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One of the questions that I’m often asked by parents of children with selective mutism is: “how do I let my child know that he or she has selective mutism or how do I approach the subject?”  I think that by the time parents come to see me, the child has noticed that they are not talking like everyone else. Obviously the child has not been speaking for a while, and then they talk around it, parents don’t really say in front of their child “oh she doesn’t really talk in front of anyone”, so we’re kind of talking around the subject. I find that being honest with your child or teenager is rea ..read more

Today I want to share with you something amazing that happened to me. It all started 5 years ago when my daughter was still young and loved going to the play park, whilst she was having fun, I started to look around soaking in the joy that children had having fun together. They were playing and laughing, being loud and having fun and a little girl maybe aged 4, was on her own and like me, she was watching them all. “Mum, why is that little girl not talking? Doesn’t she want to play? Why is she on her own?” commented another girl who happened to be near me. I sat down on a bench an ..read more

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From last webinar Understanding Selective Mutism and Learning Practical Strategies Training event on 19th November 2020 and 26th November 2020 Selective Mutism: Fear of communication About this Event Description When children do not speak to certain people it is commonly mistaken for shyness, stubbornness, rudeness or attention seeking. Consistent inability to speak in certain situations is usually linked to a specific phobia of talking which, if mishandled, can become increasingly entrenched and difficult to overcome. It is important to understand the difference between shyness, refusal o ..read more

From last webinar Understanding Selective Mutism and Learning Practical Strategies Training event on 19th November 2020 and 26th November 2020 Selective Mutism: Fear of communication About this Event Description When children do not speak to certain people it is commonly mistaken for shyness, stubbornness, rudeness or attention seeking. Consistent inability to speak in certain situations is usually linked to a specific phobia of talking which, if mishandled, can become increasingly entrenched and difficult to overcome. It is important to understand the difference between shyness, refusal o ..read more

From last webinar Understanding Selective Mutism and Learning Practical Strategies Training event on 19th November 2020 and 26th November 2020 Selective Mutism: Fear of communication About this Event Description When children do not speak to certain people it is commonly mistaken for shyness, stubbornness, rudeness or attention seeking. Consistent inability to speak in certain situations is usually linked to a specific phobia of talking which, if mishandled, can become increasingly entrenched and difficult to overcome. It is important to understand the difference between shyness, refusal o ..read more

One mum posted on facebook something about their child being quite aggressive: screaming, shouting, biting (just before going to school) and she wondered if there was a link with SM or was this just bad behavior? SO I THOUGHT OF SHARING MY ANSWER What you are you are describing it is really normal generally for a child of her age, and for a child who has anxiety. Anxiety doesn’t mean that the child is going to only feel sad or cry or looking depressed, but anxiety has different faces different way of presenting itself. So the first thing to understand is WHAT IS BEHIND TE MISBEHAVIOURS? We hav ..read more

I get emails on a daily basis and see posts in Selective Mutism Facebook groups from parents trying to help their children with SM in social situations, at school, with family, with friends, etc. and I have SO MUCH insight to offer, SO MANY strategies to teach that helped so many children become verbal in all situations and overcome SM. It is my passion to help other parents like you who have children struggling with Selective Mutism. I frequently speak on an SM parent panel and I DO one-on-one work with parents raising children with SM. My mission is to teach strategies and techniques to par ..read more