The Selective Mutism Resource Manual

Maggie Johnson is a speech and language therapist specialising in childhood communication disorders. Her experience in education and community settings spans over twenty years in special schools, language units, mainstream schools, clinics and multi-agency centres. Maggie works for East Kent Coastal Teaching Primary Care Trust. Alison Wintgens is a speech language therapist at St. George's hospital, London, in the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. She has extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with a range of communication disorders and additional behavioural or psychiatric problems.

A4 (297 x 210mm), 312pp Wire-o-bound ISBN 978-0-86388-280-7 ORDER CODE D11-002-4759 GBP46.25 Frequently asked questions; General assessment considerations and implications; Preliminary investigation; Child interview and assessment; Creating the right environment: advice for home and school; General treatment considerations; Overview of the treatment progression; A structured treatment programme; Eliciting speech for the first time/Generalising speech across people and settings/Effective practice; Parent and teacher support; Letting go; Illustrations of intervention.