Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism:
A New Book Written for Parents (& Professionals)

Through her clinical work with the Selective Mutism Service at McMaster Children’s Hospital, Dr. McHolm was struck by the commitment of parents and professionals to advocate for children with selective mutism. Consistently, parents and professionals voiced eagerness to find answers to their questions:

Unlike other topics related to children’s mental health and well-being, few published resources devoted to selective mutism exist. Of those available, books providing answers to parents based on up-to-date scientific research are particularly scarce. As a result, Dr. McHolm and her colleagues set out to write a book geared to parents that would do just that.

In Helping Your Children with Selective Mutism: Practical Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking, interested readers are provided an overview of selective mutism including its typical characteristics and an understanding of why selective mutism develops. In the second half of the book, effective strategies for helping a child overcome the condition are carefully outlined in a step-by-step fashion. In addition to being a comprehensive resource for parents, the book is recommended also as a guide for professionals - such as educators, mental health professionals, speech and language pathologists, and physicians - providing support to the child with selective mutism.

What’s Inside the Book?

Where Do I Find the Book?

Helping Your Children with Selective Mutism: Practical Steps to Overcome a Fear of Speaking is available through on-line bookstores and major bookstores.

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