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If you’re here, it’s likely because something doesn’t feel right.
At home, your child talks.
They chat, argue, laugh, whisper, negotiate.
But outside your home at school, in nursery, with extended family, in clubs they go quiet.
Painfully ...
When a child speaks freely at home but goes quiet at school, it’s not defiance. It’s anxiety.
Selective Mutism is an anxiety-based condition where a child can talk comfortably in some settings but feels unable to speak in others especially where they feel watched, evaluated, or under...
If your child freezes, uses a very soft voice, or goes completely silent in certain places, I want you to know this first: you are not alone.
I’ve been a speech and language therapist for many years, and I’ve worked with hundreds of families whose children desperately want to speak but whose bodies simply don’t feel safe enou...
My Child Talks at Home but not outside, or at nursery or at school.
This is one of the most common concerns parents bring to me.
Their child chats, laughs, tells stories, and uses rich language at home and yet at nursery, they don’t speak at all. Sometimes they won’t even whisper or make a sound. They may nod, point, freeze, or appear completely shut down.
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