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Resources Categories: Books

Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism

Author: Dr. Angela McHolm, Dr. Charles Cunningham, and Melanie Vanier Description:  This book offers a broad overview of SM for parents, reviews diagnostic criteria for the disorder, offers a plan… Continue reading Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism

Can I Tell You About Selective Mutism?

Author: Maggie Johnson and Alison Wintgens Description:  Meet Hannah – a young girl with selective mutism (SM). Hannah invites readers to learn about selective mutism from her perspective, helping them… Continue reading Can I Tell You About Selective Mutism?

Learning to Play the Game: My Journey Through Silence

Author: Jonathan Kohlmeier Description:  Everyone has fears. A fear of the dark, a fear of heights, or even a fear of the unknown can make leading an otherwise normal life… Continue reading Learning to Play the Game: My Journey Through Silence

Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents

Author: Christopher A. Kearney Description:  Selective mutism, or refusal or unwillingness to speak in certain situations or settings, poses a particular challenge to educators and other school-based professionals. In many… Continue reading Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents

Living Beyond the Silence: Learning to Overcome Selective Mutism, Severe Shyness, and Other Childhood Anxieties

Author: Gaye James Description:  Living Beyond the Silence brings awareness to the speech-paralyzing anxiety called selective mutism. As a reader, you get an inside peek at the disorder. Through the eyes… Continue reading Living Beyond the Silence: Learning to Overcome Selective Mutism, Severe Shyness, and Other Childhood Anxieties

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