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BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION TO TREAT SELECTIVE MUTISM ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS
Author(s) -
Lang Russell,
Regester April,
Mulloy Austin,
Rispoli Mandy,
Botout Amanda
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-623
Subject(s) - psychology , intervention (counseling) , girl , developmental psychology , social communication , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry
We evaluated a behavioral intervention for a 9‐year‐old girl with selective mutism. The intervention consisted of role play and video self‐modeling. The frequency of spoken initiations, responses to questions, and communication breakdowns was measured during three social situations (i.e., ordering in a restaurant, meeting new adults, and playing with new children) and in three community settings. Results demonstrated increases in spoken initiations and responses and decreases in communication breakdowns across all situations and settings.