01/12/2026
Progress in speech therapy isn’t a straight line—it’s more like a winding path with big leaps, slower periods, plateaus, and even occasional setbacks. This is due to many factors such as fatigue, consistency, home practice, and complexity of motor learning or cognitive skills. A child may have mastered a skill one week and have difficult with it the next, and while this can be frustrating for everyone involved, this doesn’t mean therapy has failed.
Often, early stages of therapy involve consistent foundational work that is key to addressing specific goal areas (e.g., working on overall imitation skills, attention, and engagement before spoken language).
A few tips:
• celebrate what may seem to be ‘small’ wins
• be consistent — with attendance at sessions and practice at home
• don’t compare your child to others—each child is on their own journey and learns at their own pace
• trust the process 🤍 (however, if you have concerns, communicate with your SLP to ensure the treatment approach being used is appropriate and goals are being met—don’t be afraid to advocate for your child and find the best clinician for them).
