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Would speech therapy help a child with selective mutism, if he already speaks fine when he wants to speak?
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No: No, speech therapy helps to correct functional problems with speech. Selective mutism is psychological/developmental in origin, and should be addressed as such.
Answered 4/13/2016
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Maybe: A creative and interested speech/language pathologist may be useful in this setting, just as they could for performance anxiety in public speaking. Routine "physical therapy" type of speech therapy wouldn't be helpful.
Answered 4/8/2013
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