FRHD 3150 Lecture Notes - Shy Child, Psychotherapy, Psychoeducation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Helping children overcome selective mutism: behaviour strategies at work: guest speaker: angela mcholm. What"s selective mutism: they are all different; heterogeneous, case #1 (not selective mutism) Mark is a 9 year old boy who has always been moody, slow-to-warm and tends to be a worrier. Although a bright boy, he is reluctant to attend school and his parents have significant difficulty getting him to school in the morning. Dana is a twelve year old girl who is an average student and well liked by her peers. Until recently, dana has been actively involved in a variety of sports and extracurriculars. In terms of her communication patterns, dana abruptly stopped speaking to her peers and teachers following a tragic car accident in which her sister was killed. History of the diagnostic term: aphasia voluntario. Common features of selective mutism: a discrepancy in speaking patterns across settings or circumstances.