Examination of a social problem-solving intervention to treat selective mutism

Behavior Modification

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-195

  O'Reilly, Mark ^a   McNally, Deirdre ^b   Sigafoos, Jeff ^c   Lancioni, Giulio E ^d   Green, Vanessa ^c   Edrisinha, Chaturi ^e   Machalicek, Wendy ^a   Sorrells, Audrey ^a   Lang, Russell ^a   Didden, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment treatment of challenging behavior; Behavior therapy; Selective mutism; Social competence; Social problem solving strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUTISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTISM; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38949202438     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445507309018     Document Type: Article

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