Practice between sessions.
Support skills at home.
Bee PRACTICE is being created to help families carry over therapy supported skills into everyday life with simple, parent friendly tools.
Choose → Model → Practice → Use → Reflect
Why Bee PRACTICE exists
Therapy can be incredibly helpful. But many families leave a session and still wonder what practice should look like at home.
Parents may be told to work on speech sounds, handwriting, feeding, movement, coping skills, behavior goals, social communication, or daily living routines, but real life is busy and overwhelming.
These tools will not replace therapy. They are designed to help families practice therapist supported skills in small, realistic ways between sessions.
Coming soon
Bee PRACTICE will include simple carryover tools for common therapy and support areas. Each section includes a trusted starting point for families who want to learn more.
Speech Practice
Simple home practice tools for speech sounds, requesting, describing, conversation practice, AAC use, and communication routines.
ASHA parent support →OT Practice
Fine motor, handwriting, sensory regulation, self care routines, body awareness, and daily function practice for home.
AOTA practice guidelines →PT Practice
Movement, strength, balance, coordination, stretching, motor planning, and body based activities for everyday routines.
APTA Pediatrics →Feeding Practice
Parent friendly supports for food exposure, mealtime routines, sensory exploration, and gentle feeding therapy carryover.
SOS Approach →Behavior Practice
Simple tools for replacement skills, communication practice, transition support, coping skills, and behavior goal carryover.
CDC parent training →Counseling Practice
Calm body skills, coping practice, feelings language, worry tools, emotional awareness, and reflection supports.
NCTSN family resources →Habilitation Practice
Daily living, hygiene, chores, safety, community skills, independence routines, and real life goal practice.
National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) →Home Practice Plans
Simple weekly plans that help parents choose one skill, one routine, one practice moment, and one way to track progress.
IRIS family collaboration →Therapy Notes to Home Steps
Tools that help turn therapy recommendations into plain language home practice steps families can actually use.
Working with therapists →The Bee PRACTICE flow
Home practice works best when it is small, clear, and connected to real life.
Choose one skill. Model it simply. Practice it with support. Use it in a real moment. Reflect on what helped and what needs to change.
What Bee PRACTICE will help with
Bee PRACTICE is being built for parents who want to support therapy goals, but need the steps to feel clear and doable.
Important note
These resources are designed to support home practice and help families carry over skills that are already being taught by a child’s care team.
Always follow your child’s individualized care plan and contact your child’s provider for concerns related to safety, swallowing, feeding, pain, injury, regression, mental health, or major behavior changes.
Related tools you can use now
While Bee PRACTICE is being built, these tools can support therapy carryover, routines, regulation, communication, and independence practice at home.
Bee PRACTICE FAQ
What is Bee PRACTICE?
Bee PRACTICE is the Accessible Hive pathway for therapy carryover and home practice. It helps families turn therapy supported goals into small, realistic practice moments at home.
Is Bee PRACTICE therapy?
No. Bee PRACTICE is not therapy and does not replace individualized care. It is a parent friendly support system for practicing skills between sessions.
Who is Bee PRACTICE for?
Bee PRACTICE is for parents and caregivers supporting children with speech, OT, PT, feeding, behavior, counseling, habilitation, or school based goals.
How is Bee PRACTICE different from Bee READY?
Bee READY focuses on routines, transitions, task initiation, planning, and executive functioning. Bee PRACTICE focuses on carrying over therapist supported skills at home between sessions.
How is Bee PRACTICE different from Bee INDEPENDENT?
Bee INDEPENDENT focuses on daily living skills and long term independence. Bee PRACTICE can support daily living too, but the main purpose is home carryover from therapy, habilitation, counseling, or professional goals.
Can I use Bee PRACTICE without a therapist?
You can use general visual supports and routine tools, but therapy specific skills should follow your child’s individualized plan. Bee PRACTICE is meant to support professional recommendations, not replace them.
What is the best way to start?
Choose one skill, one short practice time, and one real life routine. Practice for a few minutes, then notice what helped, what was too hard, and what support your child needed.
What if practice causes stress or refusal?
Make it smaller, easier, more visual, and more regulated. If practice consistently causes distress, stop and ask your child’s provider how to adjust the goal or approach.
Start with one small practice moment.
Choose one tool, one skill, and one real life routine to practice today.
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