BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION TO TREAT SELECTIVE MUTISM ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS

We evaluated a behavioral intervention for a 9-year-old girl with selective mutism. The intervention consisted of role play and video self-modeling. The frequency of spoken initiations, responses to questions, and communication breakdowns was measured during three social situations (i.e., ordering in a restaurant, meeting new adults, and playing with new children) and in three community settings. Results demonstrated increases in spoken initiations and responses and decreases in communication breakdowns across all situations and settings.