Selective mutism can be a confusing term. It may be better understood as situational mutism. This may help you navigate it.

Many years ago, early in my clinical training, a couple brought their 7-year-old daughter to see me. The parents were perplexed. The girl, whom I'll call Emily, was rambunctious at home, but would ...

Children who are anxious have problems themselves, but they're not causing problems for others." But knowledge is increasing. There is often a genetic link, Neul says -- many children with the ...

Q: My five-year-old daughter started kindergarten this year and I have been getting a lot of calls from her teacher about issues in the classroom. Her teacher keeps telling me that my daughter does ...

As a child, Erin Silvia could physically speak, but the thought of talking to anyone other than her immediate family was terrifiying. She struggled with selective mutism, which the Cleveland Clinic ...

As Robin Williams said in the 1989 film “Dead Poets Society,” “You must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.” Recently, 11 ...

CANTERBURY — When Olivia Patenaude suddenly speaks, it’s startling - not because of what she says or her tone of voice, but because it happens so infrequently. In the backyard of her parents’ ...

Rachel Ling Gordon wasn’t always so outgoing. When she was a toddler, she was diagnosed with selective mutism, a social communication anxiety disorder. Wowing the crowd at a magic show is no small ...

GREAT NECK, N.Y., April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- An estimated 1 in 700 children have selective mutism (speaking phobia). Adult numbers are unknown, and treatment options remain vague. But ...