11/11/2025
How do you know that your child is ready for speech graduation?
⭐️Signs of generalization: Skills are used across environments (school, home, community). Teachers, friends, and family may notice a difference in speech and language!
⭐️Self-correcting errors: A child working on articulation/language goals may fix their own speech errors in conversation without reminders from family or caregivers.
⭐️Increased independence: A child no longer relies on
language models to exhibit goal areas. For example, the child may spontaneously ask “I need help” instead of waiting for a language model.
⭐️Confidence: When a child achieves their goals, it can result in a new found confidence. This may be seen as interacting with peers more, novel self-advocacy skills, or talking more.
As always, talk to your speech therapist when discussing graduation from therapy! Every child is different and progresses at different rates. Progress over perfection!
