It Takes Two to Talk® Certification Workshop

It Takes Two to Talk is a 3-day workshop that offers hands-on, interactive training on parent-implemented, family-centered early language intervention for Speech Therapists who work with young children with language delays (birth to 5 years) and their families.

You’ll learn effective, research-based strategies for involving parents in the early intervention process to ensure the best possible outcomes for their child.

• When you take It Takes Two to Talk, you get:
• 2.2 ASHA Continuing Education Credits or 22 Professional Development Hours
• An effective teaching methodology for coaching parents to use responsive interaction strategies
• An overview of learning styles and principles of adult education and their application to facilitating parents’ learning to be effective language facilitators
• The stages of learning in terms of self-awareness, attitude and behavior change and how to adapt the use of coaching and videotaping with feedback to each stage in order to facilitate parents’ learning and application of strategies
• Certification to lead the evidence-based It Takes Two to Talk – The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Language Delay
• An overview of It Takes Two to Talk’s three clusters of responsive interaction strategies – child-centered, interaction-promoting, and language modeling strategies
• A comprehensive set of resources to use within your It Takes Two to Talk Programs, as well as in your everyday work with families (valued at $215)
• Access to the member-only It Takes Two to Talk Parent workbook designed specifically for use in one-to-one therapy
• A one-year, renewable Hanen membership offering ongoing opportunities to enhance your clinical skills

 What professionals say:

• “This will completely change my way of working. It has challenged some ingrained practices and I feel I have evolved as a therapist as a result.” – Hanen Certified SLT (London, UK)
• “This workshop was amazing, really well structured and flowed nicely. I liked that it was interactive and we had lots of opportunities to practice.” – Hanen Certified SP (Sydney, Australia)
• “As a young person and a new graduate, I feel much more confident in my ability to provide coaching for the parents that I work with.” – Hanen Certified SP and Student Subsidy Award Winner