Almost 3 yr old screamer

[Borntobeamum]

He has delayed speech and therefor very frustrated.
If he can't have his way, he screams SO loud.
I'm at a loss as to how to deal with him.
I've tried removal, time out etc.
How do you all deal with a child like this please?

My friends DS is 3 and he also has delayed speech...I care for him a lot. When he screams it's usually because he's annoyed or over stimulated by his activity.

I stop the activity immediately and put him onto something else. It IS wearing though.

Is he seeing a speech therapist? How limited is his speech? Do you know any baby sign language? Perhaps some ability to sign and/or use of PECS cards could limit the amount of frustration for him.

Make sure the scream doesn't change anything at all, make sure it doesn't gain him anything.

Oh dear, I would have a completely different strategy. It's not his fault if he can't express himself and I would never put a child in time out or remove him because he has a speech delay and can't express his needs. My own son had a severe speech delay and I would not have approved if a carer /childminder would have used any of the methods mentioned above.

Sit down with the parents and work out a proper plan, speak to your community support if need be. There are lots of tools that you can use to support him. If he is frustrated calmly ask him to show you/point at what he wants. Learn sign language (Makaton) and use it with him to help him communicate. The charity Talking POint is a good place to start, and you can make a picture board with things like a cup, food, toys to help his express his needs by pointing at the image. Some children with speech delay have other development problems so it's impoirtant to monitor that also.

One thing that did help my son was to have a black out tent with various glow in the dark toys and a torch. He didn't like loud noises and often tried to isolate himself because he was easily over-stimulated and the tent gave him a special place to hide and feel safe.

Please don't punish a child because he can't express himself.

Blueberrry I didn;t say that I did anything bad...the boy I care for can grt overstimulated doing certain things...so I remove the activity and offer a different one. Why wouldn't you approve of that?

Sorry Neo comment was for OP!