The Ideal Classroom for the Selectively Mute Child: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Treatment Professionals - Brossura

Shipon-Blum, Elisa

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ISBN 10: 0971480001 ISBN 13: 9780971480001

Casa editrice: Selective Mutism Anxiety Research & Treatment Center, 2007

Riassunto

Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum's Guide, "The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child" is a wonderfully informative guidebook that will provide parents, teachers, and treating professionals with the advice necessary to help prepare the 'ideal class setting for the Selectively Mute child.'This practical guide is informative and entertaining and goes into detail as to tactics that can be done in the school to benefit and accommodate the needs of the Selectively Mute child. Recommendations on testing, IEP development and multiple methods to help lower anxiety, build self esteem and increase communication comfort within the school are emphasized throughout this book.This guide book is easy to read, graphically attractive and is a necessary reference for all those involved with a Selectively Mute child within the school environment.

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Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum is the President & Director of the Selective Mutism Anxiety Research & Treatment Center (SMART Center) located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. She is the Founder & Director Emeritus of the Selective Mutism Group (SMG) and Director of the Selective Mutism Research Institute (SMRI) a foundation established to study Dr. Shipon-Blum's theories and treatment methodologies on Selective Mutism. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology & Family Medicine at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr Shipon-Blum has developed Social Communication Anxiety Treatment (S-CAT) and consults worldwide with families, treating professionals & educators, and has helped over four thousand children from around the world overcome Selective Mutism. Dr. Shipon-Blum lectures throughout the country on the topic of Selective Mutism, performs school evaluations and trainings and is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the treatment and understanding of Selective Mutism. She has been a featured expert on national television programs such as 20/20, CNN, Inside Edition, and Good Morning America, as well as other local, national, and international television and radio broadcasts. In addition, she has been featured in TIME Magazine, People Magazine and has interviewed with newspapers such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, San Diego Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Palm Beach Post. Dr. Shipon-Blum is presently involved in multiple collaborative research projects with top researchers and clinicians. In addition to her research she has written numerous articles and books on Selective Mutism and anxiety including 'Easing School Jitters for the Selectively Mute Child,' 'The Ideal Classroom Setting for the Selectively Mute Child,' 'Understanding Katie,' 'Supplement Treatment Guide Book to Understanding Katie' and ' Selective Mutism and Social Anxiety Disorder in School .' She has also produced numerous DVDs on the topics of treatment and assessment of Selective Mutism, and the development of school accommodations and interventions for mute children. Dr. Shipon-Blum (or Dr. E as her patients refer to her) prides herself on being 'down to earth' and 'easy to speak to', and resides with her family in the northeast suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Notably, she is also the mother of a child, Sophie, who suffered from and overcame Selective Mutism and is the inspiration for the work she does each day.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Selective Mutism Anxiety Research & Treatment Center
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0971480001
• ISBN 13: 9780971480001
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 48