Advice & Support

From inattention to disruptive behavior, many symptoms have multiple causes, leading to mistakes when kids aren't carefully assessed

Coming off medications like Prozac, which has a long half-life, is usually pretty smooth. I'd have someone check out what else might be happening to your son.

Melissa Ortega, PsyD, formerly of the Child Mind Institute, discusses how intensive intervention for children with selective mutism can turn around lives in really stunning ways--for all involved.

In this workshop, Rachel Cortese, MS, CCC-SLP, MSEd, a speech-language pathologist at the Child Mind Institute, will share what we know about the connection between speech, language, and selective mutism.

What a child who is falling behind socially or academically needs most is help with whatever is interfering with learning.

Steven Dickstein, MD, discusses when, why, and how medication is used in the treatment of Selective Mutism.

How to help your kids be at their best at Grandma's, avoid meltdowns, and have some fun, too

All avenues should be explored, including possible sensory issues. But a key is an emphasis on reward, not punishment.

Steven Kurtz, PhD, ABPP, explains the whys, whens, and hows of exposure therapy so that parents and professionals can effectively guide children up the ladder.

Dr. Matthew Cruger discusses recommended ways to engage reluctant speakers in the testing process as well as the adaptations to testing that evaluators can and should consider.