End of the School Year 2025 Cohort

End of the School Year 2025 Cohort: Hanen, It Takes Two To Talk
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Meeting weekly on Friday 5/16 until 7/11, each session is an informal 2.5 hours long with participants encouraged to find a comfortable and quiet spot at home with some coffee, tea and/or snacks.

Individual Visits, scheduled between sessions (Saturday or Sunday).

Conversation is structured around the content of the parent guidebook It Takes Two to Talk: A Practical Guide for Parents of Children with Language Delays (Weitzman, 2017). Participants are not required to have a child with language delays to participate.

Parents will gain the most from It Takes Two To Talk if they have a child ages 12-months to 4 years old.

Program Schedule

• Orientation
• Pre-program Consultation: Scheduled after the Orientation.
• Session 1: Let Your Child Lead (Chapters 1 & 2)
• Session 2: Follow Your Child's Lead (Chapters 2 & 3)
• Individual Visit 1
• Session 3: Take Turns to Keep the Interaction Going (Chapters 4 & 5)
• Session 4: Add Language to the Interaction (Chapter 6)
• Session 5: Choosing Communication Goals and Adding Language to Build Your Child's Understanding (Chapter 6)
• Individual Visit 2
• Session 6: Let's Play (Chapter 7)
• Session 7: Sharing Books (Chapter 8)
• Individual Visit 3
• Session 8: Moving Forward with Music (Chapter 9)