It Takes Two to Talk: A Practical Guide for Parents of Children with Language Delays

If you’re concerned about your child's language development, the It Takes Two to Talk® guidebook is the evidence-based, easy-to-use tool you need to help your child's language and communication thrive. Published by The Hanen Centre, an international leader in early intervention, this guidebook is based on the following principles: - Learning happens naturally - Children learn language best during everyday routines and conversations with the important people in their lives - Parents are their child's most important language teachers - The earlier a child receives the extra help he needs, the more his language skills will improve Evidence-based and practical, the strategies on this guidebook are shown to have had positive impacts on the communication development of young children with language delays. Plus, they are fun and easy to implement in everyday activities. After reading It Takes Two to Talk, you will have the skills and strategies you need, to transform any moment of your child's life into fun and natural opportunities to build strong language skills. "The Hanen Centre has, once again, done a terrific job of making the information in this newest edition of It Takes Two to Talk accessible to families and professionals, who can rely on the fact that the intervention strategies are based on years of research that support their usefulness in promoting improved communication skills in children with language delays." Cynthia Cress, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor of Communication Disorders University of Nebraska-Lincoln A bit about the author: Elaine Weitzman, M. Ed, S-LP Executive Director, The Hanen Centre Adjunct Professor, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto Elaine Weitzman has been Executive Director of The Hanen Centre since 1992. She is co-author of several guidebooks on early intervention, language and emergent literacy development. Her research on parent and teacher training in collaboration with Dr. Luigi Girolametto, Professor at the University of Toronto, has been widely published. Ms. Weitzman has an appointment as Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Speech-language Pathology. She has spend her career focusing on empowering parents, caregivers and professionals with the evidence-based tools they need to help young children’s communication thrive. You can find out more about The Hanen Center and connect with a Hanen Certified Speech Language Pathologist at www.hanen.org Peek Inside The Book Chapter 1: Learn More About Your Child’s Communication Understand your child’s communication better and identify his specific stage of communication development so that you know what to expect next. Chapter 2: Let Your Child Lead Discover how to get “in-tune” with your child’s communication and interests so that he’ll be more motivated to interact and communicate with you. Chapter 3: Follow Your Child’s Lead Learn how to build your child’s confidence and communication skills by responding with interest to what your child tells you. Chapter 4: Take Turns to Keep the Interaction Going Discover techniques to prolong interactions with your child to enhance his learning. Chapter 5: Use Routines to SPARK an Interaction Find out how to use routines to introduce your child to turn-taking and having conversations. Chapter 6: Add Language to the Interaction Learn how to add language to interactions in ways that will help your child understand and, when he’s ready, express himself. Chapter 7: Let’s Play! Learn how to use play activities to build your child’s language skills. Chapter 8: Sharing Books Discover new ways to share books with your child that will help her learn language. Chapter 9: Moving Forward with Music Discover the magic of using music to help your child communicate. Read more