Selective mutism can be a confusing term. It may be better understood as situational mutism. This may help you navigate it.
"Kids with SM can be bossy, well-spoken, loud, engaged and have normal functioning academics, but when they’re in the selective setting, they completely shut down." Every day on the way to kinder, ...
Melanie Manderino is finally ready to talk. The 18-year-old struggled with selective mutism, an extreme anxiety disorder in which someone is unable to speak in social settings, for the better part of ...
Q: My five-year-old daughter started kindergarten this year and I have been getting a lot of calls from her teacher about issues in the classroom. Her teacher keeps telling me that my daughter does ...
My ideal client is someone who might feel overwhelmed or misunderstood and is seeking support to better understand themselves and their emotions. This may be a child, adolescent, or young adult ...
Noah has selective mutism, a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by the inability to speak in social settings. So most days while he is at preschool, his mother, Julie Nicodemus, is in an empty ...