Webinar: Beyond Talking – Targeting Exposures for the Bathroom and Eating

Using the bathroom and eating are two areas that many children with SM struggle with. While for some children, the anxiety has to do with the talking related to these activities (e.g. asking to use the bathroom or asking for help opening food items), many children struggle with the activities themselves. Join Rachel Busman and Eleanor Ezell in a discussion

Webinar: Using Telehealth for Selective Mutism

Join Dr. Rachel Busman, Dr. Jami Furr, Dr. Steven Kurtz, Aileen Herrera and Katelyn Reed as they discuss using telehealth while treating selective mutism. The panel covers what platforms they are using and why, as well as the different methods to best continue working with your clients. They discuss typical barriers to practicing online, managing parents’ expectations and the importance of self-care.

Webinar: Your Questions Answered: Enhancing Motivation in the Treatment of Adolescents with Selective Mutism – Part II

During “Enhancing Motivation in the Treatment of Adolescents with SM – Part I”, Dr. Shelley Avny presented the “whys” and “hows” of enhancing treatment motivation and engagement among adolescents with Selective Mutism. Part II is broken down into several themes, guided by audience questions from Part I. These themes include: the virtual era (school and therapy), parent involvement (reducing enabling and using supportive techniques), scaffolding and scaling back exposures, medication, and rewards/contingencies.

Webinar: My PCIT: A Personalized Version of PCIT for Culturally Diverse Families

This webinar will highlight a program developed to personalize Parent-Child Interaction Therapy designed to be responsive to particular parent explanatory models. Personalization is based on the assessment of modifiable, culturally-influenced PEM targets prior to the start of PCIT and the provision of corresponding tools to therapists to increase the cultural congruence of the intervention with relevant parent explanatory models. This type of method provides flexibility in the application of adaptations, tailored to the assessment of culturally-influenced constructs across racial/ethnic groups.