Angela E. McHolm, Ph.D., is director of the Selective Mutism Service at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, ON. The Selective Mutism Service offers outpatient psychiatric consultation to families and professionals such as school personnel, speech and language pathologists, and mental health clinicians who support children with selective mutism. She is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON.
"Finally! A well-informed perspective on an often undiagnosed,
mismanaged, and misunderstood childhood anxiety disorder. The
practical insights of Drs. McHolm and Cunningham and Ms. Vanier are
necessary reading for parents and teachers alike. These are real
strategies that can be easily incorporated into a classroom
setting! Helping Your Child with Selective Mutism is a necessary
addition to the bookshelves of parents and teachers
everywhere!"
--Lin Gorenkoff, parent of a child formerly with selective mutism,
and facilitator and founder of the Selectively Silent Child Support
Group and Web site, www.designandcopy.ca/silentchild
"Finally, parents of children who suffer from selective mutism have
a comprehensive, well-written resource to help them deal with this
challenging problem. This book provides a thorough description of
the disorder as well as a detailed, practical, step-by-step program
for helping the child overcome selective mutism once and for all.
If someone you care about suffers from selective mutism, this book
is a must! It is also a great resource for teachers and for
professionals who treat selective mutism."
--Martin M. Antony, Ph.D., ABPP, director of the Anxiety Treatment
and Research Centre at St. Joseph's Healthcare and professor in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster
University, Hamilton, ON
"Silence, indeed, is not always golden. Helping Your Child with
Selective Mutism is a must-read for parents, educators, clinicians,
and developmental researchers. McHolm and her colleagues have
provided a scholarly, lucid, and practical account of how to
understand and manage the child with selective mutism. The authors'
step-by-step program will help even the most silent child."
--Louis A. Schmidt, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and
director of the Child Emotion Laboratory at McMaster University in
Hamilton, ON
"Taking their school-based approach and adapting it for use by
parents, the authors enlarge the audience who can benefit from
their sound intervention program. The program is well-organized and
employs graduated and systematic strategies that are both reasoned
and researched. Building on established principles of learning, the
program thoughtfully guides parents in how to teach, shape, and
practice a step-by-step method for youth to overcome the fear of
speaking. A welcomed addition to the literature that strives to
reduce anxiety in youth, I encourage parents to read and apply the
program."
--Philip C. Kendall, Ph.D., ABPP, Laura H. Carnell Professor of
Psychology and director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety
Disorders Clinic at Temple University
"This is, without exception, the best book for parents on the topic
of selective mutism I have had the pleasure to read. Loaded with
information on the nature and causes of this childhood condition
and filled with practical advice on how to cope with and
effectively treat it, this book provides parents with a highly
useful, trustworthy, science-based program for the child with
selective mutism. Few if any professionals have more clinical
experience with such children and the treatment of their condition
than do McHolm and Cunningham. My congratulations both to the
authors for putting together such a finely crafted book and to you,
the reader, for having the good sense to buy it."
--Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., research professor of psychiatry at
the State University of New York Upstate Medical School in
Syracuse, NY
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