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What does it mean?
The speaker celebrates his brother saying hello as a sign of progress in speech therapy.
In plain terms
My brother speaking a word is a big success for therapy.
What can you take from it?
Small steps are worth celebrating.

Where it applies

  • family life
  • therapy

Putting it to work

  • celebrate small wins
  • support others

Questions to consider

  • What is progress?
  • How do you celebrate?

Another view

It reduces therapy to a single word.

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