In February, a partnership of 17 mental health organizations published a report calling for an investment in school-based mental health to address the complex and growing mental health needs of ...

Little girl covering mouth in front of fence Children with selective mutism who participated in parent-child interaction therapy showed significant gains in speaking behaviors; teachers and parents ...

October is Selective Mutism (SM) Awareness Month. I know this only because my son has this rare condition. Selective Mutism is a complex childhood anxiety disorder characterized by a child's inability ...

The Little School of Sapo Zen launches its second edition, offering hope and tools to families across Latin America and Spain Barcelona, Spain--(Newsfile Corp. - September 20, 2024) - Sapo Zen, the ...

Children who are anxious have problems themselves, but they're not causing problems for others." But knowledge is increasing. There is often a genetic link, Neul says -- many children with the ...

When we think of anxious children, we might think of kids clinging to their parents at drop-off time or terrified by clowns at birthday parties. But there's another kind of anxiety that affects young ...

Lisa Fosello first recognized that her son, Joseph, was acting differently than most children when he was in preschool. Then three-and-a-half years old, Joseph played alone and would not speak to his ...

While many students may act out at school by refusing to talk in class, some children simply can’t talk in school or in public. Children with selective mutism, a disorder that usually surfaces when a ...

Selective mutism is a common anxiety condition whereby kids who are normally chatty at home clam up around outsiders or at school. By Shoshana Kordova When my youngest daughter was 3, her preschool ...

'"Why don't you ever speak?" Why does it bother you why I never speak? Is what I wanted to call back, only I couldn't. The words were there, but buried deep, stuck in my throat like a dry bone and no ...