The Link to Communication (TLC) strongly believes that parent involvement and education are vital components of the therapy process. Parents ultimately are the most influential people in the child’s life. Therefore, it is essential that they are provided with the necessary information and strategies to facilitate the development of their child’s communication skills. Parent education provides parents with practical techniques to maximize their child’s overall success. Following each therapy session, parents will continually be provided with new strategies and techniques to reinforce their child’s speech and language skills at home and beyond.  

PARENT PROGRAMS

“It Takes Two to Talk”
The Hanen Program for Parents is a ground-breaking 11 week program for parents of children with language delays. The program is based on the idea that because a child is part of a larger family system, involving parents is the best way to help children learn to communicate to the best of their abilities. Parents learn a number of practical strategies to foster their child’s communication skills and encourage language learning.  These strategies include: 

• How to become more sensitive to their child’s communication by observing, waiting, and listening
• How to follow their child’s lead and respond in ways that promote interaction and communication and establish a foundation for early conversations
• How to create and take advantage of everyday opportunities to help their child communicate and use language
• How to use language with their child in ways that improve the child’s ability to understand and express him or herself
• How to play with their child and use toys, books, music, and creative activities as opportunities to enhance communication

“Learning Language with TLC”
“Learning Language with TLC ” is a parent education workshop that provides parents with specific language modeling techniques and strategies to enhance their child’s overall communication skills.  Language techniques are designed for parent-child interactions as a means to establish the best language learning environments for their child.

Parent Resources