It Takes Two to Talk - Forum

ITTT Chapter 5: Use Routines to SPARK an Interaction

Miss Amy — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:03:13 +0000

This chapter introduces the S.P.A.R.K. strategy, which will be applied to various contexts in the following chapters. The first handout for this chapter is a strategy reminder that includes all the strategies covered in previous chapters...

Strategy-Reminder.pdf

ITTT Chapter 4: Take Turns to Keep the Interaction Going

Miss Amy — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:08:25 +0000

This chapter talks a lot about asking questions since that's something we adults tend to do when talking to children. This is the chapter that helped me realize how asking too many questions can actually stop a conversation.

Here's a video for chapter 4.

Here's "the mountain of questions" handout that goes with this chapter...

Session-3-Mountain-of-Questions.pdf

ITTT Chapter 3: Follow Your Child's Lead

Miss Amy — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:39:27 +0000

While chapter 2 covered "letting" your child lead, this chapter talks about "following" your child's lead. It helps you use the OWL strategy with more flexibility on your part so your child can focus on communication, instead of compliance. The handout for this chapter helps you break down all the pieces so that you can better follow your child's lead as they play.

Here's a video for Chapter 3.

Session-2-Home-Plan.pdf

ITTT Chapter 9: Make the Most of Music

Miss Amy — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:28:22 +0000

This chapter explains how to apply the ROCK and 4Ss strategies to songs.

In my experience the most helpful part is on page 323 where it talks about making up songs just for your kids. I find that kids often like when you change a word/phrase in a familiar song to fit them (with the exception of some kids who insist on the routine and sameness of the songs).

Looking at the session handouts there actually aren't any for this chapter! It's a great example of why I now prefer the books over the actual programs since they've stopped including parts of the book!

ITTT Chapter 1: Learn More About Your Child's Communication

Miss Amy — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:14:59 +0000

I think the most important part of this chapter is the Stage of Communication Development Checklist. It's a great way to see where a child is communicating (with and without words) and then see the next steps in the goal chart at the end of page 14.

I also found this video that goes over Chapter 1.

My-Childs-Stage-of-Comm-Dev-Checklist.pdf

ITTT Chapter 2: Let Your Child Lead

Miss Amy — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:12:51 +0000

The biggest takeaway from this chapter is the O.W.L. strategy, which encourages us all to get at a child's eye-level then stay quiet while we Observe what they're doing and say a word that matches that. Then we Wait for about 10 seconds to see how the child will respond and Listen with our eyes as well as our ears to then repeat the process.

The first time I read this I found that I was a "Tester" and was shocked to learn how that can get in the way of a child's communication. It took me a while to get to the "Tuned-In" role that I'm at today, though I still slip back into a "Tester" on some days.

I love pages 29-31 since they give a lot of ideas of ways to wait.

Here's a video that goes over chapter 2.

Session-1-Home-Plan-OWL.pdf