title: Examination of a social problem-solving intervention to treat selective mutism.
abstract: The authors examined the use of a social problem-solving intervention to treat selective mutism with 2 sisters in an elementary school setting. Both girls were taught to answer teacher questions in front of their classroom peers during regular classroom instruction. Each girl received individualized instruction from a therapist and was taught to discriminate salient social cues, select an appropriate social response, perform the response, and evaluate her performance. The girls generalized the skills to their respective regular classrooms and maintained the skills for up to 3 months after the removal of the intervention. Experimental control was demonstrated using a multiple baseline design across participants. Limitations of this study and issues for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speical Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. markoreilly@mail.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McNally
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sigafoos
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Chaturi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Edrisinha
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Machalicek
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorrells
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Didden
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009155:Mutism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior