Overview

You Make The Difference was designed to support parents of typically developing children, birth to 5 years who would like to learn more about fostering and enriching their child’s early language, social and literacy development during positive everyday interactions. It can also provide support to vulnerable families whose children’s learning may be at risk due to environmental and / or societal challenges. For those parents who have limited communication skills or who may feel isolated and have limited social networks, You Make the Difference helps parents connect with other families and resources in their community.

You Make The Difference is used widely by a variety of Family Support Professionals, including:

• Infant Development Specialists
• Infant Mental Health specialists
• Social workers
• Parent educators
• Resource teachers
• Early literacy specialists
• Adult Basic Educators (ABEs)
• Professionals in Early Learning/Readiness Programs

You Make The Difference Workshops enable Family Support Professionals to:

help parents develop better parenting skills provide parents with support from other parents in the group link parents with other community services that they need  For more information on the You Make the Difference Program, please download the brochure.

For children who have been identified as having a language delay and would benefit from intervention, see the following Hanen Parent Programs:

It Takes Two to Talk – The Hanen Program for Parents
Target Word – The Hanen Program for Parents of Children who are Late Talkers
More Than Words – The Hanen Program for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder