Melanie Manderino has finally found her voice after dealing with selective mutism for the better part of her life ...

Many years ago, early in my clinical training, a couple brought their 7-year-old daughter to see me. The parents were perplexed. The girl, whom I'll call Emily, was rambunctious at home, but would ...

NYU Langone’s Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers Combined Emphasis in Empirically Supported Assessment ...

As a child, Erin Silvia struggled to speak to anyone other than her parents and two of her siblings, due to the anxiety disorder selective mutism Teachers didn't understand her, and peers often ...

A multitalented 11-year-old girl is hitting the big time, but her success was nearly silenced forever. "I've been playing piano for nine years since I was 2," said Rachel Ling Gordon. Gordon, who is ...

A Brockton teacher helped a 9-year-old student with selective mutism speak at school for the first time. Melody Edward, a teacher at Dessalines S.T.E.A.M. Academy, used the student's doll to build ...