More Than Words® — The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder or Social Communication Difficulties

About

The More Than Words Program is a parent/caregiver training program for early communicators that provides you with the tools, strategies and support you need to help you child reach their full communication potential. Offered within a group setting, and consisting of a mixture of group (parents only) and individual consultations (parent and child), the program empowers parents and caregivers to help their child reach the following three goals:
1. Improved social communication and back-and-forth interactions
2. Improved play skills
3. Improved imitation skills

As a parent and/or caregiver, here are some of the valuable things that are learned when attending the More Than Words Program:
• What motivates your child to communicate
• How to use your knowledge about your child to set appropriate and realistic goals
• How to make interactions with your child last longer
• Tips for using pictures and print to help your child’s understanding
• Strategies for how to talk so that your child understands you
• Strategies for developing your child’s play skills
• Ways to help your child make friends

Details

Help with
  • Caregiver Training
  • Communication
  • Daily Routine
  • Language
Provider

Breakthrough Speech & Language Therapy

Available Spaces

8

Who is Eligible

This service is not intended for children who can engage in back and forth conversation with others for
multiple turns. Hanen’s “Talkability” program would be best for these children.

Duration

2.5 hours of workshop on Fridays (parents only), and 4 individual consultations, which include parent and child. The program rotates between a few workshop sessions and an individual consultations)

Session dates

Starting: Friday, July 5th, 2024
Ending: Friday, September 13, 2024

Sessions will take place on Friday mornings from 9:30am - 12:00pm.