Try not to let your own worry show, kids are intuitive and if he picks up on the worry you have for him, that might add to the pressure on him to be fluent. I would suggest that you, and any other adults that have regular contact with him do the following. I’m sure you’re probably doing all these things already, but a reminder won’t hurt :-) 1. When he speaks give him your undivided attention, make eye contact and give him a caring expression without overdoing it. 2. Give him time to speak, if it takes him 20 seconds to get a word out, that’s fine! Just wait patiently, there’s no reason to rush him unless someone’s in danger. You also don’t necessarily need to offer advice when he’s mid-sentence either, that can sometimes be counter productive and the aim is to shift the focus from how he’s saying something onto what he’s actually saying. 3. Work on your listening skills. When he speaks, it doesn’t matter how banal, childless or irrelevant the content. Listen intently to what he’s saying and think what an appropriate, reinforcing response could be (aka Active Listening). Make him understand that what he’s saying is important and HE is important. 4. If you live in a talkative household, it can sometimes be hard for someone with a stutter to find the time, and frankly the nerve, to speak up. So at the dinner table or other social occasions, remember to leave periods of silence when he can pipe up if he wants to.