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[quote=Anonymous]My child has Generalized Anxiety Disorder with some selective mutism traits. My story is almost exactly like that of 17:01 (I would have thought I had written it except that my son is a little bit younger). I want to add that even as things do improve, with therapy and sometimes medication, it is not an even trajectory. There are always ups and downs, sometimes pretty severe ones. When the downs happen, I always have to back-off and reduce the demands on my child. My child's therapist is very good at reminding me to meet my son at his developmental level. Sometimes, you need to take a step back to notice that a child does not need as much support or just the opposite: that what was easy for a while has become hard again and the child needs more support. Maybe fewer playdates, maybe do nothing for a couple of weeks and then focus on one friend, choose your daughter's absolute favorite activity, preferably one that is low pressure (requires little interaction). The goal is that she have fun and this have an incentive to repeat. Be involved in the playdate yourself to lower the pressure and maybe ensure the enjoyment of the other child. Consider it a success that she simply agrees to go and has enjoys herself. If she does, follow up soon with the same child with another enjoyable activity and little by little require a little more of your child. This is what we did with my child when he would regress. I always had to adjust my expectations and, when I set new ones, I'd find that he could meet them and we'd move from there.

I strongly recommend you find another therapist (or return to the same one, maybe with some incentive for your child). Does the therapist specialize in selective mutism?[/quote]

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