Kervatt
02-20-2002, 06:53 PM
I am a reading specialist who worked with a second grade sm child who hadn't spoken in school for 5 years. Using behavior mod, shaping, and stimulus fading, he overcame his silence in 7 mo., without the use of medication. I found that school personnel and doctors are not at all familiar with selective mutism. Just to let you know that my web site is up at http://www.selective-mutism.com and you and your child's school may find my manuscript to be very useful. It includes daily notations and plans with strategies, activities, and resources. The book has been approved by several experts as a sound approach. I have tried very hard to make a guide available to parents and teachers who find themselves faced with a selectively mute child so that knowledge and an intervention can be successfully integrated into the school setting, the very place the child spends the majority of their day and fears the most. I hope I may be of help to some of the many looking for a resource. All the best. Gail Kervatt