Treatment for teens with SM tends to be extremely goal-based. Therefore, as Dr. E explains in this clip, parents of teens need to actively keep their teens on-task and held accountable for their progress. 🔗 Link in bio to listen!

Treatment changes and evolves as an individual grows older. The older a teen gets, the more actively involved they are in their own treatment. 🔗 Link in bio to listen!

CommuniCamp™ is a 3+ day group treatment program that features both age-targeted #SelectiveMutism treatment and all-day parent education and support sessions. To learn more about CommuniCamp, visit

We love hearing how CommuniCamp™ has impacted families from all over ! Thank you, Kristen, for leaving us an amazing five-star google review and a great comment on your camp experience! . To leave us a review, visit the link in our bio! . #SelectiveMutism #CommuniCamp #review

Handover™ and Takeover™ are two strategies that are easy to implement in real-world settings to help your child build social comfort and confidence. Learn more about implementing strategies with “Summer Vacation and Back-to-School Guide,” available with the link in our bio!

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us here at the SMart Center! Remember to be kind today and value how some people may use their actions to say “I love you” rather than their words. #SelectiveMutism #ValentinesDay #bekind

Once an individual is diagnosed with SM, SM becomes the scapegoat for pretty much everything. Dr. E disagrees with this notion and explains why in Ep10 of the #unspokenwordspodcast. around. Comorbidities are the cause of the SM. 🔗 Link in bio to listen!

February CommuniCamp™ is right around the corner! We’re so excited to welcome this new group of campers. Next weekend will be packed full of group treatment and parent education and support! To learn more, visit . #camp #treatment #SelectiveMutism

We want to thank everyone that supports our podcast, Unspoken Words! We’ve reached a major milestone of 10,000 listens across 70+ countries in less than a year of launching! To listen and subscribe to “Unspoken Words: A Selective Mutism Podcast,” visit the link in our bio!

Medication is a BIG topic with #SelectiveMutism. In Dr. E’s handout, “Medication in the Treatment of Selective Mutism,” you learn everything you need about medication. Read more of this handout with the link in our bio!. #medication #socialanxiety #extremeshyness #treatment

MEET LEILA: FEBRUARY’S SHINING STAR! 🤩 . After being diagnosed with #SelectiveMutism, Leila found the SMart Center at 15 and started working directly with Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum. Leila wrote an essay on her experience with SM. Read more about Leila with the link in our bio!

In this month’s episode of the Unspoken Words podcast, a couple of parents with children with Selective Mutism join the show to ask Dr. E some questions in a live Q&A format. 🎙 Listen to our latest episode of Unspoken Words:️ Listen now:

Another Friday and another #FAQ for you! Today, we’re discussing speech phobia and the fear that can develop around being verbal. A treatment approach used to battle this is Ritual Sound Approach®, created by Dr. Shipon-Blum. To read about RSA®, visit the link in our bio!

Comfort precedes communication and progress doesn’t happen in a group. Here’s one of our CommuniCamp™ groups demonstrating spot work, or small group interaction. Learn more about spot work in Dr. E’s handout, “The Spot” with the link in our bio!

Developed through years of working with children and teens with Selective Mutism, Dr. Shipon-Blum created the Ritual Sound Approach® to help those with SM who have developed a secondary phobia of speaking. To learn more about RSA®, visit

Who can relate? ✋ Nick first joined us at CommuniCamp™ in 2021 as a teen. He felt limited by his #SelectiveMutism. Shortly after working with the SMart Center, he put in a lot of work to showcase his true self. Read more about Nick’s SM experience with the link in our bio!

Another #FAQFriday is here and today, we’re talking statistics. #SelectiveMutism can also involve co-exisiting challenges. These challenges can make the progression into speech even more difficult. Read more of our research about SM with the link in our bio!

Public settings can be a big source of anxiety for those with #SelectiveMutism, but Dr. E’s handout “The Child/Teen with Selective Mutism in the Real World” has everything you need to know for preparing your child/teen. Continue reading this handout with the link in our bio!

Every CommuniCamp™, we welcome a panel of former patients and parents of children or teens with #SelectiveMutism to speak on their experiences and share advice from their SM journey. Click the link in our bio to listen to our line parent panel Unspoken Words episode!

S-CAT® provides choice to the child or teen with #SelectiveMutism to help transfer the need for control into the strategies we teach our patients. Learn about silent and active goals in Dr. E’s book, “Easing School Jitters” available with the link in our bio!