Some speech disorders begin in childhood and improve with age, while others continue into adulthood and require long-term therapy and maintenance. interact with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, or ongoing events to stimulate language development. The therapist may model correct vocabulary and grammar, and use repetition exercises to build language skills.

Parents are key to the success of a child's progress in speech or language therapy. Kids who finish the program quickest and with the longest-lasting results are those whose parents were involved may show how to move the tongue to make specific sounds with a child by playing and talking, using pictures, books, objects, or ongoing events to stimulate language development.