Showing posts with label seletive mutism research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seletive mutism research. Show all posts
Friday, January 4, 2008
Official Diagnosis
Payton had her appointment with Childrens the day after Thanksgiving and we have her official diagnosis. After reading through about 20 pages of questions her Dr said it was one of the easiest diagnosis' she has ever made! Payton has Selective Mutism, Obsessive Cumpulsive Disorder and Sensory Integration Dysfunction. The second two are pretty common for Selective Mutes to also have. Its been just over a month and I am still waiting to hear back from their office. They are trying to get Payton into a therapist closer to home because I'm not big on the idea of driving down town and they don't want to start her with one therapist and then switch her. I'm going to call the one closer to home and see what the hold up is early next week because I really want her to get started before next school year! I got the books I ordered and they werent at all what I thought they would be. There was some communication issues with the company I ordered from so they gave me a credit for a free book. I'm going to get that ordered too but in the meantime I passed the other books onto her teacher. Not much has changed on the school front. Payton continues to comminicate non-verbally and was very excited to be the person who got to point out the words as the class read them a few weeks ago. I'll post as we have more updates! If you're reading please leave me a comment! I'd love to hear from other parents of SM kids!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Doing some research
Doing some research on-line about Selective Mutism. Here's some interesting things I've found so far....
The characteristics (these all fit Payton!)
*Consistent failure to speak in specific social situations (in which there is an expectation for speaking, e.g., at school) despite speaking in other situations.
*The disturbance interferes with educational or occupational achievement or with social communication. (social for Payton)
*The duration of the disturbance is at least 1 month (not limited to the first month of school). (three years for Payton!)
*The failure to speak is not due to a lack of knowledge of, or comfort with, the spoken language required in the social situation.
*The disturbance is not better accounted for by a Communication Disorder (e.g., Stuttering) and does not occur exclusively during the course of a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Schizophrenia, or other Psychotic Disorder.
and these symptoms:
*They find it difficult to maintain eye contact.
*Often don't smile and have blank expressions.
*They move stiffly and awkwardly.
*They find situations where talk is normally expected particularly hard to handle. (answering school registers, saying hello, goodbye, thank-you, etc.)
*They tend to worry about things more than others
*They can be very sensitive to noise and crowds
*Find it difficult to talk about themselves or express their feelings
On the positive side, many sufferers have:
*Above-average intelligence, perception, or are inquisitive
*Sensitivity to others' thoughts and feelings (empathy)
*Very good powers of concentration (focused)
*A good sense of right/wrong/fairness (justice)
I also found article that said its more common in girls and can run in families....my mom we think had this as a child and my dad and myself have a lot of issues with "shyness." It' also believed to be in about 7 in every 1000 kids so in reality a school Payton's size they could go 10-15 years and have maybe one kid with this which is probably why her teacher isn't familiar with it!
The characteristics (these all fit Payton!)
*Consistent failure to speak in specific social situations (in which there is an expectation for speaking, e.g., at school) despite speaking in other situations.
*The disturbance interferes with educational or occupational achievement or with social communication. (social for Payton)
*The duration of the disturbance is at least 1 month (not limited to the first month of school). (three years for Payton!)
*The failure to speak is not due to a lack of knowledge of, or comfort with, the spoken language required in the social situation.
*The disturbance is not better accounted for by a Communication Disorder (e.g., Stuttering) and does not occur exclusively during the course of a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Schizophrenia, or other Psychotic Disorder.
and these symptoms:
*They find it difficult to maintain eye contact.
*Often don't smile and have blank expressions.
*They move stiffly and awkwardly.
*They find situations where talk is normally expected particularly hard to handle. (answering school registers, saying hello, goodbye, thank-you, etc.)
*They tend to worry about things more than others
*They can be very sensitive to noise and crowds
*Find it difficult to talk about themselves or express their feelings
On the positive side, many sufferers have:
*Above-average intelligence, perception, or are inquisitive
*Sensitivity to others' thoughts and feelings (empathy)
*Very good powers of concentration (focused)
*A good sense of right/wrong/fairness (justice)
I also found article that said its more common in girls and can run in families....my mom we think had this as a child and my dad and myself have a lot of issues with "shyness." It' also believed to be in about 7 in every 1000 kids so in reality a school Payton's size they could go 10-15 years and have maybe one kid with this which is probably why her teacher isn't familiar with it!
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