Listy klinické logopedie 2019, 3(1):83-86 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2019.0221648

COLLABORATION BETWEEN A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP) AND A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST (MFT) IN TREATING SELECTIVE MUTISM: A CASE STUDY REPORT (article in English)

Henriette W. Langdon, Ed.D., F-CCC-SLP, BCS-CL1,2,*, Maxine B. L. Starr, Ph.D.2
1 Professor Emerita San Jose State University, San Jose, California. USA
2 Co-Owner, Sunflower Therapies, Rancho Cucamonga, California. USA

In this article, we provide an intervention plan that was implemented with the collaboration of a speech and language pathologist (SLP) and a marriage and family therapist (MFT) for an 8-year-old bilingual child who was diagnosed with Selective Mutism. A description of characteristics of children diagnosed with Selective Mutism and a review of various intervention approaches are provided.

Keywords: selective mutism, intervention for selective mutism, collaboration between SLPs and MFTs, case study

Published: March 30, 2019  Show citation

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Langdon HW, Starr MBL. COLLABORATION BETWEEN A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP) AND A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST (MFT) IN TREATING SELECTIVE MUTISM: A CASE STUDY REPORT (article in English). Listy klinické logopedie. 2019;3(1):83-86. doi: 10.36833/lkl.2019.022.
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