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About Hanen |
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Our Mission
The Hanen Centre, a charitable organization founded more than 25 years ago, is
committed to making a difference in the lives of young children by supporting
and collaborating with the adults in their lives.
Our mission is to provide the important people in a young child's life with the knowledge and training they need to help the child develop the best possible language, social and literacy skills.
We do this by:
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creating programs that teach parents and other caregivers how to promote children's language development during everyday activities |
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training speech-language pathologists to run Hanen Programs and to use Hanen's child-centred approach in their day-to-day work with families and teachers |
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training community professionals to lead programs for parents of children at risk |
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sharing information with professionals who support parents' and teachers' efforts to give children the best start in life |
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developing outstanding, user friendly learning materials |
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conducting leading-edge research in our field |
The Hanen Centre's Activities and Services:
Training and Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists
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The Hanen Centre offers outstanding workshops for speech-language pathologists worldwide. Drawing extensively on adult learning principles, our workshops offer speech-language pathologists leading-edge training to effectively run Hanen Programs for groups of parents or teachers of young children with language delays. |
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All Hanen Workshops for speech-language pathologists include state-of-the-art
educational materials that make the learning experience more meaningful and give
speech-language pathologists the tools they need to lead Hanen Programs. |
Programs and Resources for Early Childhood Educators/Teachers
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The Hanen Centre's innovative Learning Language and Loving It Program shows
early childhood educators how to foster the social, language and literacy
development of children. The program is supported by a user-friendly guidebook,
as well as two videotapes. Developed for the Learning Language and Loving It Program, these resources are also available to anyone who wants to incorporate
the Hanen approach into their daily interactions with groups of young children |
Programs and Resources for Parents
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The Hanen Centre develops outstanding training programs for parents of children
with language delays. These research-based programs, designed for small groups of parents, take a practical approach and show parents how they can facilitate their child's language development during everyday routines and activities. The programs are supported by beautifully illustrated guidebooks and inspiring videotapes that bring Hanen strategies to life. Hanen Programs can only be offered by speech-language pathologists trained and certified by The Hanen Centre through a Hanen Workshop.
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Hanen Programs are supported by user-friendly books, videos and other learning
materials to guide families along the way. Although these resources are designed
for parents involved in a Hanen Program, they are also available to parents who
want information on how they might use the Hanen approach in their daily
interactions with their children.
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Training and Resources for Community Professionals
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The Hanen Centre offers training in the You Make The Difference™ Parent-Child Interaction Program to community professionals working with parents and young children who are at risk. After successfully completing the training, the family support professional becomes licensed to lead the You Make The Difference™ Program as part of her prevention services. The program, which is delivered to small groups of parents, is designed to help parents learn how to support their child’s language and literacy development and lay the foundation for their future social and academic success. It is especially suitable for those parents who face social and economic challenges. |
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The You Make The Difference™ Program is supported by a practical, colourful guidebook and an instructional videotape that shows real parents applying the program’s strategies during everyday routines and activities. These resources are used by parents and community professionals involved in the program, and are also available to those interested in practical strategies for enhancing parent-child interactions and promoting a young child’s social, language and early literacy development. |
Presentations
From professional conferences to local community-group meetings, The Hanen Centre’s professional staff speak at a variety of venues throughout the year, to increase understanding of the challenges faced by children with language delays and how the adults in a young child’s life can truly make a difference in the child’s language, social and literacy development. For information on booking a Hanen presentation for your conference or meeting, please contact workshops@hanen.org.
Some of Our Other Activities
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At The Hanen Centre, we conduct research on our programs and issues related to their effectiveness, in partnership with the University of Toronto. Visit the Research section of our web site for more information and a list of references. |
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The Hanen Centre coordinates all speech and language services for preschoolers in the South Quadrant of Toronto as part of the larger Toronto Preschool Speech and Language Services system.
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The Hanen Centre provides subsidized Hanen Workshops to speech-language pathologists working with preschoolers in publicly-funded organizations in Ontario, Canada through a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
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“The Hanen Centre has always been a leader and innovator in providing training and support materials
for speech-language pathologists involving families in language intervention.
The Hanen approach has had a tremendous influence on my work with children and
families."
Dr. Barry Prizant. Professor of Communicative Disorders. Emerson College, Boston, MA.
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