Selective mutism is a topic that I know many SLPs have lots of questions about, and I haven’t had the right answers. Luckily, in this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I have special guest Joleen Fernald on to talk about everything you need to know about selective mutism. Joleen R. Fernald, Ph.D., CCC-SLP was awarded Board Specialty Recognition in Child Language from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Fernald follows Greenspan and Wieder’s model, DIRFloortime®, when working with children and families. She has a special interest in the social-emotional development of young children and its impact on their speech and language skills. As a speech-language pathologist, Dr. Fernald works with children who have a variety of communication disorders. Since selective mutism is an anxiety-based disorder, it can be confusing for SLPs to understand our role in helping students, but it's important to remember that this affects their social communication and we are the experts in that. Tune in to learn more about what selective mutism is, what causes it, and how we can best support and help our students with this condition. Full show notes available at www.speechtimefun.com/130Resources Mentioned: Get the Free Data Collection Sheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i4dsfddkjdc1whc/DIR-SM%20Data%20Collection.pdf?dl=0Visit Joleen’s website: https://joleenfernald.com/Follow Joleen on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoleenRFernaldPediatricTherapyServicesJoin the DIR-Selective Mutism Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/778874929466312Follow Joleen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.jo_selectivemutism_slp/Check out the Selective Mutism website: https://www.selectivemutism.org/Where We Can Connect: Follow the Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slp-coffee-talk/id1497341007Follow Hallie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speechtimefunFollow Hallie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeechTimeFun/Follow Hallie on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/missspeechie/Take advantage of this podcast exclusive deal for SLP Elevate - speechtimefun.com/podcastelevate