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[quote=Anonymous]My now 6 year-old DD was officially diagnosed at age 4, although we suspected it long before that.  We did a lot of work with her at home, inviting lots of people over, one at a time, to provide one on one interaction in a safe environment, and she is now at a point where she will speak to most everyone who comes to our house.  Outside it's a completely different story though, especially at school. She did well in her preschool, where she started speaking to her teacher after almost  1 1/2 years, but this school year she is in 1st grade in a new school and she has not spoken to any of her teachers yet.  We are currently working with her and her classroom teacher and she is slowly making progress, but the steps are very small.

It is definitely an anxiety disorder, and not one that they outgrow on their own (not saying it never happens but i think those cases are rare).  I think with help they can learn to manage the anxiety, but it will never completely go away.

There are a lot of resources out there now that weren't even there three years ago, so you can read up and get connected to others who have this issue.  A book that I found very helpful was this:

http://www.amazon.com/Helping-Your-Child-Selective-Mutism/dp/157224416X

Also, there is now a new nonprofit devoting their efforts to spreading awareness and bringing parents together; they also have a fairly active facebook page:  http://www.selectivemutismnetwork.org/
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