KiMut NRW: Identification of children with selective mutism within elementary schools

dc.creator	Anja Starke
dc.creator	Katja Subellok
dc.date	2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:22:46Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:22:46Z
dc.identifier	1869-4845
dc.identifier	1869-4934
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8bf194b173a143239d797df2ebbb9e91
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29482
dc.description	Selective mutism (SM), a rather rare and hidden phenomena, is often misunderstood as extreme shyness. Despite a relatively early onset of SM, affected children are often only referred to specific treatment at late elementary school age. This is a result of the challenge SM poses to teachers who are often not well enough informed about SM. In addition, adequate tools to identify SM are still lacking. This study presents a survey conducted with elementary and special needs school teachers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The aim was to identify pupils already diagnosed with SM and pupils suspected having SM. In 207 of a total of 7917 children (2.6%), symptoms of SM occurred during school time were reported by the teachers. This exceeds previous prevalence rates and so confirms the assumption of a high number of unreported cases. Within the sample of children revealing SM symptoms proportion of multilingual children is very high (40.6%) and may reflect an elevated vulnerability of these children for the development of SM.
dc.language	German
dc.publisher	Pabst Science Publishers
dc.relation	http://www.psychologie-aktuell.com/fileadmin/download/esp/1-2012_20120821/04_starke.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1869-4845
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1869-4934
dc.source	Empirische Sonderpädagogik, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 63-77 (2012)
dc.subject	Selective mutism
dc.subject	elective mutism
dc.subject	elementary school
dc.subject	special education
dc.subject	prevalence
dc.subject	multilingualism
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	KiMut NRW: Identification of children with selective mutism within elementary schools
dc.type	article