Renk Kimberly, Daleandro Kaitlyn, Verdone Madison, Al-Bassam Haifa, Murphy Quiyara
Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jul 9;15(7):923. doi: 10.3390/bs15070923.
Although professionals who work with children and adolescents are well aware of psychological symptom presentations once children and adolescents are in school, such symptom presentations in very young children are less understood. Diagnoses like selective mutism may promote further complications for professionals, as the symptom presentation of anxiety and failure to speak in this diagnosis may overlap with the acquisition of speech and language milestones and problems in very young children. Thus, providing professionals who work with very young children a way to adapt their thinking about selective mutism symptom presentations and interventions is of utmost importance. As a result, this clinically oriented paper will compare criteria to criteria, consider the occurrence of selective mutism symptoms in the context of young children's speech and language milestones and problems, and reflect upon how intervention adaptations meant to incorporate parents into treatment and account for the capacities of very young children can be helpful in facilitating successful outcomes. It is hoped that having this constellation of clinical information in one place will help providers gain clarity regarding selective mutism symptom presentation and relevant intervention considerations for very young children.
尽管从事儿童和青少年工作的专业人员清楚地了解儿童和青少年入学后的心理症状表现，但对于幼儿的此类症状表现却知之甚少。像选择性缄默症这样的诊断可能会给专业人员带来更多复杂情况，因为在这种诊断中焦虑和不说话的症状表现可能与幼儿语言和言语发展里程碑的获得以及相关问题相重叠。因此，为从事幼儿工作的专业人员提供一种方法，使其调整对选择性缄默症症状表现和干预措施的思考，至关重要。为此，这篇以临床为导向的论文将对比不同标准，考虑在幼儿语言和言语发展里程碑及问题的背景下选择性缄默症症状的出现情况，并思考旨在让家长参与治疗且考虑到幼儿能力的干预调整如何有助于取得成功结果。希望将这一系列临床信息整合在一起能帮助提供者更清楚地了解幼儿选择性缄默症的症状表现及相关干预考量。
