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ERIC Number: EJ528145
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
Not with a Bang, But a Whisper: Mental Health Consultation with a Selectively Mute Child.
Hoffman, Janet Andron
Early Childhood Education Journal, v23 n4 p207-10 Sum 1996
Describes the role of mental health and educational consultants working with a five-year-old selectively mute child in Head Start. Describes strategies implemented in the interdisciplinary work with the teachers, parent, speech therapist, and child. Suggests that the more flexible and adaptive the consultant, the more accepted he or she will be within the school environment. (SD)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Problems, Consultants, Early Childhood Education, Intervention, Language Impairments, Mental Disorders, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health Workers, Psychiatric Services, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Speech Impairments
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mutism; Project Head Start; Special Needs Children