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Helping You Help Children Communicate

Make the most of everyday moments to build children’s early language, social and literacy skills.

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The Hanen Centre supports all the important adults in a young child’s life to turn everyday interactions into motivating, powerful opportunities to build children’s communication skills.

For professionals

Workshops

Enrich your early language intervention services by engaging and coaching the most important adults in children’s lives. Our workshops show you how to use principles of adult learning to support and coach parents to use research-based, responsive interaction strategies during their everyday interactions with their child. In so doing, they make early intervention a natural, ongoing and enjoyable process.

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From an SLP who attended a Hanen Workshop…

“…the ideas for how to teach parents and empower families are just what I was missing. And the organization of the materials and progression of topics will help me deliver the strategies in bite-sized pieces. Looking forward to transforming from ‘Magic SLP who does the things’ to ‘Family support person.’”

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From a parent who attended an It Takes Two to Talk® Program…

“The It Takes Two to Talk® program has given life a whole new meaning – it’s brighter, happier, less confusing/frustrating. We have learned new and wonderful ways to communicate with our daughter and she with us.”

For PARENTS

Programs

Your child’s best communication learning happens while connecting and having fun with you every day. If you’re concerned about your child’s communication, we have research-based programs and resources that fit into your daily life and help you maximize your child’s opportunities to learn important early language and social skills.

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What’s New

Browse the latest news and research-based articles on early language, literacy and social skills development.

Leapin’ Language! Exploring the Link Between Communication Development and Physical Activity

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Leapin’ Language! Exploring the Link Between Communication Development and Physical Activity

August 12, 2026

Did you know that running, climbing and swinging can help build your child’s communication skills? Discover what new research says about the link between physical activity and language development and how you can support your child’s communication while playing outdoors.

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Four Common Myths About Early Literacy

Don’t let these four common myths about early literacy get in the way of preparing your child for literacy success. Find out what the research really says abut how you can best support your child’s learning.

Supporting parents and professionals since
1977
Over
150000
professionals trained
Members trained in over
100
countries
Resources translated into
22
languages
Over
4500
workshops offered
Referenced in over
75
research studies

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PARENTS

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Are you a parent who’s concerned about your child’s communication development? Find a Hanen SLP in your area who can offer you a Hanen program or use the Hanen approach during individual sessions to help your child communicate.

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