{"product_id":"the-selective-mutism-summer-vacation-elisa-shipon-blum-9781478196617","title":"The Selective Mutism Summer Vacation \u0026 Back-To-School Guide: Recommendations \u0026 Strategies for Building Social Communication Skills","description":"Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum's 'The Selective Mutism Summer Vacation and Back-To-School Guide; Recommendations and Strategies for Building Social Communication Skills' is an excellent resource for parents, educators, therapists and others who spend time with a child with Selective Mutism.This 80-page book is beautifully designed with graphics and written in an easy-to-understand way.The guide consists of recommendations and strategies to build social communication skills during summer break as well as both preparing for and start of the new school year.The book consists of 3 parts. Part 1 focuses on understanding Selective Mutism as a social communication anxiety disorder rather than just mutism. Details about the Social Communication Bridge(TM) and SM Stages of Social Communication are discussed with focus on the Golden Rules for becoming verbal in all settings. Part 2 provides readers with strategies and insight to navigating the routines, activities, and decisions that are distinctive to summer. Summer break includes visiting relatives, socializing with peers, attending camp, attending get-togethers with friends, vacationing, or simply relaxing. With each social encounter, children with selective Mutism should develop their social comfort and communication skills. Part 3 begins with strategies and insight into planning for the upcoming school year. In addition, tips, tools and recommendations are provided to help the child with SM build the comfort with peers and teachers specific to the child's stage of social communication.Dr. Shipon-Blum's newest book, The Selective Mutism Summer Vacation and Back- to-School Guide will give the reader expert knowledge, valuable ideas and strategies to use to keep the SM child progressing during the school summer vacation! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore About the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisa Shipon-Blum, DO - or Dr. E, as her patients call her -\u003c\/b\u003e is the President and Director of the Selective Mutism Anxiety and Related Disorders Treatment Center (SMart Center). She is a board-certified physician who specializes in Selective Mutism. Over the past 30 years, Dr. E has helped thousands of children, teens, and adults from around the world overcome Selective Mutism. Notably, the inspiration of her work comes from her daughter, Sophia, who suffered from and overcame Selective Mutism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. E developed the evidenced-based Social Communication Anxiety Treatment (S-CAT)(R). According to Dr. E's work, The key to an effective treatment plan is understanding factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of SM (The Why's of SM) as well as understanding an individual's baseline stage of social communication on the Social Communication Bridge(c). Then, working as a team; the treatment professional, parents, and school staff, help the individual build coping skills to combat anxious feelings and to progress across the Social Communication Bridge(c). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo learn more about the SMart Center, visit SelectiveMutismCenter.org!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisa Shipon-Blum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478196610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478196617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Elisa Shipon-Blum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985718673663,"sku":"9781478196617","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43dfae09-1c3d-45e3-a171-60f24e1ce788.jpg?v=1683279161","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-selective-mutism-summer-vacation-elisa-shipon-blum-9781478196617","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}