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    How to Calm Down From Anger or Other Big Emotions: Emotion Regulation for Kiddos with Anxiety (7–8-year-olds).

    4 Aug 2022 /

    My daughter has anxiety. While we have been on a journey of overcoming selective mutism (which is rooted in anxiety), I learned about and experimented with many calm down from anger techniques. Before I even started to understand how essential it was for my child to learn to calm down from anger, the house was like a battlefield, day after day. Her being very young, some sensory issues, academic struggles were fueling my child’s emotional rollercoaster. At school, where she was mute, my daughter would hold it together, and all the anger, frustration, and emotional aftermath from the inability to speak and socialize like other kids would trigger explosion of emotions during…

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    Yanina

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    Back-to-School Plan for Parents of a Child with Selective Mutism:Tips and Steps to Take.

    14 Jul 2022 /

    In this article, you will read about essential tips for getting back to or starting school for a child with selective mutism.  Let’s be honest, the whole thing of “getting-back-to-school-successfully” seems like an “oh-gosh-here-you-go…” moment. Whether your kiddo has made some or significant improvements in summer, or you are just starting to wrap your head around going back to school with selective mutism, you need to know this: for most kids and parents (just like it was for us) the beginning of school time will be a massive smack in the face. Oh yeah, I know it.  So, you might be thinking, “Why am I reading this?” I know, I…

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    Selective Mutism Dos And Don’ts: Easy Guide for a Classroom.

    2 Feb 2022 /

    This post will give you easy-to-follow guidelines about dos and don’ts of selective mutism in a classroom. I’ve been a parent of a child with selective mutism for quite a while. Tackling the behaviors prompted by anxiety daily is a matter of applying tricks and procedures we, as a family, worked out to handle the moments of big emotions, occasional screaming and hitting, meltdowns, school work and homework issues, siblings troubles and many more.  The rule of thumb in figuring out selective mutism anxiety disorder dos and don’ts is to: Because selective mutism anxiety is so unique in its manifestation in children, there is no 100% match of child’s behavior…

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    Helping a Child With Selective Mutism Through Big Emotions: Mom/Parent-Child Relationship, Resentment, Anger, and Detachment.

    19 Jan 2022 /

    If you don’t believe in mental health, neuropsychology ( how a person’s nervous system and brain influence their cognition and behavior), nor do you believe your child’s journey with selective mutism has to include your own mental health, my advice is to close this window immediately or just move on. If you are still hanging there, it means you may be desperate or ready for anything to understand how the selective mutism journey can no longer be a burden but a transformative path to get to the mental health issues. So, continue reading because you will get 6 insights into how you can help your child with selective mutism through big…

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    Selective Mutism Tantrums: How to Deal With a Ball of Anger After School.

    5 Jan 2022 /

    In this post, you will find out how to help your child with selective mutism who has bad tantrums after school or any activities. Before my child was diagnosed, I surely thought my daughter’s selective mutism tantrums were due to my failure as a parent. It felt horrible. Not being able to understand the reasons would push me into self-blaming and resentment towards my child. The bad news about selective mutism tantrums is that they linger for some time even with therapy and medication in place. The good news is that tantrums can become more manageable and preventable in most cases. Even though there can be dozens of triggers that…

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    7 Must-Do Things For A Parent of A Child With Selective Mutism: Actionable Tips and Resources to Consider.

    29 Nov 2021 /

    Selective mutism is manageable, even though at times it seems like an overwhelming and slowly-dragging endeavor, lacking the final destination. Most of the time it surely seems to consume all of us, my child in particular – and this is when the realization of having to deal with selective mutism, an anxiety disorder, becomes even more real. Luckily, some days feel like we are over it as if selective mutism has been gone forever as if it never happened. Having witnessed how much progress can be done with early detection, treatment therapy, strategic school accommodations, and medication, I’m sure more optimistic now to believe my daughter’s therapist’s words, “She will…

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    6 Things You Can Do Right Now To Help Your Child With Selective Mutism.

    8 Nov 2021 /

    This post will answer many of your questions such as: Apart from that, I will give you 6 actionable steps you can start incorporating in your day-to-day functioning now to help your child with selective mutism. To skip to the section about 5 actionable steps, click here. How Does Selective Mutism Work? In our family’s more than 3-year-journey with selective mutism disorder, we have learned that selective mutism is not only difficult to spot and recognize, but it is also difficult to manage and address. What does selective mutism mean? Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder that impacts a child’s ability to speak in many social settings and at times…

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    Selective Mutism IEP/504 Goals, Choice of Therapy, Activities & How to Normalize Anxiety for an Anxious Child.

    25 Oct 2021 /

    In this post, learn about: Selective Mutism IEP Goals are Very Unique for Each Child and Each Family Circumstances. Before I share with you everything I learned about selective mutism IEP (504) goals and how to craft them, let me burst your bubble: You are probably tired and overwhelmed dealing with selective mutism and school issues. I dare to ask is it because you expect too much from the educational system that is not built to handle unique and rare conditions such as selective mutism? Or are you expecting too much from an anxious child and are not willing to accept the longer and slower pace of recovery from selective…

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  • SELECTIVE MUTISM TIPS

    Routines For School: How To Help a Reluctant & Anxious Child Thrive in Daily Routines and Reading.

    21 Sep 2021 /

    The article will talk about the best routines for school that will work for any child, especially for a child with selective mutism. You will find an example of a daily schedule free printable for your child.   Routines for School: Daily Schedule Routine. Every young learner thrives in predictable routines for school and regular procedures. It is especially true for a child with selective mutism. Predictability in routines for school reduces the unknown – the cause of anxiety for a child with selective mutism. Therefore, planned and familiar schedules and expectations can help the child with selective mutism function comfortably and more efficiently in school and at home. While routines…

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    Selective Mutism Classroom Accommodations: What You Need To Know About 504 and IEP.

    14 Sep 2021 /

    In this post, you will learn about: Why you need an IEP or 504 plan to give your child the best selective mutism classroom accommodations. Which plan (504 or IEP) is best for selective mutism classroom accommodations. What parents need to know about IEP and 504. How to make selective mutism classroom accommodations actionable. You need an IEP or 504 plan to give your child the best selective mutism classroom accommodations.  Selective mutism anxiety disorder impacts a child in many different areas: thinking remembering learning communicating hearing mental health social relationships At home, the child with selective mutism experiences anxiety which manifests in many exhausting behaviors to both the child…

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