Selective Mutism Selective Mutism is the name given to a mental disorder found mostly in children‚ which is characterized by the child ’s failure to speak in certain situations and settings for greater than one month. These children have the ability to speak and understand spoken language‚ yet they are unable to speak in many social settings. Most speak at home or to certain individuals in the home‚ but are unable to speak in school. Most do‚ however‚ function normally in other ways and learn
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Educating Students With Selective Mutism Mollie Culmone Abstract Selective Mutism is not a disorder that can be immediately diagnosed‚ but it is better to catch it at an early age. It is usually misdiagnosed or brushed off as a child being “shy”. Parents‚ teachers and society alike have seen the characteristics in these children and unknowingly hoped that these children would just “grow out of it”. Because Selective Mutism is often misdiagnosed‚ children can go without treatment and this makes
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Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that prevents children speaking in certain social situations‚ such as school lessons or in public. However‚ they’re able to speak freely to close family and friends when nobody else is listening – for example‚ when they’re at home. It’s important to understand that when the mutism happens‚ the child is not voluntarily refusing to speak but is literally unable to speak‚ feeling frozen. In time‚ they learn to anticipate the situations that provoke mutism
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for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism SARA P. DOW‚ B.A.‚ BARBARA. C. SONIES‚ PH_D.. DONNA SCHEIB‚ M.S_C.CC.lS.P-‚ SHARON E. MOSS‚ PH.D" AND HENRlETT A L. LgONARD‚ M.D. ABSTRACT Objective: To provide practical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of children with selective mutism‚ in light of the recent hypotnesis that selective mutism might be best conceptualized as a childhood
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training model for teacher awareness of the Selective Mutism disorder phenomena and how to support SM children in the classroom (Given‚ 2008).
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Selective Mutism: Full Inclusion Outline for Calvary Chapel John Doe University PSYCH345 Abstract Calvary chapel of Brevard (CCB) has been a long-standing pillar of strength in Brevard County. Calvary ’s mission to reach a hurting world and support Brevard ’s citizens has made Calvary a church home for many families in the community. Calvary ’s outreach programs have met numerous needs of the community ’s struggling families. Calvary has also provided a safe haven
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Introduction A. This inquiry examines the little-known disorder‚ Selective Mutism (SM) Awareness in Education. Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder that affects children and adults causing them to withdraw from interacting with others‚ especially in large groups. Because of this disorder‚ children with Selective Mutism fail to respond and participate in class. 1. There are serious gaps in the research literature about Selective Mutism (SM). Consequently‚ lack of research cause lack of awareness
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Pharmacological Treatment of Selective Mutism” The article‚ “The Current State of Empirical Support for the Pharmacological Support of Selecive Mutism”‚ identifies a specific psychological disorder which is called selective mutism. Selective mutism is a rare disorder which occurs during childhood which inhibits a child’s ability to speak in an uncomfortable environment. This environment for such instances most commonly occurs in school classrooms. Selective mutism typically impact children between
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girl‚ you know that I spent a large part of my young life struggling with selective mutism. Selective mutism (SM) is a childhood social anxiety disorder in which a child is overcome with massive anxiety at the thought of speaking in public to people they don’t know or feel comfortable with. It’s usually diagnosed shortly after a child starts school. I was diagnosed with SM when I started school at four years old. Selective mutism is not a form of other disorders such as autism‚ and it’s not shyness
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presents insurmountable challenges in the classroom for teachers not trained to handle such situations. According to Omdal (2014)‚ a little known anxiety disorder that stop a child from communicating is Selective Mutism (SM) that teachers‚ especially teaching kindergarten‚ should be aware. Selective Mutism is a little-known disorder characterized by children and adult’s failure to speak in social settings and communicate effectively (Harwood‚ & Bork‚ 2011). Many adults have this disorder;
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