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application/pdf	5a Handout When the Words Won’t Come Out	Information about selective mutism for teenagers and adults View or download PDF for full details	29/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 5a Handout When the Words Won’t Come Out
application/pdf	5b Handout Stretch Zone	Comfort zone: these are things we can do routinely without any trouble, feeling relaxed. Stretch zone (or brave zone): these are things just outside our comfort zone where we might […]	29/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 5b Handout Stretch Zone
application/pdf	5c Handout I have selective mutism cards	I have selective mutism. This means I am not able to speak in some situations. I can still understand everything you say to me and can communicate in other […]	29/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 5c Handout I have selective mutism cards
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	8b Handout: setting questionnaire	Please download the Word document and complete The Word document includes the following questions: Have you watched the SM webinars on the BHT website? YES/NO* *If “NO” please do so […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document - 8b Handout: setting questionnaire
application/pdf	9a Handout SM Workbook	A PDF advert for a book called ‘The selective mutism workbook for parents and professionals – small steps, big changes’ by Maggie Johnson and Junhua Reitman Published by Routledge The […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 9a Handout SM Workbook
application/pdf	9b Activities by levels	The following activities are grouped into the eight stages of one-to-one interaction (see Table 5.1 in Chapter 5). However, they can also be used as small-group or whole-class activities during […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 9b Activities by levels
application/pdf	9c handout: classification of activities	A table showing the classification of activities by level of risk (anxiety load)	06/11/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 9c handout: classification of activities
application/pdf	9d handout: the sliding in technique	A technique for parents and staff working with school-aged children and young people who have selective mutism	06/11/2023	Download Document application/pdf - 9d handout: the sliding in technique
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	9e handout: a checklist for sliding in	P= talking partner, N= name of child/young person, A= new adult Stage Stages of one-to-one interaction* with the new person and individual target milestones Date achieved Talking bridge Talk […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document - 9e handout: a checklist for sliding in
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	9f Handout: Speech shaping examples	Adapted from Selective Mutism Resource Manual 2nd Edition When should this be used? Initial environment changes have already been made: The child MUST have had the pep talk from their […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document - 9f Handout: Speech shaping examples
application/pdf	Hand out 6: What to say when …	An advice sheet for parents, teachers and carers of children who have selective mutism … other people need a quick explanation (do this in private) “Selective mutism is an anxiety […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/pdf - Hand out 6: What to say when …
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document	Handout 8a: Parent/guardian questionnaire	Please download the Word document and complete The Word document includes the following questions: Your concerns: What concerns do you have about your child? How long have you had these […]	06/11/2023	Download Document application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document - Handout 8a: Parent/guardian questionnaire
application/pdf	Handout for selective mutism webinar 2	This handout includes: A multidimensional model of confident talking exercise A table showing the progressions of confident talking A table showing confident talking – the stages of one-to-one interaction Plus […]	25/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - Handout for selective mutism webinar 2
application/pdf	Informal ways to support the development of confident talking	Informal ways to support the development of confident talking Gradually introduce questions on a one-to-one basis at the child or young person’s pace. Question sequence Chatty comments with rhetorical questions […]	29/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - Informal ways to support the development of confident talking
application/pdf	Talking to the child about speech anxiety – ‘the pep talk’	TALKING TO THE CHILD ABOUT SPEECH ANXIETY – ‘THE PEP TALK’ Acknowledge the child’s fear of speaking. Let them know that you understand their difficulty and the feelings they experience […]	29/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - Talking to the child about speech anxiety – ‘the pep talk’
application/pdf	Why might a child not speak in setting?	Quiet children There is nothing wrong with a child being quiet and some people are just more quiet by nature. Some children are quiet because they are shy. Low or […]	25/10/2023	Download Document application/pdf - Why might a child not speak in setting?