This book provides strategies and ideas to support children with selective mutism in school, at home, and in the community. Packed with illustrations, this practical guide offers a roadmap to help children overcome selective mutism in various situations. Based on Junhua Reitman’s vast experience of working with her own daughter Amelia – known in the book as Amy, this book furnishes parents and teachers with a toolkit to plan and implement intervention with individual children throughout their journey from the classic selective mutism ‘freeze’ response, to talking freely in various settings. Techniques covered include: · Graded questioning · The buddy system · The rainbow bridge · Voice exposure. The reader is offered detailed examples of what worked for Amy in a variety of situations including in school, at breaktimes, in extra-curricular activities, on playdates and at birthday parties. These examples are followed up with suggestions and ideas of how these experiences could be applied to other children, making it ideal reading for anyone involved in the care of a child with selective mutism.

This workbook provides hands-on activities, strategies, planning sheets and progress trackers for use with children with selective mutism at home, at school and in the wider community. Written by selective mutism expert Maggie Johnson and parent coach Junhua Reitman, the workbook includes first-hand accounts of how children can overcome SM successfully using the activities and strategies described in this book. Activities are organised around the daily routines of school and family life, and each activity is broken into a progression of small steps with appropriate strategies and an accompanying record sheet to track progress. Activities include: Using the toilet at school Attending social gatherings Organising a successful playdate Initiating conversation Talking in the classroom Eating with peers. This workbook is essential reading for parents, professionals and anyone who is looking for a toolkit for selective mutism. It also provides a useful extension to The Selective Mutism Resource Manual, second edition, focusing on the 'how' to compliment the manual's 'what' and 'why'. Small steps really do lead to big changes but taking the first step can be the most difficult. This book helps you make that first step.

This book provides strategies and ideas to support children with selective mutism in school, at home, and in the community. Packed with illustrations, this practical guide offers a roadmap to help children overcome selective mutism in various situations. Based on Junhua Reitman’s vast experience of working with her own daughter Amelia – known in the book as Amy, this book furnishes parents and teachers with a toolkit to plan and implement intervention with individual children throughout their journey from the classic selective mutism ‘freeze’ response, to talking freely in various settings. Techniques covered include: · Graded questioning · The buddy system · The rainbow bridge · Voice exposure. The reader is offered detailed examples of what worked for Amy in a variety of situations including in school, at breaktimes, in extra-curricular activities, on playdates and at birthday parties. These examples are followed up with suggestions and ideas of how these experiences could be applied to other children, making it ideal reading for anyone involved in the care of a child with selective mutism.