...because you have a voice.
Outside Resources for Parents
Together From The Start- HRC
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Come join our parent training classes facilitated by HRC therapists and specialists who are knowledgeable in infant and toddler development. These classes are informative and educational for the parent while offering the child a chance to interact socially with other children. You’ll meet other parents to share information and experiences with and have the opportunity to check out books and videos from our Harbor Family Resource Centers and toys from the Toy Lending Library.
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Register for classes by emailing Hilda Bracamontes-Colon, Bilingual Early Childhood Specialist
Hilda.Bracamontes-colon@harborrc.org / Kathie Sarles Kathie.Sarles@harborrc.org
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LOCATIONS
Harbor Regional Center
21231 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance 90503
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HRC Long Beach Training Center
1155 San Antonio Drive, Long Beach 90807
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Meaningful Speech
Their website is for anyone and everyone who is involved in supporting kids on their language development journey. It is their mission to educate you on gestalt language development and delayed echolalia.
Did you know there are TWO ways to develop language? Children who communicate with delayed echolalia (often called scripting) are gestalt language processors, not analytic ("typical") language processors. Their language development is a bit different and requires different language support. Both types of language development have the same final destination, though - flexible, original language!
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Teach Me To Talk!
​Laura Mize is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who specializes in treating young children, ages birth to three, with communication delays and disorders.
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ZERO TO THREE
To ensure that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. At ZERO TO THREE, we envision a society that has the knowledge and will to support all infants and toddlers in reaching their full potential.
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Parents Helping Parents
Early Start is the California program responsible for ensuring that early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families are provided statewide in a coordinated and family-centered system.
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Parents Helping Parents
Parents Helping Parents is here to give YOU support, resources, and information about raising your child of any age with any disability or special needs diagnosis.
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Wee Talkers: Blog
Wee Talkers teaches parents how to support language development at home, from day one. They are all about quick and easy tips & simple strategies that fit into everyday moments and routines. The things they teach are doable, but make a big impact.
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Sesame Workshop
Visit Sesame Workshop for more information:
https://sesameworkshop.org/
Sesame streets are the nonprofit behind Sesame Street and so much more — a community built on diversity, equity, and inclusion, where creators, educators, partners, and beloved characters come together to help kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder.
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Khan Academy Kids
Their program engages kids in core subjects like early literacy, reading, writing, language, and math, while encouraging creativity and building social-emotional skills.
Visit Khan Academy kids for more information:
https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/
