Resources
SM organizations and support groups worldwide
A list of SM support organizations held by SMIRA is provided here for general information. Please note that SMIRA does not endorse and is not responsible for the advice or information given by any other organization or the content or conduct of any other website. The organizations are grouped here by language rather than by country.
ENGLISH
Selective Mutism Information & Research Association (SMIRA UK)
Registered Charity No. 1022673
Phone: 0800 2289765
E-mail: info@smira.co.uk
Facebook: Smira
Scottish SM Group
Facebook: Scottish Selective Mutism Group (SSMG)
ISPEAK (for SM adults)
E-Mail: carl@ispeak.org.uk
SMG-CAN (Canada)
Facebook: The Selective Mutism Group
SM Foundation (USA)
www.selectivemutismfoundation.org
Facebook: The Selective Mutism Foundation
Carolyn Miller
The Selective Mutism Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 13133
SISSONVILLE
WV 25360-0133
USA
Sue Newman
The Selective Mutism Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 25972
Tamarac
FL 33320
USA
Selective Mutism Clinic
Suite 301, Level 3, 118 Christie Street
St Leonards
NSW 2065
Australia
Phone: 0405 430 530
FRENCH
Ouvrir La Voix (OLV)
Facebook: Ouvrir la Voix
ITALIAN
AIMuSe
Facebook: AIMUSE
CHINESE
Taipei/HongKong
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/201513733329226
GERMAN
Mutismus Selbsthilfe Deutschland e.V.
IG Mutismus Schweiz
SPANISH
Mutismo Selectivo – Argentina
Facebook: Mutismo Selectivo Argentina
POLISH
MUTYZM
Facebook: MUTYZM
JAPANESE
Kanmoku Net
Facebook かんもくネット
VLAAMS/FLEMISH
Selectief Mutisme Vlaanderen
Facebook: Selectief Mutisme Vlaanderen
Other relevant associations and support groups
UK
Anxiety UK
British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Imperial House
Hornby Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 5BN
Phone: 0161 705 4304
Fear Fighter
MIND The National Association for Mental Health
Mind Infoline: 0300 123 3393
E-mail: info@mind.org.uk
Legal Advice Line: 0300 466 6463
E-mail: legal@mind.org.uk
Following the links ‘Information and support‘ / ‘Tips for everyday living’ / ‘Wellbeing’ can be helpful.
RALLI (Raising Awareness of Language Learning Impairments)
See also: the UK government and educational websites mentioned in Chapter 15 of this volume.
AUSTRALIA
Anxiety Disorders Association
Victoria (ADAVIC)
P.O. Box 625
Kew
Victoria 3101
Social Anxiety Australia (SAA)
P.O. Box 94
Indooroopilly
Queensland
Speech Pathology Australia
Level 2/11–19 Bank Place
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
Phone: 03 9642 4899
www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au
Triumph Over Phobia (TOP, NSW)
PO Box 213 Rockdale NSW
NEW ZEALAND
Social Anxiety Support Group
Floor 2
Securities House
221 Gloucester Street
P.O. Box 13167
Christchurch
USA
Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADDAA)
The Association for (previously the Advancement of) Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)
305 7th Avenue
16th Floor
New York
NY 10001
Institute for Behavior Therapy
20 East 49th Street
2nd Floor
New York
NY 10017
Smart Center
505 N. Old York Road
Jenkintown Square – Lower Level
Jenkintown,
PA 19046
Phone: 215 887 5748
American Speech–Language–Hearing Association
2200 Research Boulevard,
Rockville, MD 20850-3289.
Phone: 301 296 5650.
www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/selectivemutism
Apps
Headspace (mindfulness techniques) for Apple, IOS and Android
Way of Life (allows and encourages monitoring of progress toward goals) for IOS
Mindshift (strategies for anxiety) for Apple, IOS and Android
Published materials
Silent Children: Approaches to Selective Mutism (DVD, 2004), available, together with or separately from the book of the same name by Rosemary Sage and Alice Sluckin, from Lindsay Whittington, SMIRA Co-ordinator, 5 Keyham Close, Humberstone, Leicester, LE5 1FW, UK.
Collins-Donnelly, K. (2012) Starving the Anger Gremlin. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Whitson, S. (2011) How to be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Guide for Kids and Teens. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Cartwight-Hatton, S., Lasky, B., Rust, S. and McNally, D. (2010) From Timid to Tiger: A Treatment Manual for Parenting the Anxious Child. Chichester: Wiley.
Chansky, Tamar E. (2014) Freeing Your Child from Anxiety (2nd edition). New York, NY: Harmony Books/Random House.
Creswell, C. and Willetts, L. (2007) Overcoming Your Child’s Fears and Worries: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques. London: Robinson.
Heubner, D. (2005) What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety. Washington DC: APA/Magination Press.
Heubner, D (2007) What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD. Washington DC: APA/Magination Press.
Courses
CLASS training in Selective Mutism
University College London (UCL)
www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/students/professional/class
Relaxation for Living
29 Burwood Park Road
Walton on Thames
Surrey
KT12 5LH
Floor-time play therapy
Courses on confidence-building
www.collegeofteachers.ac.uk/Learn
UK Helplines
Afasic (Association for All Speech Impaired Children)
0845 3 55 55 77 or 020 77490 9410
Anxiety UK
08444 775 774
No Panic
0800 138 8889
01952 680460
Suppliers
These companies produce helpful ‘talking’ (i.e. recordable) photograph albums and a variety of small recordable message devices that can easily be carried by children.
Living made easy for children
Inclusive Technology
Special Direct
Taskmaster
Miscellaneous
Silent Voices © Victoria Roe 2011
jvjr1@alumni.leicester.ac.uk
The Virtual Issue (Child and adolescent mental health in schools, September 2013)
Free access resource. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-3588/asset/homepages/Editorial_for_CAMH_in_schools_VI_final.pdf?v=1&s=6050a32b1ee3bc478d9dc79312964d2789010bcb&isAguDoi=false