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By Mayo Clinic staffYou and your family can work with your child at home to improve his or her speech and language skills. Home practice, in addition to your child's speech therapy sessions, may help your child's progress.
Encourage and support your child as he or she practices speech and language skills. Your support can help your child feel that he or she is doing well and improving in his or her communication skills.
If your child is participating in physical or occupational therapy, as well as speech therapy, schedule different types of therapy at various times so that your child doesn't become too tired from therapy.
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