Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism: Practical Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking - Softcover

Angela E. McHolm, Ph.D.; Charles E. Cunningham, Ph.D.; Melanie K. Vanier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157224416X ISBN 13: 9781572244160

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2005

Synopsis

Discusses selective mutism in children and how parents can help treat the condition, including signs of mutism, finding treatment providers, and techniques to encourage children to speak in uncomfortable situations.

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About the Authors

Angela E. McHolm, PhD, 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.

Charles E. Cunningham, PhD, is a staff psychologist at McMaster Children's Hospital and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University-both in Hamilton, ON. He also holds the Jack Laidlaw Chair in Patient-Centered Health Care at McMaster University. He has published and presented widely on various topics related to children's mental health. Within the field of selective mutism, he has approximately thirty years' clinical experience and has coauthored various manuscripts including a review of effective behavioral approaches to the treatment of selective mutism.

Melanie K. Vanier, MA, is staff clinician with the Selective Mutism Service at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, ON. In her direct clinical work with children with and their families, she has collaborated on the development and writing of a manual for a group workshop series offered to parents and professionals who work with selective mutism.

Ronald M. Rapee, PhD, is distinguished professor in the school of psychological sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia; and director of the Centre for Emotional Health. He has been involved in an advisory capacity with the DSM-IV and DSM-5, and has sat on both public and scientific advisory committees for national and international organizations. He is developer of Cool Kids, a scientifically proven treatment program for anxious young people that is used by health departments, therapists, and organizations in over thirty countries.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157224416X
• ISBN 13: 9781572244160
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184