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This article describes the role of the mental health and educational consultant in the case of a 5-year-old selectively mute child in Head Start. The syndrome of selective mutism is defined as well as the challenges of the consultant in preschool. Strategies implemented in the interdisciplinary work with the teachers, parent, speech therapist and child are described in detail. The implications suggest that the more flexible and adaptive the consultant, the more accepted he or she will be within the school environment.
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Andron Hoffman, J. Not with a bang but a whisper: Mental health consultation with a selectively mute child. Early Childhood Educ J 23, 207–210 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353337
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02353337