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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child will be starting kindergarten next year (2024). She is receiving therapy for selective mutism and has made great progress, but I want to do everything possible to make her transition to kindergarten successful. Her therapist recommends  that we do "sliding in" sessions before school starts.

In an ideal world, what this looks like is DD and I would be in the classroom playing, I use strategies to make sure DD can be verbal there, then the teacher comes in, sits to the side, we make sure DD can be verbal with the teacher there, then prompt the teacher to get closer and eventually ask DD questions. The goal is to get DD comfortable being verbal with the teacher. We would ideally do two or three of these sessions. Probably at least 15 minutes each.

Can something like this be done in the real world in MCPS/public school systems?[/quote]

We did this in a small private school at K during covid when they had learning pods of 9 kids and 1 teacher.  It was WONDERFUL!!!  DD talks at school like all the other kids.  She's 10 now and still has problems in some situations, like asking the librarian for help at the public library.  Other than these minor hang-ups about once a month, she interacts normally and is happy/healthy.

Can you put her in a small private school where she will get to know everyone really well?  You can also orchestrate playdates and explain to the other parents what's happening.  Our community was so helpful when I told them about DD's communication struggles.  I'm so grateful to some of the other parents and all the kind children who went out of their way to include her.[/quote]

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