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Jennifer From: Website: E-mail: jlhixson@twinvalley.net	I have a 10 year old that I'm treating who has been completely mute in all settings since the age of 7. Prior to that she was talkative at home, but not in school since preschool. A professional I recently attempted to consult with suggested that if my client is completely mute then she does not meet the criteria for SM. I'm looking to try and clarify this information and find other professionals who have treated a client similar in demographics to my client. Thanks for any help available. Added: February 8, 2008
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Vivian Ferry From: Florida Website: E-mail: vivianaferry@windstream.net	I have a 6 year old granddaughter who has selective mutism. Recently, she is making gestures with her mouth more frequent and when we leave the school area she now puts her head down, hiding, if she thinks that the car next to us is someone from school. She is getting worse and if there is anyone that has information please advise. God Bless! Added: February 8, 2008
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E Bevins From: NH Website: E-mail: hwysigns@yahoo.com	Hello, I am working with a 12 year old who has selective mutism. Recently, she has expressed an interest in meeting with other people her age who struggle with this disorder in order to meet two of her goals (overcoming S.M. and becoming more social). If anyone in southern NH general New England area is interested in discussing this, I would love to hear from you. Thanks very much. Added: February 6, 2008
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Julie Campbell LISW From: Columbus OH Website: E-mail: julie.campbell@nationwidechildrens.org	Thank you for your informative website. I greatly appreciated the information I was able to use to help one of my families who have a child with selective mutism. Added: February 4, 2008
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Ligia From: Honduras Website: E-mail: lzcaballero@hotmail.com	thanks God I found you! My eight year old girl has been diagnosed with SM since 4 four years ago. This has been a hard time for her and for us too. One thing that we did 2 years ago was that we planned a "party" with her, we planned to bring her "best friends" home, she selected who was coming it was a very important date becaused for the first time in years her classmates listed her voice. Her behavior was totally normal! they asked her: why you don´t talk to us at school?? and she answered: I just do not want to do so! She has been a very good student, she started to read alone when she before she was six years old. Her IQ was 124 last time she was evaluated about one year ago. I would like to know any other thing I can do to help my child, I am worry because I feel she is getting bigger and this situation is not resolved yet. Thanks for any help. Added: February 3, 2008
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Klemen From: Website: E-mail:	Private post. Click to view. Added: February 2, 2008
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Marcia Mecham From: Idaho Website: E-mail: recon6@juno.com	I was a ultra shy child and would not even speak above a whisper to my own mother. School was very difficult for me and I was constantly wringing my hands, twisting my hair and hiding from people. My younger brother was also extremely shy and quiet. Our daughter was very shy and chewed her fingernails and her lips constantly. My eldest son was very shy also and would not speak in a group setting in or out of the home. He gradually improved by the time he was in kindergarten. His physical symptoms of anxiety were limited to the rapid blinking of his eyes when he was stressed. Our next son was shy and quiet but was very friendly and outgoing. He did exhibit signs of anxiety by popping his knuckles and neck. Our youngest son began talking when he was two and had a very good vocabulary which he used extensively around home until he was about three. He then began to become mute in social settings and would talk only at home or when he thought he was alone. Eventually he ceased speaking even when at home. He was very bright and developed his own form of sign language to express to us what he wanted. My sister-in-law was a school teacher and she told us that if we didn't do something about it he would be put in Special Ed and would be kept there until he began speaking and it would always be on his record that he was in Special Ed which would follow him all his life. I took him to a psychologist that we knew and he said that my son was controlling us (with emphasis on me) by not talking to get his way. We made no headway using the techniques that the psychologist wanted us to use on our child so I took our son to the school psychologist who told me that he had no idea why the boy would not talk and he did not know what to do with him. It took until the middle of his kindergarten year before he would even whisper to the teacher in the cloak room where no one in the class could see him or hear him. It was a gradual improvement thereafter. I enrolled him in a first grade class where I knew the teacher would continue to work with him and then in second grade his teacher had him tested for the PACE program. Our young son's test results placed him in the ninety ninth percentile in the nation in almost every subject! His problem was anxiety not stupidity!! At this point in time I have a young grandson and grandaughter who exhibit the same shyness and anxiety so I believe that it must be hereditary or possibly the normal opposite of the outgoing, uninhibited personality. Life is hard enough for the shy, inhibited type of people without making them out to be bad because they don't talk. The quiet, shy ones are usually the ones who get bullied the most and are usually told that they are the ones who have to change their behavior instead of the ones who are doing the bullying. We need help and understanding and perha**ome type of therapy for this portion of society. Please continue with this work in studying Selective Mutism and help us find answers for all of the children who will face this problem in the future. Added: January 30, 2008
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Amber Howard From: Joplin,MO Website: E-mail: ahoward0205@yahoo.com	My son Tayler is 5. He has been in school for 6 months and will not talk. We just learned about selective mutism. We could use all the help and support we can get. Added: January 30, 2008
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Kathie From: West Palm Beach, FL Website: E-mail: rousekj@pba.edu	Hi! I'm a grad student at Palm Beach Atlantic University, studying to become a school guidance counselor. As I am doing a research paper on SM, the more I read, the more I think I have suffered from SM since my own childhood. I had extreme social anxieties with my family (my dad being an alcoholic and my mom being emotionally and verbally abusive). I still suffer from not being able to open up to people I instinctively sense are controlling. These are people I can't trust emotionally. Do I have SM? Can adults continue to suffer from it? I will be 51 years of age in February (my friend tells me I still have a "baby face"). It's true, I look very young for my age. Is it just that I'm a "late bloomer"? Do I need intensive counseling? Thanks for any kind response. Added: January 28, 2008
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Lynn From: St Louis Website: E-mail: mlynnjacobcik@hotmail.com	I have a question for the parents. Does your child with SM also have the inatentive typ of Atenntion Defict Disorder? Can a child have both disorders at the same time? Added: January 25, 2008

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