Founded more than 45 years ago, The Hanen Centre is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization with a global reach. Our mission is to enable parents and professionals to transform their daily interactions with young children to build the best possible lifelong social, language and literacy skills.

Inspired by emerging research showing the positive impact parents can have on their child’s language development when they receive training and support, The Hanen Centre pioneered what’s now known as parent-implemented early language intervention. Since its inception, Hanen has developed a series of evidence-based training programs and resources for parents and early childhood educators. Our goal is to empower the important adults in a young child’s life to build the child’s best possible social, language and literacy skills in the context of enjoyable everyday interactions.