Refusal to Speak

Sheila A. Spasaro, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist with the Rockland County, New York Chapter of NYSARC, and maintains a consulting psychology practice in Dutchess County, New York. Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and director of the Psychological Services Center, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, New Jersey.

Part 1 An Introduction to the Treatment of Selective Mutism Part 2 Part I: Assessment and Treatment Planning Chapter 3 Practical Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism Chapter 4 When to Intervene in Selective Mutism: The Multimodal Treatment of a Case of Persistent Selective Mutism Part 5 Part II: Behavior Therapy Chapter 6 Intervention with the Selectively Mute Child Chapter 7 Elective Mutism: Special Treatment of a Special Case Chapter 8 Combining Self-Modeling and Stimulus Fading in the Treatment of an Electively Mute Child Chapter 9 An Adapted Language Training Strategy in the Treatment of an Electively Mute Male Child Part 10 Part III: Psychodynamic Therapy Chapter 11 Elective Mutism: Origins in Stranger Anxiety and Selective Attention Chapter 12 Electively Mute Children: A Therapeutic Approach Part 13 Part IV: Psychopharmacologic Approaches Chapter 14 Elective Mutism as a Variant of Social Phobia Chapter 15 Phenelzine Treatment of Elective Mutism: A Case Report Part 16 Part V: Group and Family Therapy Chapter 17 Elective Mutism in Children: A Family Systems Approach Chapter 18 Group Treatment for Elective Mute Children Chapter 19 Sibling Group Play Therapy: An Effective Alternative with an Elective Mute Child Part 20 Part VI: Multimodal Treatment Chapter 21 Elective Mutism Chapter 22 "Speech Is Silvern, But Silence Is Golden": Day Hospital Treatment of Two Electively Mute Children Chapter 23 Case Study: Fluoxetine in the Multimodal Treatment of a Preschool Child with Selective Mutism