This book is dedicated to the parents, teachers, and friends that help children with selective mutism.
Why is this book titled SMart Amy? Children with selective mutism (SM) are generally extremely intelligent. SMart Amy will show you effective techniques that will benefit affected children in their everyday activities shown in specific scenes and activities, methods, and funny cartoons. Children with selective mutism can color in the drawings while listening to their parents reading the book’s scenarios. Parents and teachers can then develop specific plans of action determined by the extent of children’s selective mutism.
July 25, 2017 was a special day for 10-year-old Amy as her psychiatrist officially announced that she was completely cured of selective mutism. Amy has been receiving selective mutism treatment since February of 2012. After a grueling five years, regardless of the weather or circumstance, Amy was able to overcome one difficulty after another with the help of her family, teachers, and friends. It all started when Amy was three and a half years old. Her parents noticed her obvious differences from other children her age when Amy started to talk less and less in public. When she was 5 years old, Amy completely stopped talking to strangers- including her extended family and kindergarten teacher. Amy would only talk to her parents, brother, and her two closest friends that grew up with her. Amy also suffered from stomach aches every day from her anxiety. However, as selective mutism is not very well known, Amy's pediatricians and specialists assumed she was just timid and shy.
When Amy started school at age 5, her school counselor (psychologist) diagnosed Amy with selective mutism. Amy has to wait for 3 months for the first appointment. In the three months, Amy’s mom researched many activities and strategies that could help her daughter communicate. These strategies helped Amy to end her three month long silence and began making new friends. Talking was just the first step in Amy’s long journey.
Today is January 7, 2018. Amy’s mom, with the help of many intelligent and loving friends, organized many years of notes and experiences and translated them into this book. She expects July 2018 to be publication date. Hopefully these words will guide children who are struggling and their compassionate parents, teachers and friends. Although the road is long, but Amy and her family, teachers, and friends will spare no effort to work hard and spread awareness.
Amy Mom and Amy Yue
Email: smartamyus@yahoo.com
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