Expert Chat Overview

As one of the many benefits of being a part of the SMG online community, we offer a monthly "Expert Chat." These moderated chat sessions offer our members the unique opportunity to talk directly to an expert in Selective Mutism or other related topics. Through this forum, you can chat with professionals who have worked with children and teens who have struggled with SM, as well as other anxiety disorders and behaviors. You can also chat with experienced parents, advocates and former SM sufferers themselves who can share insight into the struggle of SM.

Our schedule of expert chat sessions is shown in the table below. To learn more about a particular chat session, simply click on the title. When a scheduled chat sessions begins, you will see an invitation to enter the chat room by clicking the button. If you'd like to participate in any of these chat sessions, we ask that you kindly click the button next to the chat session that you're interested in. This will help us in planning the session and keeping an accurate count for our experts. For transcripts of past sessions, click on the button next to each session listed under "previous chat session."

	(previous chat sessions)
	Social Skills Groups	Dec 16, 2008	21:00 to 22:00 EST
	Nutritional Strategies for Selective Mutism	Nov 18, 2008	21:00 to 22:00 EST
	When Do I Seek Out a Treating Professional and What Would One Do to Help My Child?	Oct 21, 2008	21:00 to 22:00 EST
	Freeing Children from Negative Thinking	Sep 16, 2008	21:00 to 22:00 EST
	Back to School	Aug 19, 2008	21:00 to 22:10 EST
(visit our previous chat sessions page for a complete list of past sessions.)

The SMG chat forums are available for SMG members only. Join now to become a member of the SMG community so that you can take advantage of this and other exciting member benefits!