FUNctional Language Facilitation Workshop
Marci is Coming to Chicago (Orland Park, IL)
May 31, 2025!
Location: MINI ACADEMY II, 9970 W. 151th St., ORLAND PARK IL 60462
A Personal Family Training Experience
Only ($290 USD per family)
Join us for a special, in-person COMMUNITY learning experience for parents, grandparents, and caregivers who believe...
Parents and caregivers are a child's FIRST and BEST language facilitators.
Have you struggled to help your late talker use FUNctional speech with everyone?
I help parents figure out what's blocking speech and facilitate neural plasticity!
This Workshop Equips and Empowers Everyday Language Facilitators
Here's 3 reasons why parents and caregivers of late talkers NEED this training!
1. Late Talkers are easily DISTRACTED and struggle to connect and FOCUS.
Families with late talkers face CHALLENGES at home and in the community.
Late talkers need the RIGHT language models to shift from communication behavior into FUNctional speech.
This workshop leaves you EMPOWERED to help your child.
Connection & Attention
You will learn to facilitate Connection and Attention, so you KNOW that your child is listening and learning from you.
Problem Solving
You will learn to facilitate Problem Solving to navigate challenges that you face while you guide your child's independence.
Pretend Play
You will learn how to use PLAY to teach MORE than just needs-based language and equip late talkers to USE FUNctional speech.
Secure Your Spot and Start Learning NOW*.
*Receive immediate access to 9 hours of ONLINE workshop content when you register.
Family Registration $290
One registration fee for your entire family to attend.
Limit 4 participants per family.
Attendees have the opportunity to schedule time with Marci on June 1st to answer personal questions, uncover blockages to speech, and provide customized strategies.
Personal Play Consultation $111
Arrange to meet with Marci for a 90-minute consultation.
What is included in the workshop?
Training begins ONLINE followed by a FUN in-person community learning experience.
Learn my PROVEN step-by-step process by 9 hours of ONLINE workshop content included with your registration.
SMART participants will access the online content NOW and start applying the EASY techniques TODAY.
You will EXPAND and PERFECT your OWN language facilitation strategies at the workshop.
Get ready to PLAY! This UNIQUE experience is designed to help you break out of comfort zone habits and facilitate the language YOUR child needs to learn NOW.
A combination of training and practice in a community, play-based experience.
5 Hour Workshop from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
You’ll Elevate Your Skills with these FUNctional Activities.
UNDERSTAND and work WITH "red flag" signs.
GENERATE dozens of FUNctional ACTIVITY ideas.
PROBLEM-SOLVE challenging communication behavior.
NAVIGATE the community and SOCIAL SITUATIONS.
EVOLVE your child's communication from behaviors into FUNctional SPEECH that everyone can understand.
Marci Melzer, M.Ed.-SLP has helped thousands of families worldwide overcome blockages to speech and facilitate FUNctional language at HOME.
Marci's books will be available for DISCOUNT PURCHASE at the workshop event.
Marci's workbook was created to as the tool for plan creation and documentation of your progress.
Examples and demonstrations of how to use this valuable tool are included in the workshop.
Marci's books will be available for purchase at a discount during the workshop.
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE LANGUAGE FACILITATORS!
Schools and Therapy Centers are Overwhelmed by the Number of Late Talkers!
Every day, more and more children are being identified as NOT school ready AND waitlists for speech and occupational therapy are GROWING.
I've structured everything to help YOU figure out how to do the work every day and record your progress consistently.
HOMESCHOOL is so much easier with a late talker when you incorporate your FUNctional language facilitation plan.
If sending your child to school is your goal, this structured process can help you prepare them to meet the expectations of classroom learning.
You ALWAYS have the option to become your child's facilitator.
"I have been consciously NOT prompting and he is beginning to talk!!!!
Thank you so much. Wow, it works!!!!!!
Beatrice Light
Grandparent and caregiver
Beatrice L. Grandparent and Caregiver
Language Facilitators help late talkers share their wisdom with the world.
Here's what parents are saying about Marci's training.
"Marci is exceptionally great coach for people in dire need who can only dream to see their kids talking and listening.
Her techniques are so unique yet simple to understand.
Her strategy of empowering parents is such a great point all the therapists need to understand."
Bhupinder K. - USA
"With a lot of intuition, empathy and practical viewpoints her process is naturally tailor-made for every kid specially.
She is very good listener and takes every small point from the parents with respect and gives due consideration.
Marci helps in more of behavior changes in the kids which translates into a calmer and happier kid.
Then speech output definitely improves, and all are happy, no crying, no tantrums.
I definitely recommend her."
Dr. Deepthi - Developmental Pediatrician Hyderabad, India
"Wow!! You are fantastic!
How refreshing it is to have someone provide such a comprehensive outline of self-assessment information.
And I love the holistic and “alternative” recommendations. Top notch and sooo helpful. Thank you!
I love how child focused these strategies are!
You are teaching respect and taking a lot of the ego out of being a parent!
Love these strategies."
Kerrie R. - UK
Learn from parents who have done it!
Hayley and her family will be joining us for training in NSW Australia.
Hayley helped her son get READY for his Kindy Trial in Central Coast, AU.
When Hayley's late talker Charlie was turned away from the private school where her daughter attends (because of his behavior) she had no choice but to turn to the public school system.
After standardized assessments, it was determined that Charlie was NOT ready to attend regular education, and he would need to be diagnosed with ASD and placed into a specialized class.
Hayley doesn't believe that Charlie has ASD because he suffered from chronic glue ear and couldn't even hear properly until he was 5.5 years old. So, she enrolled him in a Kindy TEST program to see if she could help him get ready for REGULAR education in time.
Hayley got SERIOUS and created a plan to prove that Charlie is learning FUNctional language every day and that he NEEDS to be around other children who speak BETTER so he can catch up.
30 days later, Charlie was a ROCK STAR at the Kindy readiness test program. He followed directions, shared his wants and needs, and overcame challenges.
READY TO figure this out?
Facilitate the SHIFT from Communication Behavior to FUNctional speech.
Come join Marci for her one-of-a-kind workshop experience.
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