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| If you run a support group for parents of selectively mute children - or are starting one - and would like to be listed here, please contact us with the details. We are also happy to list other services which assist selectively mute children, as well as youngsters with associated anxiety disorders, and their families. |
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The Selectively Silent Child:
A support group meeting on the last Tuesday of each month 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. |
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Contact: Lin Gorenkoff, Rebecca Gorenkoff.
Telephone: (416) 667 1715 or click to email. |
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Parents of Selectively Mute Children:
London, Ontario and surrounding area support group run by parents for parents with children with diagnosed/undiagnosed SM, meeting once a month 7:00pm to 9:00pm at UWO Social Science Centre, Room 4103. |
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Contact: Filomena Wickman, group facilitor.
Telephone: (519) 247-3392
or click to email. |
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Ottawa Selective Mutism Support Group:
A relatively new group and with a current membership of 10 families meeting intermittently and maintaining email support with each other. |
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Contact: Ottawa SM Support Group Facilitator.
Click to email.
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-- Friday evening 6:30pm to 7:30pm bi-weekly psychotherapeutic/social skills group for selectively mute children 6 to 8 years old at the office of Marian Moldan, RCSW, which is at Miller Place, New York.
-- Saturday morning group for 7 - 8 year olds selectively mute children 10 - 11 am (bi-weekly).
-- Mommy and Me group for selectively mute toddlers and preschoolers (2.5 to 3.5 year olds).
Enrollment is limited to keep group small. Your child may be eligible for this group through Suffolk County Early Intervention or through your School District - call Marian for details.
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Contact: Marion Moldan.
Telephone: (631) 331-8759 or click to email.
Fees covered by most health insurance programs. |
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Drama Therapy at Breakthrough Communications and the Yonge Street Players Theatre School.
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Contact: Lisa Seward A.O.S., R.D.T., Hon., M.S.W-1.
Telephone: (905) 944-9995 or Cell: (416) 823-5343 or click to email. |
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This Saskatchewan support group for parents of selectively mute children, from a wide area in southern Saskatchewan, meets periodically by arrangement.
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Contact: Shannon Panchyshyn.
Telephone:(306) 862-9192 or click to email. |
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Ouvrir La Voix.
French-speaking support group Ouvrir La Voix providing to help anybody whose mother tongue is French in understanding how to help SM children (parents, teachers, health professionnals).
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Website: www.ouvrirlavoix.org.
Click: to contact. |
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