In September 2025 a new program More than Words will start. The program will be given online on Monday evenings from 19.30 till 22.00. The 4 house visits will be at your home.
7 groupsessions ONLINE,
The dates are: 08-09 / 15-09 / 20-10 / 27-10 / 24-11 / 1-12 in 2025 and 5-01-2026 (19.30 – 22.00)
Global Information about the program:
The Hanen Parentprogram is an evidence based very practical Therapyprogram. It is being run worldwide by Speech- and Language Therapists (SLT). It is developed about 40 year ago in Canada (www.hanen.org), meant for parents of young children facing issues in their speech- and language development and/or social communication and play skills.
The Hanen Parentprogram More than Words at Kinderlogopedie Amsterdam
• ‘More Than Words’, (MTW) for parents of young children that have difficulties in social communication, connecting in interaction, and play skills, and have hardly developed any, if at all, receptive- and expressive language.
Structure of the Hanen Parent program
• 7 online groupmeetings/eveningclasses (19.30-22.00) during 3,5-4 months (2 evenings per month). The participants are a group of parents of about 8 children with alike developmental problems. The online teaching sessions consist of Hanen Parentprogram powerpoints with a lot of video examples to clarify the communication techniques to be taught and learnt. The children themselves do not participate in the online sessions.
• 4 homevisits during daytime for videocoaching. The SLT visits each participating family individually. During the homevisits parents get the opportunity to practice the communication techniques and -strategies they have been learning during the online group meetings, this time in interaction with their child. For example during play or during daily routines. The interaction between parent(s) and child is videotaped by the SLT and the footage will be watched and analysed immediately afterwards by the SLT together with the parent(s). Video fragments of each family in an successful interaction with their child will be shared during the group sessions by the course leader. A very inspirational way of learning together, with and from each other.
Content of the program: What do you and your child learn?
During the Hanen parentprogram parents learn different communication techniques and -strategies, for example how and why to:
• communicate with their child at eyelevel, face to face;
• follow the play or activity of their child (Observe, Wait, Listen);
• imitate their child;
• interprete their child;
. how and when add nonverbal signs and words to their child’s and their own actvities in interaction during daily routines and play
• put emphasis on words;
• speak in a lower pace;
• expand the sentences and language understanding of their child;
• turn play and daily routines in fun language learning activities.
Parents can use those communication techniques and -strategies during daily routines in daily life to help their child:
• understand communication and interaction;
. show shared pleasure and shared and extended attention
• starting to be aware of mutual interaction, be aware of communication, speech- and language ;
• imitate and understand nonverbal signs and language;
• use nonverbal signs;
• use verbal language
• take turns, answer questions;
• play functional with toys, play together
At Kinderlogopedie Amsterdam Annelies Hes runs the Hanen Parentprogram More Than Words. The groupsessions she runs online, the videocoachings she does at the home of the families.
She will talk with you during the the first homevisit/intake, observe your child and advise you which program suits your child and you best. If it happens to be the ITTT program, she will refer you to colleagues in different practices running this program.
Payment: The Hanen Parentprograms are paid for by the Health Insurance Companies.
Referral Letter: If a family would like to participate the speech therapist needs a referral letter from the GP or the youth doctor of the GGD. The referral should mention: ‘xx (name of the child) and social communication-, in connecting in interaction, and in play skills.
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