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Selective Mutism - Comprehensive Management

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This is a text-based course published on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 which you can save and print. Any questions? email or call 800-242-5183.
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Course Abstract

Thiscourse details a comprehensive treatment program for children who present Selective Mutism. It is dependent on a comprehensive evaluation that specifies the condition, its Associated Features, and Comorbid conditions. Correct management of the child who presents Selective Mutism in the classroom, revised management by parents, and play therapy are the three components of comprehensive treatment.

Course Presenter

Robert Thompson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Robert C Thompson earned a Ph.D. in Communication Disorders at the University of Oklahoma and has been a professor at the University of Texas (Edinburg), University of Oklahoma, and Northeastern State University (Oklahoma). He was director of speech-language-hearing for sixteen years at Tulsa Children’s Medical Center, a psychiatric and pediatric hospital. Currently he is a consultant to Developmental Pediatrics, Hillcrest Medical Center (Tulsa) and to Pediatrics, W. W. Hastings Indian Hospital (Tahlequah) of the Cherokee Nation.

He has presented on Selective Mutism throughout the United States and for the national associations of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and at the 2004 Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

Course Objectives

Preview Exam

After this course, participants will be able to describe how to counsel school staff on correct management of children who present Selective Mutism.
After this course, participants will be able to provide guidelines for parents on correct management of their child and methods to modify Associated Features and Comorbid conditions.
After this course, participants will be able to write a play therapy protocol that modifies associated features and comorbid conditions, and provides a setting for the child to verbalize in school.

Time-ordered Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-15 Minutes	Three treatment components of comprehensive management
15-40 Minutes	Life adjustment counseling for parents, and informational counseling of school staff
40-55 Minutes	Play therapy
55-60 Minutes	Conclusion; Q&A

Continuing Education Information

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

Please note: CEU tests must be passed within 30 days of the event.

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This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional Area)

Certified members of the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with Audiology Online. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All CASLPA members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.

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