Assessing Selective Mutism with DIRFloortime
Children with selective mutism are frequently difficult to assess because of their lack of verbal expression. Unlike some children on the autism spectrum, children with selective mutism are verbal in comfortable environments. Due to the nature of the disorder, SLPs can find it challenging to identify children with selective mutism as needing in-school support services. This eWorkshop presentation will provide assessment techniques using the DIRFloortime model as a foundation. Participants will learn to assess a child with selective mutism and write a clinical report.
- list DSM-5 criteria for a diagnosis of selective mutism
- describe the co-morbidities associated with selective mutism
- use the tools provided to assess a child with selective mutism
- identify a child’s DIR profile, including Functional Emotional Developmental Capacities and Individual Differences