Significance of Having a Home Practice Program

Repetitions, training, exercises, homework, drills. These are all forms of practicing. Practice and doing repetition outside of structured sessions are the keys to developing a new habit or learning a skill. We’ve discussed the similarities between school, learning piano, and occupational therapy in the “Analogs” article. All three of these contexts take advantage of some form of a home program to maximize a child’s learning and promote progress in a timely matter.