1. WHY JACOB WON'T TALK.
- Author
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Dowd, Kathy Ehrich and Jerome, Richard
- Subjects
SELECTIVE mutism ,MUTE persons ,PSYCHOLOGY of school children ,COMMUNICATIVE disorders - Abstract
The article profiles selectively mute first grader Jacob Hanna and offers details of his disorder. The author explains that Hanna's disorder causes him to become so nervous in the company of other people that he cannot speak. Hanna's parents, John and Donna Hanna, discuss the process by which they discovered that their son had selective mutism and the methods that they are using to treat his condition.
- Published
- 2008