Junhua Reitman is a Parent Coach specialising in counselling parents and teachers of children with selective mutism (SM). She is the co-author of The Selective Mutism Workbook for Parents and Professionals and the lead English-to-Chinese translator of several selective mutism related books. She is the director of SunnyMindED Selective Mutism Center. Junhua is also a Montessori early childhood educator.

Amelia Reitman is a 16-year-old student in a Biomedical Sciences Academy. Having experienced and overcome selective mutism (SM) as a young child, Amy makes it her personal mission to help children with SM. She is an active volunteer at the Selective Mutism Association and helped with translating and editing books related to SM. Amy works with a group of volunteers to help children with SM make friends and have fun.

Nianhua Xu obtained her doctoral training in the field of biomedical sciences and is the co-founder of SunnyMindED. She is a Parent Coach and an active volunteer helping parents of children with selective mutism (SM) on their journey to overcome SM. Nianhua translated several SM-related books into Chinese.

Aknowledgements

Foreword

Prefaces

About the Book

Part 1: About Selective Mutism

Part 2: Parents Become Advocates in and Outside of School

Part 3: Teacher Staff Provide Support in and Outside of School

Part 4: Challenges the Child May Face at School

Part 5: Support for the Child at Home and in the Community

Part 6: Overcome Selective Mutism and Build Social Skills

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Forms

Index