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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another recommendation for the Facebook group "Parents of Children with Selective Mutism" as it's very active and has lots of people who have gone through the same challenges.

If I were doing things over with a child that age, I would also seriously consider doing an intensive therapy program like the one offered at Child Mind and several other locations around the country. With intensive intervention at a young age, you might need minimal accommodations in kindergarten and beyond, which would really be ideal. [/quote]

Thank you - we're actually doing one of the 5-day SM camps next week.[/quote]

Great. We were frequent fliers at the CMI one. They will discuss ieps. try to connect with other parents. You will hear a diversity of responses from schools.

Op, they are scared to say that public schools are harder to work with. My advice is, start public if you want-- but have a backup plan. If private is an option for at least a little while, it can be very beneficial in helping your kid get what they need--if public is not. Also, remember that mcps has an interest in denying services because the services cost them money. Lastly, I hope you have better support within your school on so many levels. The school "psychologist ' ( who had a masters in education and no actual psychology degree) was reading the Wikipedia entry on SM during the IEP meeting. We had an SM specialist from CMI in the phone (now it would be zoom) and mcps would not accept the definitions offered by the CMI psychologist -- only (I swear to God) what Wikipedia had to say.[/quote]

Oh my. I am so sorry you had to go through that.[/quote]

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