Parent Essentials: Helping Your Child With Selective Mutism

This course provides an easily digestible starting point for parents of children with selective mutism; guiding them onto the right path to helping their child as soon as possible.

When parents discover that their child has, or may have selective mutism, parents often feel overwhelmed, in despair, knowing that their child is not talking in some situations, yet not knowing how to help them.

Often parents have researched selective mutism, but haven't known where to start - what tangible steps they should take moving forward.

I have created this Parent Essentials course as a solution; a clear course, giving you the key information that you need to put you on the right path to helping your child.

My intention is to take away any overwhelm, and give you clear steps that you can follow, so that rather than having to trial and error yourself; instead you can listen to this course, gain clarity, and know the next steps and path that you can take to helping your child.

This course is suitable for parents internationally who have a child with selective mutism.


This course has 8 videos:

Video 1: An introduction to the course & my personal story (14.05)

Video 2: An overview of selective mutism (11.14)

Video 3: My child has selective mutism, or is showing signs of selective mutism: what now?! (20.37)

Video 4: Understanding anxiety & avoidance (10.05)

Video 5: An overview of graded exposure (9.46)

Video 6: What causes selective mutism & maintaining factors (14.59)

Video 7: An overview of the key takeaway points & your path moving forward (10.14)

Video 8: What next? (4.37)


Your Instructor


Lucy Nathanson
Lucy Nathanson

Lucy Nathanson is a child therapist and founder of confidentchildren.co.uk and specialises in working with children with Selective Mutism.

Our Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/Confident-Children-Select...

Our YouTube videos on Selective Mutism have had over 245,000 views.

On an international level, Confident Children offers Online Sessions, having supported parents of children with selective mutism from the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and more.

Lucy’s articles on selective mutism have been published in The Primary Times, both online and in the magazine and she is the author of ‘Understanding Selective Mutism: A Beginner’s Guide’, 'My name is Eliza and I don't talk at school', 'Why doesn't Alice talk at school?' and 'My name is Ben and I don't talk sometimes' - all available on Amazon.

Lucy was a speaker at the SMIRA (Selective Mutism Information and Research Association) conference twice, and a speaker at the Languages and Emotions conference (organised by the University of Silesia) held in Katowice, Poland on three occasions. Her presentations were entitled 'Implementing a small steps programme for working with children with selective mutism', 'An overview of interventions for children with selective mutism' and 'Selective mutism therapy: challenges and frequently asked questions'.

Confident Children's passion is to help as many children with selective mutism as possible in finding their voice.


Course Curriculum


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Frequently Asked Questions


Is the course suitable for older children / teenagers?
The course isn't age specific, and will help you to understand selective mutism no matter what your child's age. Please have a look at the video titles to see if it would be useful for you in your child's case.
Is this course relevant to those who already have some idea of how to move forward with their child?
The course is mainly aimed at parents who have just discovered that their child has SM and are unsure where to start, however, of course it could be a good refresher to those who already have an idea of how to help their child and may also provide new inspiration.
Is this course relevant to those in different education systems / countries?
Yes, because this course doesn't give education system specific advice. It focuses on the general principles of selective mutism & understanding what the child is experiencing and how to support them, which is relevant regardless of the country or the education system the child is in.
Will this course be available forever?
We cannot guarantee that this course will be available forever. Please note that when you purchase the course, this is valid for the lifetime of the course, so if at any point this course is no longer available then you will no longer have access.

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