More Than Words® Certification Workshop

Learning objectives 

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Describe the current research on prevalence, biology and diagnosis of children on the autism spectrum

• Describe current intervention approaches for children on the autism spectrum and how More Than Words integrates principles of best practice

• Select appropriate communication goals for individual children on the autism spectrum based on assessment of the child’s social and communication skills

• Apply principles of adult education to provide parents with the training, information and support they need to become their child’s primary communication facilitator

• Teach parents to apply communication facilitation strategies that are specifically adapted to the individual needs of their child flexibly and across contexts

• Assess recorded parent-child interactions and provide personalized coaching and feedback in order to facilitate parents’ application of program strategies within everyday interactions with their child

• Lead More Than Words – The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

You will need access to the More Than Words guidebook (Sussman, 2012) in order to attend this training. Please wait for email instruction from The Hanen Centre before purchasing the guidebook.