I came across the Agents of Speech YouTube channel while searching for ways to help my child communicate better. And I am SO GLAD I did!

After watching a lot of Ming’s YouTube videos, and going through the amazing free courses that they offer, I realized that I had discovered something very amazing!

We enrolled for the Lets Talk More course as my child needed help with combining words and making sentences. It was an 8 weeks program, with well defined goals and criteria for each week. The amazing thing is that we were allowed to proceed at our own pace.

Ming and his team did an amazing job at designing this course. The whole team has been very accommodating; we took a long break and moved across countries and were seamlessly able to resume the program from where we left. 

Joanne, our Mentor was amazing all through the duration of the course. She provided detailed feedback for every video that we shared, and always suggested activities based on my child’s interests and needs. It was amazing to witness how she, in such a short time, knew what my child liked and what was best for him!

The little things that we learn as parent, along the way, are invaluable and not restricted for use for this particular program. If we learn from our experience, we can help our child in many ways, even outside the 15 minutes of structured task. There is no limit! It is amazing to see how spending 10-15 mins a day on a structured activity could transform the way your child communicates.

Being an active participant in your child’s therapy is amazing, because you are witnessing their progress, understanding their strengths and weaknesses, while working on yours, and learning so many ways to help them outside of the daily tasks. And of course, seeing them achieve weekly milestones is the cherry on the top! Sometimes you have all the resources and knowledge at hand, and all you need is a mentor who helps you apply the knowledge and guides you through the journey of helping your child, and this is exactly what you can expect to get on this platform.

When you are part of the course, you also get access to videos from other parents, which is so amazing, because of several reasons; you know you are not alone, you can learn a lot from seeing how other parents and children are doing.

I would also like to mention that we were living in Korea at the time we started the LTM course, and English wasn’t the primary language for communication, education, or therapy services. So we were lucky that we found this course because it was very accessible, effective, and easy on our pockets, unlike other available options.

And I want to highlight that we moved to US three months ago, and while we don’t have language barriers anymore, our opinions haven’t changed, and AOS is still our top preference and we are definitely going to proceed with the subsequent courses and I am absolutely excited for my child to learn from the best :) Kudos to the amazing AOS team who are helping so many families in so many ways!

I hope my testimonial helps other parents who are on the fence about joining the program. I would say jump right in!! You won’t regret!

I chose Agents of Speech after taking the courses and watching the YouTube videos. Ming really helped me understand how to start speech therapy at home with my 2 year old daughter and how to play with her so that I could maximise giving her as much language as possible. Ming assessed my daughter's language after I sent a few videos based on tasks he asked me to complete. The exercises were even helpful for me to watch myself back and improve some of my techniques. Ming was able to tell me that my daughter was meeting her speech milestone and gave me some strategies to help her grow and improve.

I was also really lucky to spend some 1-1 time with Ming to discuss some next steps for my daughter which was really insightful and helpful. Ming is really knowledgeable about SLP in different countries. He was honest and kind in his feedback and empowered me to better support my daughter at home. I have implemented these strategies into our everyday and even in a short time, I can see the difference it is making. It can be frustrating at times and so having the support of Ming and the community is so reassuring.

Agents of Speech is a wonderful community and I'm so glad to have found it when I did. Thank you so much Ming for being a great source of knowledge and a sounding board. The work you do is truly meaningful!

I chose Agent of Speech because I wanted to learn some things that I can do to help my child at home. I have watched many videos of Ming on how to help children with speech delays and I have tried using some of the techniques. So I thought it may be a good idea to let Ming to look at my son’s speech.

 I worried about my child’s speech development as my child only uses phrases to request for things and he likes to repeat lines from videos. It is helpful to find that my child is at 2-3 word phrase stage and that I need to do more subject-verb practice with him. Also Ming reminded that I need to give negative feedback if my child couldn’t complete the task as instructed.

I found AOS by watching Ming's YouTube videos. His techniques are easy to understand and implement. I have a 17-month-old boy who has some behavioral problems. Ming pointed out several strategies that I can try with my son to help him learn how to regulate himself better. He also gave me some tips on my son's feeding issues, which I will definitely try. I highly recommend AOS to any parents concerned about developmental issues with their child.

-We decided to use AOS because of our non-speaking son's communication problems.

-we are concerned about obsessive behavior - repeating the same questions, so that he grabs our face and wants us to read his desire from his eyes, 1000x/day, even at night

-The advice on how to manage early morning awakenings helped us

I want to see my 11 year old daughter improve in her speech and after speaking to Ming I was convinced that this is the best route. Based on his video feedback of the assessment videos sent as requested, Ming was the first person who gave me the honest truth. I appreciate when people are honest. Even if it's the hard truth- we need to hear it as parents.

Ming did explain what the issue was with my child and how we can work around it. I am absolutely motivated to get my child the help she needs and with the guidance from Ming and his team I am sure we will achieve it. It’s been more than a month that we are on this journey and Joanne has been guiding me at every step and helping me know where I am going wrong as a parent in helping my child to progress which is excellent as I believe with the right guidance my child will progress.

These online assessments are very helpful as it gives us parents an insight to where we are missing out on minor details and how to improve it. I would recommend doing this online assessment as Ming is able to detect minute details which I have missed out as a parent and earlier therapists too. If we are committed to get the best for our kids with Ming’s guidance along with his team I am sure we will see progress.

I was introduced to AOS by another mother, I first learnt various strategies via the free courses in the AOS community classroom, short videos, very concise and packed with information. When I learnt that Ming has opened up an online assessment, I immediately booked one for my child. I sent Ming some videos as requested and Ming then sent me some feedbacks and also during the call, he kindly offered his expert guidance tailored to my child.

One thing about Ming that I particularly like is that he is very straightforward, concise and gave me some actionable point to do at home. There’s no beating around the bush and all explained in a very clear manner, so as a busy parent I do appreciate this from Ming, I personally find Ming’s online assessment super helpful and I can see some improvement in my child after implementing some tips and strategies that he shared. All in all, highly recommended!

Hey. This talk to me program started off really well. We had an amazing coach called Wilbert who with his support and training we felt very optimistic about the program and progress of our non verbal child. However at about 3 months into the course our coach left and our rhythm halted majorly. Our progress stumbled and the momentum we had built slowly disrupted and all progress and engagement was lost. Our enthusiasm slowly dissappeared as we no longer recieved the same level of coaching again. Overall. The first 3 months was amazing. The last 3 were really poor. Thanks for trying.

I am deeply grateful to Ming and the AOS team for providing truly life-changing support to parents like me. When my 1.5-year-old daughter began showing speech delays, unresponsiveness to her name, and hand-pulling behaviors, I took immediate action—eliminating screen time, adjusting her diet, engaging in interactive play, and immersing her in nature. While these efforts helped, her challenges remained. To make matters more difficult, living in a foreign country meant struggling to find proper support.

I searched desperately online for solutions—until I discovered Ming’s YouTube channel. Finding AOS was nothing short of a revelation. Suddenly, I realized we weren’t alone. The resources provided didn’t just offer guidance—they completely reshaped my understanding of what real support looks like.

In September 2023 (when my daughter was 2 years and 3 months), we began with the free micro-course, then progressed to Zero to Words. The results were great. Within weeks, she mastered gross and fine motor imitation, then progressed to mouth shapes and vowel sounds.

Next came Word Combiners (another free course), which improved her speech development. It wasn't easy—we had good days and tough days. But whenever doubts crept in, I’d return to the Skool community for fresh ideas and renewed motivation to keep going.

Ready for the next step, we enrolled in the Tell Me Why (TMW) paid course in October, with the great coach Joanne. Over five months, my daughter improved—not just in speech, but in her overall behavior. Though she faced initial struggles, Joanne’s expert guidance and strategies helped her thrive.
 
The main thing I learned from this course: While the free courses are great, having an expert review your progress and provide personalized support is transformative. I need to add that the monthly calls with Ming provided invaluable support, answering my questions. I also made sure to read Ming’s emails, which opened my eyes to details I had overlooked. One email, in particular, inspired me to reevaluate our entire environment and prioritize what was best for my daughter. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, AOS, for building this incredible support system that’s changing lives every day."

I’d like to thank AOS. Because of TMW, every time I ask my son, “why”, he automatically says “because” and think of more words to say to answer the question. Before, when asked why, he will just stare at me. We have progressed a lot but there’s still more work to do. Thanks for the guidance especially to ms. Joanne who has been very patient in teaching me how to teach my son. I believe with faith, hard work and a great coaching team my son will have big leaps in his speech and language development. Thus we decided to join the annual coaching program. ❤️

AoS is a light in the dark. When I discovered Ming’s videos on YouTube, I had pretty much exhausted every resource I could find on speech and language delays. I spent countless hours researching and analysing everything through the lens of my two and a half year old daughter's behavior and interactions. I became consumed by the need to figure out what was "wrong" and how to fix it.

Sadly, I was also plagued by guilt—wondering if it was somehow all my fault. Things really shifted when the speech therapist at my daughter’s daycare told us he couldn’t help her unless her only issue was pronunciation. That moment hit hard—but I knew enough by then to realise he was wrong. And that’s when I realised that if we wanted to help our daughter, we’d have to do it ourselves.

This is when I really dove into Ming’s YouTube channel. It felt like no matter what I was wondering about, there was already a video answering it. For the first time, I didn’t feel so alone. There were other families going through the same thing.

When I watched the video about whether a child’s delay is the parent’s fault, I felt like I could finally let go of the guilt and focus on what really mattered—not why my daughter had a delay, but what I was going to do about it. I joined the AoS community and started with the free courses. Then I joined the Supermom Program, which gave me an even deeper understanding of how to bring AoS strategies into our everyday life. I passed this knowledge on to my husband and our daughter’s grandparents, so we could all support her consistently.

 Eventually, I enrolled in the Tell Me Why program, and that was a game-changer. It’s not a walk in the park—it requires consistency—but once you commit and build it into your daily rhythm, you start witnessing progress in real time. Thanks to the program and our wonderful coach, Joanne, I’ve learned how to support my daughter’s language development with grace and patience.

When we joined AoS, my daughter was nearly three. She struggled to form sentences, displayed echolalia, and had difficulty engaging with peers. Answering questions was hard for her, and she almost never asked any. Today, just a year and a half later, she’s nearly four and a half—speaking in full, flexible sentences, asking and answering questions, interacting joyfully with peers, and no longer showing signs of echolalia.

And she does all of this not only in English, but in Danish too, her second language. There was a time where it was hard to imagine having a conversation with her. Now, I almost forgot how that felt. We talk every day—and I finally get to hear all the beautiful, interesting things she’s been carrying inside her mind all along. Every child is different, but I truly believe AoS gives you the tools to help your child move forward from wherever they are. Thank you, Ming, Joanne, and the entire AoS team. You have changed our lives.

My boy was 3.5 yo when we became certain he was speech delayed. I combed through videos in youtube and watched Ming, a no nonsense speech therapist giving advise and from there I found Agents of Speech. From their free videos alone, the teachings which I implemented into how we communicated with our boy, have helped tremendously. He went from speaking short phrases to short sentences.

Because AOS then did not have a program for children speaking in sentences, we hired another speech language therapist to work with us. Speech therapy here (in NZ) is expensive and they are mostly play based and child led. I felt we did not progress much as there were no goals to work on and no clear direction to take. Once AOS offered a program suitable for our boy (Tell me Why) I enrolled him right away.

We worked with our coach Joanne and my boy’s progress has been amazing. He could not sit still on the first few videos and on his last week on the program, he was sitting nicely, answering questions and we even played a board game as a family. It was not a walk in the park though for my boy and for us mum and dad. It was consistency and hard work every night and implementing what we have learned in everyday conversations.

My boy is now talking a lot more, making friends and thriving in primary school. I am not sure if it was AOS or him being in Primary that has made the most impact but I reckon it is both. I think my boy has more confidence talking to his teacher and peers because both him and us parents did the hard work getting him ready. Also, I believe getting him to sit down for longer periods of time with the talking exercises at home also prepared him for what is expected of him in primary school. My boy still has a long way to go.

Coach Joanne, with her feedback, tips and strategies also has also given me the confidence to teach my boy to talk more which I think this is a very valuable tool going forward. I will continue to recommend AOS to any parent with their different programs. We have results and have no doubt with hard work and consistency, you will have results too. My massive thanks to Ming and AOS staff. :)

You have done wonders to my son. He was nonverbal at the start of the talk to me program in September 2024. Now, he is speaking in short sentences and is verbally very expressive of his wants and needs. He is now able to make choices between options. 

He used to be non-verbal just 4 months ago. Now he is doing well in nursery. I’m thankful I managed to find you. Your program is much better than my physical program I attend here in Singapore which is generally considered medically advanced. He goes for that therapy and it is not as structured as your program. And sometimes I’m not sure how they measure progress and desired outcomes of each session.

Your program is structured and it builds on skills and continues to build on skills. Very progressive. Me and my wife couldn’t be happier. We are so thankful and eternally grateful to both of you. I hope more people will know about your program. Parents need not worry about signing up. Your child will surely make improvements. Of course your effort matters too!

Hello everyone, would like to say some lines about ming and AOS team. Thank you so much for your services. We have been practicing for 4 month under paid coaching program *let's talk more* and finally it's come to an end. We as a parents and as home tharapist learned a lot and just because of this community my 4 yrs child talking in sentences from non-verbal. Inspite of language problem the coach chuck guided the best, although somewhere our language facilitator app dint work sometime but despite this he explained very nicely without knowing our language. I know we need a lot more practice to do this at home but my money which I had spent totally worth it and at least now we have the techniques and tools to shift him from words to sentences.

 I'm the member of this community from sep 2023. I was very lucky to find this community veri early. On July 2023 I had the diagnosis when my child was 2 yrs 11 months. And that 2 months I was so depressed 😔 sad and feeling helpless. I wasn't able to sleep properly for two months that why it's happened with me. Seriously I'm telling this very first time my inside feeling because I've never shared this before. After two months from some where I found this community. I have completed all micro courses and AOS induction courses patiently. And dint even teach my child untill Nov 23. That helped me a lot in understanding my child's behaviour

And from Dec 23 I have started teaching from open palm gesture till verbal imitation with free course. This man helped me in my very difficult time when no one was there. Due to this man I'm sleeping nicely without any stress because he and his team working hard 24*7 for us. A very big salute to this community this man deserves an academy award if I was one of the jury members 😀 I would have given him. We have no other better option than this.

Thank you so much this word seems very little for what he has given us. Because no one can purchase someone's tear into dollars or indian rupees. So for me money doesn't matter if it's cheap or costly. Nothing is more important for me, and what else can be important than his improvement.

I would like to say to fellow parents that this is the best community for speech delayed children just have faith and patience gradually you will definitely see some changes in your child.

My son was non verbal before we started with the agents of speech community. We tried multiple physical speech therapy centers but those therapists were not even able to get him speak a word. Thanks to the free courses in AOS I was able to get him imitate sounds and then boom he was able to speak in words. When we decided to start with let's talk more (paid program) in April 2024, I was already hopeful that this pathway is going to give drastic results in my son's speech ability. That's when I made a huge decision to resign my job and stay at home to give him my full support. We graduated LTM in December 2024 and now we are in the annual paid program targeting verbal reasoning skills. My son is consistently speaking in sentences in english at home and his mother tongue is also improving at a good pace. I am so grateful to Ming, our coach Joanne and the entire AOS community.

My child was non verbal, didn't respond to his name, didn't follow instructions. Now speaks with single words, answers his name and follows directions. I found AOS immensely helpful. It's a beacon of hope that everything will be alright. AOS breaks everything down step by step, such that you know exactly what to do. Most of it is free and that's incredible. Thank you for the great work!

My son is 3 years old with non-verbal autism.

Before my family signed up for AOS, we tried two different speech therapists (in-office and in-home) for about 14 months. The speech therapists gave us vague homework to complete. I felt like no one was taking us seriously. They couldn't show us progress.

 In America, the speech therapy industry takes the wait-and-see approach. They don't expect actual results. If your child speaks, great. If your child doesn't speak, oh well. Everyone says they can help non-verbal kids but they actually can't. You end up losing precious time and money. 

Then, we joined the AOS coaching program. It's been worth every penny! In 4 months, my son has gone from babbling to saying a few words (words associated to the right objects!). He can even say some vowels and consonants, too. 

 We see the progress! And our coach Chuck is amazing with thoughtful feedback. AOS is flexible; we don't stay stagnant. We focus on what my son can do, instead of getting stuck on what he can't do.

AOS also has raised the bar for how I select other service providers for my son. So, thank you AOS for leading the way! 😊

My daughter was diagnosed with autism last year at the age of 5.5 and was classified as non-verbal at that moment. As many here, I have started with free courses and my daughter started actually using some words we have learnt. But we did not manage to learn much of them, because it turned out, I overestimated the level at which she were at that moment. Also learning sessions were rather chaotic - we did not take time to properly learn the vocabulary. In spring, we dived into the Let's Talk More programm, with Joanne as a coach. And from the first weeks my daughter already had the improvements in the active vocabulary.

We went very slowly, 1 week module could easily take us a month to master, despite daily excersises. But everyone have different starting level and learning pace. Half year later, my daughter still remembers these words. I did not expect much of the coaching before the start, but it turned out, Joanne was able to solve every complication we had.

There were times when I wanted to switch the activities, because my daughter just refused to do them, but Joanne offered easy and clear steps to actually make it work. So, don't be like me, don't try to break the brickwall with your forehead for several days in a row and just send a video to your coach right away. Now we're staring the last week. Results. Olga speaks with full sentences when prompted. She often says 2-3 word phrases without promt, usually describing the world around. What I know for sure is that this would not have happened without AOS. Because even the speech therapist, whom we visit once a week, started teaching her to use the communication device.

Which means they don't expect her to speak before the school. But I do. If we were able to move from sigle words to prompted sentences in 6 month, we can achieve fluent speech in a year. Thank you, Ming and Joanne!

Maybe it would help if I share my minor complications along the way, they are very specific. First, translations. We are learning German, not English, and it sometimes took me 30-45 minuted just to cut and transcribe videos. I'm sure there are tools to make it automatic, but I was too lazy to search. Second, I only have BW printer. I managed to print flashcards in protoautomats in grocery stores, but for bigger sheets I did not have such solution - so I painted my own booklets.

A year ago, my son would not even look at my face and when I ask him to say something he would look at the ceiling. Those were heart breaking moments when our entire family will sink into tears. I was searching the internet for help on speech and language development and came across Ming’s AOS community its like a GODSEND. My son started imitation sounds (aah, ee, uh ..) around October last year with the help of Zero to words course. His language journey is in the upward direction from then on. When we started doing the Let’s talk more program in April 2024 with our amazing coach Joanne his language has increased tenfold 😊. All these sessions have helped to improve our bonding, his listening skills and also surprisingly his eating habit😁. Thank you so much Ming and team!!

Before I came across Ming, we used the sonrise program send taught through books and videos, which we continued for three years with Ava. By the time I miraculously came across Ming talking about AOS, Ava was now using one words to request and unprompted- although not consistently, but this had taken us three years of intensive physical work.

 We joined LTM on November 2023 and by October 2024 Ava completed the course and was using full sentences to request for items. School had begun to notice the differences and she has received several certificates and several recordings on her diary of how Ava had utilised her sentences to request. We were so proud of the progress that Ava has made in AOS, and immediately signed onto the next level, which is TMW.

Ava is progressing very well and her sentences continue to be more stronger, fluent and frequent. School continue to be amazed by Ava now expressing herself with sentences more and more. Yes this took a lot of consistency and commitment on my side to be able to push Ava to want to learn, but giving up was never an option especially now that we have AOS coach Joanne lighting our path with the brightest touch that has ever been available to us. As we follow Joanne‘s light and Ava continues to progress, all we can say is thank God for AOS, and may God bless AOS and the team.

 Away from language other areas of progress include Ava eating a varied range food getting, tantrums stopping, being able to tolerate loud environments and peers, being even more confident, self care skills improving, and of course I have to repeat- Ava having the ability to request her wants and needs. This progresses are bringing out the little happy Ava that has been hidden within. Thank you Joanne. Note: Ava is still verbally stimming but we continue to work.

I also have my youngest daughter in TTM and her improvements are also measurable.

I work full time and spend about 15-30 minutes engaging in AOS with each of my children, 5 days a week. Joanne- our coach is a superstar, always responding and pushing us forward.

 I surely hope other parents find this program and give the energy, commitment and consistency required to give your children back their voice, especially in a world where the services required for our children who struggle with your verbal and non verbal communication, sociability and flexibility are not as productive as we wish them to be.