can work with you and your client to help ensure the best outcomes.

This may include support with:

• Mealtime assessment
• Determining best approach for your clients’ specific feeding challenges
• Setting-up an appropriate mealtime program for your client’s needs, that you can follow to support them
• A second opinion on significant and complex feeding challenges that your client may present with
• AAC assessment
• Trial and prescription of an appropriate AAC system
• Determining the next steps to supporting your client with their AAC system

Our consultations can be organised in person or via telehealth.