Speech delay in 5 year old

Hi moms, i am looking for some pointers/advices regarding speech delays in 5 year old boy. Its for one of my friends son who doesnt talk much, he does say a few words and hums music. My friend is getting a speech therapy, but its going a bit slow.

Is there any mom who went through this phase with their kids or know someone who had same issue and what were the steps they took to help their kids to be able to speak well.

Thank you very much in advance.

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Is the boy autistic? My 5 year old has been in speech for 3 years and it hasn’t done much. I’ve just accepted it for what it is and have decided to meet him where he’s at by shifting gears and helping him learn other ways to communicate so he’s currently learning to use an AAC device.

Repetition, play songs, and read read read! Visuals and sign language are good too.

My daughter was preverbal when she started school. She had weekly speech therapy and 15 minutes intervention per day with the TA. Things like blowing bubbles and exercising the mouth muscles.

Autistic analysis jas been done, and the doc has said its do to with Global Development Delay.

I will pass on the AAC device info to her. Thank you 🙂 for sharing this with me. I am sure your son will find his own rhythm in this world and guess your support is all what he needs!

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