Smira has worked hard to produce an excellent flowchart about where/how to get help for SM:
Links given on page 1 above:
Search for Private Therapist
- Speech & Language Therapy: www.helpwithtalking.com – go to ‘advanced search’, tick the SM button and extend the distance it reports on as support can be done remotely for you
- Psychology: www.achippp.org.uk or www.bps.org.uk
Check that the therapist has SM knowledge and is registered with www.hcpc-uk.co.uk
Links given on page 3 above:
- Learn online, from the Information section on this website
- Join the SMIRA Facebook Group (it’s a closed group so there may be a short wait while we approve your membership request.)
- See NHS Choices – Selective Mutism
Additional Reading
Details and purchase links for all of the books below are on the Recommended Reading page on the SMIRA website.
- “Selective Mutism Resource Manual 2nd Edition” (Johnson & Wintgens). Most changes in 2nd Edition are for older people with SM and generalising outside school
- “Tackling Selective Mutism” (Sluckin & Smith, ISBN-13: 978-1849053938, ISBN-10: 1849053936)
- “Can I tell you about Selective Mutism?” (Johnson & Wintgens, ISBN-13: 978-1849052894, ISBN10: 1849052891)
- “Can’t Talk? Want to Talk!” (Jo Levett, ISBN-10: 1909301310,ISBN-13: 978-1909301313)
The chart can be found at www.selectivemutism.org.uk/info for downloading and/or printing.
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