The Hanen Program® for Parents of Autistic Children or Children Who May Benefit from Social Communication Support
Parents of young autistic children
In-person
Online
Practicing on a computer prepares you for the real exam’s 3-5 day result turnaround (vs. 13 days for paper). The Bad (Cons) 1. No Annotations on Reading On paper, you underline keywords. On a computer, you have to highlight text using a clunky mouse-click tool. It’s slower and less intuitive. You also can’t write notes in the margins. For complex True/False/Not Given questions, this is a real handicap.
Staring at a monitor for 2 hours 45 minutes while reading long academic passages is tiring. Many users report making careless mistakes in the last 10 minutes of the Reading section simply due to digital fatigue.
If you type slowly or make many typos, your Writing score will suffer regardless of your English. You have to practice typing coherent, structured essays under time pressure—a skill separate from English fluency.
The first step is to find a Hanen SLP who is certified to offer More Than Words. The SLP may offer the program in-person or online, or they may use the program content in their day-to-day individual clinical work with parents and children.