Prog on Selective Mutism

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On tonight BBC 1

have posted this in SN as well

Looks very interesting, will be watching (or maybe sky+ - it is on quite late for me)

will it be on iplayer ?

I want to watch this tonight. It looks really interesting.

NOW

Kangaboy did this at school for years {infant and junior}

He wouldn't speak in the classroom at all but would shout and growl in the playground

But would talk to us but not his grandparents or to any other adults

He now doesn't stop talking

dd didnt talk at nursery, aged 3. - you wouldnt believe it now

We didn't get any help until his Year 5 teacher got him and IEP and this really helped

So right from nursery class thru to year 5 no one would help us ~ they couldn't do a baseline assessment cos he wouldn't answer the questions although they could see in his face that he knew the answer

He is now aged 14½ years old and is fine

I've welled up a little bit at the little girl being able to leave her grandad a voicemail

My child won't speak

BitofFun so did I. My dd won't use a phone - only google chats with her Grandparents. They have never heard her voice.

My oldest friend's daughter is exactly like this. She is 8 now. Never says a word to anyone. Doesn't even speak to her Mum and Dad. Very distressing for my friend of course. Can't imagine not hearing your child speak.

I just watched this programme on iplayer. It was amazing to hear Megan speak in the classroom.

The girl who changed schools did exactly the right thing I think. I didn't speak at school until it was time to go to junior school and I went to a different one, not the one attached to my infants. I started to speak there from day 1.
The little girl (Megan?) who did the therapy so she could talk to her class teacher but then still wouldn't speak in class, I think the adults were missing the point a bit to start with. Ok she could talk to the teacher, but she was still in a class full of other children who had never heard her speak so there was that barrier to get over. They got there in the end though with her letter to the other children so that was great.
I felt really sorry for the older girl who still couldn't speak in front of her friends, she looked so miserable.