- Do you know a child who does not speak?
By Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum, CEO and Executive Medical Director, Selective Mutism Group Childhood Anxiety Network, SMG~CAN. Selective Mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a child's inability to speak in select social settings, such as school, but is able to talk normally in settings where he/she is comfortable, secure and relaxed.
(Added: Wed Sep 15 2004)
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