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Amazon.com Books: selective mutism
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 cases, school personnel are on the front lines of assessment and treatment for these children and must help them succeed in an academic setting. This can be difficult considering that many school-based professionals are pressed for time and resources.Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents: A Guide for School-based Professionals provides information that can help readers better understand and combat selective mutism. Written for guidance counselors, teachers, principals and deans, school psychologists, and school-based social workers, this book educates readers about the nature of selective mutism and its most common clinical manifestations (such as social anxiety, oppositional behavior, and communication difficulties). Offering methods to determine the form and function of a child's chronically mute behavior, the book provides evidence-based strategies to enhance a child's verbal participation at school and in other social and academic activities. The chapters provide advice for working collaboratively with parents, preventing relapse, and tackling special issues. Easy-to-read and conversational in style, Helping Children with Selective Mutism and Their Parents offers numerous visuals, handouts, case vignettes, and FAQs. The book is an essential resource for educators faced with children with selective mutism, as well as other professionals who work with this population, including clinical child psychologists and psychiatrists, social workers, and pediatricians. Author: Christopher Kearney Ph.D. Paperback: 160 pages Company: Oxford University Press, USA (2010-05-26) ISBN: 0195394542 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $18.34 Used Price: $18.34 
The book shows how Selective Mutism has affected me, my choices and decisions through my life experiences. It shows a personal journey through life. It also shows my relationships with friends and family, home life and of course School life, which all have their roles in being influential in some way. This first publication tells the true and personal story of Life with Selective Mutism. The scope and depth goes beyond the basics of the condition, but more about how the condition affects all aspects of life. A thought or decision can be made with other emotions playing their part, such as the anxiety associated with Selective Mutism, which makes the simplest of choices complex. The book is heartfelt at times, and uplifting at others; either way, it is written with honestly. All facts true, from memories, diaries and conversations with family and friends......something for everyone, the Selective Mute and those who will get engrossed by the contents. Chapters: Introduction: What is Selective Mutism? 1. Why doesn’t your sister talk?: Selective Mutism and Me 2. Home Life 3. An Early Memory 4. My Mother 5. My Father 6. My Sister Amanda, Mum, Dad and Me 7. My Friend Tania 8. Starting Primary School 9. Settling in? 10. Child Psychiatrist 11. Further Primary Infants Experiences 12. Juniors 13. Middle School 14. Secondary School 15. First boy to really fall for Summary Extract from book: Chapter 1 Why Doesn’t Your Sister Talk? Selective Mutism and Me ‘Why doesn’t your sister talk?’ I can hear these words being said just as if they were being said yesterday, the words uttered out of the mouth of my brother’s friends, or from other pupils at my primary school in other classes. ‘Why doesn’t your sister talk?’ is what Shaun tells me is what the other pupils are asking him. He is not telling me for my protection or support, but to be quarrelsome. I don’t understand why he wants to be like this with me. He is annoyed that others are asking him about me. I don’t think he has an answer for them, so he is coming onto me because he does not like the attention he is getting, and he feels it is all my doing. ‘Why can’t you be the same as everyone else?’ He disapproves of me so much, but I don’t have any answers for him, I cannot help him when he gets asked why his little sister is not the same as everyone else. Author: Annmarie Bonnet Kindle Edition: 231 pages Kindle eBook Company: Annmarie Bonnet (2011-04-21) (2011-04-21) List Price: $9.99 Amazon Price: 
In this book you will meet Dylan, a smart, energetic 7-year-old who shares what it's like to be a child with Selective Mutism. Follow him as he tells his story and his struggles so that other children, parents, teachers and caregivers can understand what it's like to live with a fear of speaking. Why Dylan Doesn't Talk sensitively portrays the internal struggle and isolation that a child with this rare disorder endures on a daily basis. The photographs and text beautifully complement each other to help young readers vividly identify with the author's son, Dylan. Inspired by a need to find ways to communicate with her child, the author has written an excellent book that is both informative and therapeutic for children and their parents. An invaluable resource for teachers and mental health professionals. An excellent resource filled with questions to help children and parents communicate and to better help them discuss this sensitive topic that may otherwise be hard for children to express on their own.Author: Carrie Bryson Paperback: 24 pages Company: Sweet Greetings, Incorporated (2009-10-07) ISBN: 0615324371 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $22.38 Used Price: $57.50 
Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum's Guide, "The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child" is a wonderfully informative guidebook that will provide parents, teachers, and treating professionals with the advice necessary to help prepare the 'ideal class setting for the Selectively Mute child.' This practical guide is informative and entertaining and goes into detail as to tactics that can be done in the school to benefit and accommodate the needs of the Selectively Mute child. Recommendations on testing, IEP development and multiple methods to help lower anxiety, build self esteem and increase communication comfort within the school are emphasized throughout this book. This guide book is easy to read, graphically attractive and is a necessary reference for all those involved with a Selectively Mute child within the school environment.Author: Elisa Shipon-Blum Paperback: 28 pages Company: Selective Mutism Anxiety Research and Treatment Center (2003-06-01) (2007-07-31) ISBN: 0971480001 List Price: $30.00 Amazon Price: $30.00 Used Price: $35.00 
Often described as 'social phobia's cousin' and misdiagnosed as autism, selective mutism is a debilitating fear of speaking in some situations experienced by some children. The disorder usually presents in children before the age of five, but it may not be recognized until the child starts school. When requested to speak, children with selective mutism often look down, blush, or otherwise express anxiety that disrupts their engagement with people and activities. Selective mutism is related to social anxiety and social phobia, and more than 90 percent of children with selective mutism also manifest symptoms of one of these problems. This book is the first available for parents of children with selective mutism. It offers a broad overview of the condition and reviews the diagnostic criteria for the disorder. The book details a plan you can use to coordinate professional treatment of your child's disorder. It also explains the steps you can take on your own to encourage your child to speak comfortably in school and in his or her peer group. All of the book's strategies employ a gradual, 'stepladder' approach. The techniques gently encourage children to speak more, while at the same time helping them feel safe and supported. Angela E. McHolm, Ph.D., is director of the Selective Mutism Service at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, ON. The Selective Mutism Service offers outpatient psychiatric consultation to families and professionals such as school personnel, speech and language pathologists, and mental health clinicians who support children with selective mutism. She is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. Author: Ph.D. Angela E. McHolm, Ph.D. Charles E. Cunningham, Melanie K. Vanier Paperback: 184 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2005-08-01) ISBN: 157224416X List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $11.76 Used Price: $11.15 
The Selective Mutism Treatment Guide: Manuals for Parents, Teachers, and Therapists, is an innovative, effective approach to the treatment of selective mutism, which is based both on rich clinical experience spanning two decades, and on theoretical knowledge of how selective mutism is generally viewed and treated today. It includes separate manuals written for parents, school or kindergarten staff, and therapists, each with concrete, effective, tried and tested ways of helping the child with selective mutism. It is designed to be a positive and empowering experience for the child and his family. This guide is aimed for professionals and lay people alike: For parents and relatives of children with SM it offers a valuable resource to understand the condition, with programs and tools to help the child at home and at school in order to improve his verbal and social communication. For mental health and school based professionals it provides a complete guide enabling the reader to understand and treat the disorder, working closely with the school and the parents. The Parents' Manual includes sections about how SM can affect your child and family, how to speak to your child about SM, how to treat SM, how to lower your child's anxiety, and how to work together with the school or kindergarten to help your child. It outlines effective interventions that parents can carry out at home and in school to help their child overcome SM and attain improved social communication skills. The Teacher's Manual includes: a description of SM and its possible causes, understanding the child with SM, how SM presents in school, an overview of how to treat SM, and a variety of interventions and programs for teachers to implement in school. The Therapist's Manual includes sections on the definition and causes of SM, methods of assessment, levels of SM, planning therapy, cognitive-behavioral techniques for older children and teenagers, and detailed, step by step descriptions of the stages of therapy, including initial home-based therapy followed by school based sessions. This behavioral therapy program aims to enable the child to move as seamlessly as possible between the various frameworks in which he lives – home, school and the outside world – in a harmonious way. The treatment is built upon the child's optimum functioning, which usually occurs at home. Here he is not hampered by his anxiety and he can express who he really is, which is often at a level of verbal communication and social interaction that may be literally unbelievable to those who see him only in school. The therapy acts as a bridge enabling the child to transfer and generalize his selectively optimum level of functioning to all his daily environments. An underlying principle of this approach is respect and belief in the child's nature and his home environment – the aim is to build on his and his family's strengths. The treatment approach is designed to increase the speed and effectiveness of therapy; the initial home based sessions and the ongoing involvement of the parents and school staff aim to render redundant large sections of therapy that are called for when treatment takes place in a clinic or only in the school. This book may be used by parents, teachers or therapists individually, or may be part of a comprehensive treatment plan in which the teacher-parent-therapist triumvirate works together, each with their own treatment plans, mutually fine tuning their interventions. When all work together with sensitivity and understanding, a powerful force for change can be set in motion. 
Anna chooses not to talk when she enters kindergarten, but then she discovers the pleasures of self-expression in the security of a therapist's office.Author: Charles E. Schaefer Paperback: 32 pages Company: Magination Press (1992-05) ISBN: 0945354460 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $8.46 Used Price: $4.99 
The supplement to The Silence Within contains a Form IEP to use as a guide to properly written goals and objectives developed specifically for selective mutism. This very useful book provides the user with many other useful forms including Classroom Strategies for the Teacher, Ranking Fears, Goals, School Communication, School Information Sheet and songs and poetry to use in an intervention.Author: Gail Kervatt Paperback: 20 pages Company: Gail Kervatt (2004-10) ISBN: 0615127193 List Price: $20.00 Amazon Price: $20.00 Used Price: $92.85 
Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today. Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to know: All children have fears, but how much is normal? How can you know when a stress has crossed over into a full-blown anxiety disorder? Most parents don’t know how to recognize when there is a real problem and how to deal with it when there is. In Freeing Your Child From Anxiety, a childhood anxiety disorder specialist examines all manifestations of childhood fears, including social anxiety, Tourette’s Syndrome, hair-pulling, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and guides you through a proven program to help your child back to emotional safety. No child is immune from the effects of stress in today’s media-saturated society. Fortunately, anxiety disorders are treatable. By following these simple solutions, parents can prevent their children from needlessly suffering today—and tomorrow. www.broadwaybooks.com Author: Tamar E. Chansky Paperback: 320 pages Company: Three Rivers Press (2004-03-30) (2004-03-30) ISBN: 0767914929 List Price: $14.99 Amazon Price: $8.88 Used Price: $7.99 
Author: Maggie JohnsonPaperback: 312 pages Company: Speechmark Publishing (2001-06-21) ISBN: 0863882803 List Price: Amazon Price: $80.50 Used Price: $106.53 |
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Amazon.com DVD: selective mutism
The Selective Mutism Conference; Understanding and Treating Selective Mutism; Development of School-Based Accommodations/Interventions (IEP's & 504 Plans) Presented by: Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum 6 hour video conference. 4 Disc Set Can watch/listen or listen in the car! - Special Introduction: Sophie and Dr. E Speak Out about Selective Mutism: *Audience has opportunity to ask Sophie (14 yr old) questions about her experience with Selective Mutism. Commentaries by Dr. E. - Let s Talk; What Exactly is Selective Mutism? - Predisposing/precipitating/propagating factors - Genetics, Environment, Sensory Processing, Speech/Language, Developmental influences, etc. - Speech Phobia & SM: The Loose Noodle Syndrome! - Social Communication Bridge and Stages of Selective Mutism - Evaluation/Assessment of the child/teen with Selective Mutism - How to evaluate a silent child? -Treatment of Selective Mutism; Lowering Anxiety is not ENOUGH! -Treatment via Social Communication Anxiety Therapy (SCAT)) - Parent Education, Building coping skills, Silent vs Active goals, Ritual Sound Approach, Trophy Games, Big Five Words, Bridging... - Medication and Alternative Therapies Part 2 - Approach to the SILENT Child/Teen within School -Team Approach, Role of Both the School/Outside Professional - Purpose of School Accommodations/Interventions - Which Plan is best? An IEP? 504? or NO Plan? And if an IEP, how to determine the best classification to maximize services. - Guidelines to Planning/Meeting the Child s Needs - Determining the Child s Needs via comprehensive evaluation. - Designing AGE Specific Accommodations/Interventions - Speech and Language; Importance of Social Pragmatics - Social Skills vs. Social Comfort; Important to Differentiate! - Challenges & Setting Realistic Goals (it is not about just speaking!) - Case Study reviews Selective Mutism Within the School Setting; *Development of appropriate school accommodation/intervention plans Topics: - Approach to the SILENT Child/Teen within School -The Meeting: Team Approach to the Silent Child/Teen - Role of Both the School/Outside Professional - Purpose of School Accommodations/Interventions - When to consider an evaluation for an IEP or 504 plan? - Which Plan is best? An IEP? 504? Or NO Plan? - IEP Testing: HOW to Assess to assure accurate results - HOW Plans Differ across the ages! Preschool-College! - Guidelines to Planning/Meeting the Child s Needs - Determining Child s Needs - Designing Specific Accommodations/Interventions - Speech and Language; Importance of Social Pragmatics - Social Skills vs. Social Comfort; Important to Differentiate! - Challenges within the School Setting - Setting Realistic Goals (it is not about just speaking!) - Student Case Study reviews Includes PDFs of relevant goals/charts that were mentioned during the presentation. Includes goals/charts, strategy guide and VIDEOS. 6 CEU's available for Professionals!
Director: Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum DVD: NTSC Company: Taped Live at 2009 Selective Mutism Conference (2009-01-26) ISBN: 0971480087 List Price: $179.00 Amazon Price: $179.00 
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Company: ABC News (2007-05-14) List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $14.95 Used Price: $17.07 
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Company: ABC News (2008-08-07) List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $19.95 Used Price: $999.99 |
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