The Hanen Centre’s 2010 Preschool Language & Literacy Calendar will continue our six-year tradition of providing educators and parents of children aged 3-5 years with a practical, research-based tool that promotes preschool children’s language and literacy development. This year’s calendar will be brought to life by beautiful new photographs of early childhood educators, parents and children engaged in enjoyable and meaningful language and literacy activities.

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(Pepper & Weitzman, 2004)
ISBN: 0-921145-19-5, 170pp., Full-colour illustrations

Written in simple language and filled with colourful illustrations, this beautiful guidebook shows parents how to help their child communicate and learn language during everyday activities like mealtime, bath time, playtime and book reading. An invaluable resource for parents whose children range from those at the very earliest stages of communication to those who have begun to talk in short sentences. Also valuable for SLP/Ts and other professionals who provide support and service to families of young children with language delays.

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Running Time: 2 hours, 6 minutes     Available in NTSC and PAL formats

This easy-to-use DVD is a must have for parents of children with language delays and for the professionals who support them. As a companion to the It Takes Two to Talk guidebook, this DVD provides a scientifically grounded, step-by-step approach to promoting a child’s early language development during everyday routines and activities. User-friendly menus provide quick access to real-life examples of parents using strategies that foster children’s communication.

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(Sussman, 1999)
ISBN: 0-921145-14-4, 424pp., Full-colour illustrations

This beautifully illustrated guidebook provides a step-by-step guide for parents of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and other social communication difficulties. Presented in a user friendly format, the book’s research-based strategies show parents how to turn everyday activities with their child into opportunities for interaction and communication. Also invaluable for SLP/Ts and other professionals who provide service to children with ASD and their families.

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Running Time: 5 hours      Available in NTSC and PAL Formats

This companion DVD to Hanen’s popular More Than Words Guidebook is an invaluable tool for both parents and professionals who support preschool children with social and communication challenges, such as autism spectrum disorder.  With real-life examples of children from 18 months to five years, this DVD allows the viewer to immediately apply the strategies within daily routines, play, book reading and music activities.  Also includes a special "Toddler" section.

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(Sussman, 2006)
ISBN: 0-921145-32-2, 208pp., Full-colour illustrations

Even after they have learned to talk, children ages 3-7 with Asperger syndrome, mild autism or social difficulties face special communication challenges. To have real “talkability”, children have to understand the meaning behind the words by tuning in to the thoughts and feelings of other people. TalkAbility offers a wealth of practical strategies that parents can build into their child's everyday life. These strategies help children gain both the social and special language abilities for sucessful conversations and friendships.

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(Second Edition, Weitzman & Greenberg, 2002)
ISBN: 0-921145-18-7, 398pp., Full-colour illustrations

This guidebook provides a comprehensive, easy to follow guide to creating an enriched and inclusive environment that fosters the social, language and literacy development of preschool children in child care settings. This is an outstanding resource with practical strategies for teachers, speech-language pathologists and other professionals who work with young children and who are responsible for creating learning environments that maximize children’s language, social and literacy skills.

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Running Time: 4 hours      Available in NTSC and PAL formats

This easy to use DVD demonstrates the vital role of preschool teachers in facilitating children’s social, language and literacy development. As a companion to the Learning Language and Loving It Guidebook, this DVD provides real life examples of teachers using strategies in play and daily activities to create enriched, interactive language-learning environments that include children who have special needs and language delays, who are second language learners, as well as those who are typically developing.

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(Manolson, Ward & Dodington, 1995)
ISBN: 0-921145-06-3, 90pp., Black & white and Full-colour illustrations

Parents of all young children will love this easy to read Guidebook. It provides a simple, step-by-step approach to improving parent-child interactions and creating language opportunities for all children, especially those who are at-risk. The simple language, colourful illustrations and humorous cartoons help make the book especially useful for parents who prefer simplified text and those whose first language is not English.

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Running Time: 1 hour, 56 minutes     Available in NTSC and PAL formats

With easy to follow narration and simple text, this DVD helps bring the You Make The Difference Guidebook to life by showing real parents as they use the 3A Approach – Allow Your Child to Lead, Adapt to Share the Moment and Add New Experiences and Words, during everyday parent and child interactions.Designed to support families of typically developing children (birth to five), this DVD provides families and community professionals with a fun and practical resource to help young children succeed.

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