Treatment & Resources
Selective Mutism
We're here to help you navigate kids' selective mutism struggles with our evidence-based resources and gold-standard clinical treatment.
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Quick Guide to Selective Mutism
Children with selective mutism are talkative at home but can’t speak at all in places like school or around strangers.
Selective Mutism: Helping Kids Find Their Voices
Anxiety makes kids unable to speak in some settings, usually outside the home.
When Should Medication Be Used to Treat Selective Mutism?
Some kids need more than CBT to find their voices.
Myths About Selective Mutism
Clarifying the facts on on a poorly understood disorder.
Selective Mutism Treatment
The Child Mind Institute’s Selective Mutism Service is an innovative program that helps children with SM overcome their symptoms using state of the art evidence-based behavioral interventions.
Diagnostic Evaluations
Before treatment begins we learn about your child’s symptoms through a detailed evaluation that allows us to provide tailored treatment recommendations.
Specialized Techniques
Our treatment uses behavior therapy techniques that prompt speech and then reinforce successful speaking experiences with labeled praise and small incentives.
Tailored Treatment Options
We tailor our treatment to the needs of each patient, offering group behavioral therapy as well as individual interventions for kids not ready for a group setting.
