Learning language and loving it- The Hanen Program© – Educator Upskilling
Program description
Learning Language and Loving It™—The Hanen Program® provides a step-by-step approach to promoting children’s social, language and literacy development during everyday activities in early childhood settings. You will learn to create enriched interactive language-learning environments that include children with special needs, children who are second language learners and children who are typically developing.
The program provides:
- Child-oriented strategies that encourage children to initiate, and helps you attune to their interests and follow their lead.
- Interaction-promoting strategies that encourage extended back-and-forth individual and group conversations between adults and children.
- Language-modelling strategies that develop children’s language skills by providing developmentally appropriate language that expands what children say, adds new vocabulary and promotes decontextualised (or abstract) language.
How the program is delivered
The program is delivered in-person over 10 x 2-hour group training sessions (20 hours in total), plus 4 x 1-hour individual online video coaching sessions (educators’ interactions with children are recorded by and reviewed with the consultant and group leader).
The program includes guidebooks, Learning Language and Loving It: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Social, Language, and Literacy Development in Early Childhood Settings (Weitzman and Greenberg, 2002).
Expected outcomes for this program are:
• understanding of language and communication development in early childhood
• ability to implement strategies for promoting language development
• integration of play based learning to enhance communication
• ability to implement strategies for promoting literacy and/or numeracy development
To find out more: https://www.hanen.org/programs/learning-language-and-loving-it
Cost
The program is delivered for $4,650 per group (maximum of 5 per group).
If the program is delivered in-person, additional travel charges will apply.
Contact us for more information:
08 82345219 (option1)
