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Showing posts with label SM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SM. Show all posts
Thursday, 1 November 2018

How we use low arousal techniques to support a person with autism and Selective Mutism

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Guest post by Rachel Tenacious Low arousal can be used with any person who is having difficulties meeting the expectations of those ar...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

'She refused to talk': I'll embrace any chance to hi-light Selective Mutism!

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I was delighted to have been awarded the Kate Rough award because we need a many ways as possible to hi-light Selective Mutism. Again l...
Monday, 12 March 2018

How to get help for Selective Mutism

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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...
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Sunday, 5 November 2017

How should we interact with a child with SM in early years and primary?

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Look out for one on secondary coming soon based upon our survey of young people which will be in the Royal College of SLTs Bulletin so...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

What does it feel like to have Selective Mutism? How you could start a discussion with your child

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Guest blog post by Clair Maskell As an ex nursery nurse, I had done various special needs courses and Selective Mutism was only brief...
Saturday, 8 July 2017

Selective mutism training in Staffordshire

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Time goes so fast so we're planning what we're going to do for October's selective mutism (SM) awareness month already. We ai...
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Thursday, 6 July 2017

My friend Daniel doesn't talk: book review

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My Friend Daniel Doesn’t Talk is a helpful children’s book about selective mutism, written by Sharon L. Longo and illustrated by Jane Bott...
Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Doing what it takes........ a holistic approach

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I am a speech and language therapist who sees children with ASD and/or complex communication difficulties including selective mutism. If I ...
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Sunday, 19 March 2017

SMRA 2017: a great day!

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The Smira conference yesterday was a great success, as usual. It is a coming together of professionals who have an interest in the fie...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Book review: The shyness & social anxiety workbook for teens by Jennifer Shannon

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Guest Book review by Natasha Dale   There are many different books for sale, as well as online resources, that have the purpose of hel...
Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Selective mutism: a personal story

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Guest post by Natasha Dale After struggling with Selective Mutism for many years, I finally found the courage to film and post a video...
Thursday, 28 April 2016

Can I tell you about SM: an excellent addition to the ‘Can I tell you about..’ series

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Title:   Can I tell you about selective mutism  Author:  Maggie Johnson and Alison Wintgens Publisher:  Jessica Kingsley Publishe...
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Monday, 4 January 2016

Selective mutism: another success story

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Ralph, the speech therapy dog Lucy (not her real name) aged 17 years had suffered with Selective Mutism all her life. It had blighted h...
Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Selective Mutism: today's brief success story

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Selective Mutism (SM) is very prevalent in the UK. A recent survey showed up to 1 in 150 children may suffer. There's huge debate about...
Thursday, 1 October 2015

October is SM Awareness: please help

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The ‘Make a Noise for Selective Mutism Awareness Campaign’ is the social media arm of SMIRA’s Awareness Campaign for October 2015.  It inv...
Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Selective mutism

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Selective Mutism is a ‘consistent failure to speak in specific social situations, despite being able to speak in other, more familiar si...
Monday, 24 September 2012

Selective Mutism; a phobia of talking

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I went to an excellent course on Friday by Maggie Johnson on Selective Mutism (SM). Thinking on this has changed so that it now needs to be...