Full Description
This book provides strategies and ideas to support children with selective mutism in school, at home, and in the community. Packed with illustrations, this practical guide offers a roadmap to help children overcome selective mutism in various situations.
Based on Junhua Reitman's vast experience of working with her own daughter Amelia - known in the book as Amy, and other children, this book furnishes parents and teachers with a toolkit to plan and implement intervention with individual children throughout their journey from the classic selective mutism 'freeze' response, to talking freely in various settings.
Techniques covered include:
Graded questioning
The buddy system
The rainbow bridge
Voice exposure
The reader is offered detailed examples of what worked for Amy in a variety of situations, including in school, at breaktimes, in extra-curricular activities, on playdates, and at birthday parties. These examples are followed up with suggestions and ideas of how these experiences could be applied to other children, making it ideal reading for anyone involved in the care of a child with selective mutism.
Contents
Aknowledgements
Foreword
Prefaces
About the Book
Part 1: About Selective Mutism
Part 2: Parents Become Advocates in and Outside of School
Part 3: Teacher Staff Provide Support in and Outside of School
Part 4: Challenges the Child May Face at School
Part 5: Support for the Child at Home and in the Community
Part 6: Overcome Selective Mutism and Build Social Skills
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Forms
Index
