Hanen Parent Group Program
Our Parent Programme is designed to help you become the most powerful supporter of your child’s early communication, social, and literacy development. Whether your child has a language delay or disorder, needs help with social interaction, or is developing typically, our Hanen-based approach gives you the tools to support meaningful progress at home.
Grounded in decades of research, Hanen methods show that children learn best through enjoyable, natural interactions with the people they know and trust. With the right guidance, parents can use everyday routines, play, and conversations to build strong communication skills—and create real, lasting change.
I am a Hanen-trained speech and language therapists and deliver small-group parent programmes (in person or online), giving you practical strategies, demonstrations, and personalised coaching. The goal is simple: to help you become the confident, skilled communication partner your child needs—right in the moments that matter most.
Language Needs
As a parent, you’re a superhero for your child in many ways. But did you know that your powers include being an essential part of your child’s early language development?
Children learn to communicate best during enjoyable back-and-forth interactions with their caregivers. The more of these interactions you have with your child, and the longer they last, the more opportunities your child has to learn
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Autism
Like all children, there's so much that young autistic children can learn (and that we can learn from them!) when connecting and enjoying time together
As a parent, you’re in the best possible position to help your child learn new communication skills. You know your child better than anyone else – their special strengths, abilities and interests; their likes, dislikes and sensitivities – and you spend the most time with them in familiar and comfortable settings.
Language and literacy
.The road to language and literacy success begins with the most important adults in a young child’s life, their parents and early childhood educators. Early language and literacy are mutually reinforcing skills – when you build one, you also build the other.