When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology
Abstract: Selective mutism is more common than initially thought and afflicts immigrant language minority children at approximately three times the rate of monolinguals (Toppelberg, Tabors, Coggins, Lum, & Burgers, 2005). Children who have developmental language and/or articulation problems and...
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Abstract: Selective mutism is more common than initially thought and afflicts immigrant language minority children at approximately three times the rate of monolinguals (Toppelberg, Tabors, Coggins, Lum, & Burgers, 2005). Children who have developmental language and/or articulation problems and children who are quiet due to anxiety or concerns about accents and limited fluency can suffer from selective mutism. This case study examines the efficacy of interdisciplinary treatment with three positive psychology interventions to treat an eight-year-old Spanish-English bilingual child with selective mutism. Pet-assistance therapy, music therapy, and laughter therapy were incorporated into the child’s speech-language therapy sessions to increase verbal productions across 14 weeks. Results indicated that pet-assisted therapy revealed positive outcomes, with modest gains for music and laughter. Implications of outcomes, collaboration, and conclusions are discussed.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2712346987f46ab929e2659c6df1dff2022-12-22T01:24:26ZengUniversity of Silesia PressTheory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition2450-54552451-21252016-08-0122When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive PsychologyLindsey Leacox0Margarita V. Meza1Tammy S. Gregersen2University of Northern IowaUniversity of Northern IowaUniversity of Northern Iowa Abstract: Selective mutism is more common than initially thought and afflicts immigrant language minority children at approximately three times the rate of monolinguals (Toppelberg, Tabors, Coggins, Lum, & Burgers, 2005). Children who have developmental language and/or articulation problems and children who are quiet due to anxiety or concerns about accents and limited fluency can suffer from selective mutism. This case study examines the efficacy of interdisciplinary treatment with three positive psychology interventions to treat an eight-year-old Spanish-English bilingual child with selective mutism. Pet-assistance therapy, music therapy, and laughter therapy were incorporated into the child’s speech-language therapy sessions to increase verbal productions across 14 weeks. Results indicated that pet-assisted therapy revealed positive outcomes, with modest gains for music and laughter. Implications of outcomes, collaboration, and conclusions are discussed. https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/4784selective mutismanxietypositive psychologysecond language acquisition |
| spellingShingle | Lindsey Leacox Margarita V. Meza Tammy S. Gregersen When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition selective mutism anxiety positive psychology second language acquisition |
| title | When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology |
| title_full | When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology |
| title_fullStr | When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology |
| title_short | When Language Anxiety and Selective Mutism Meet in the Bilingual Child: Interventions from Positive Psychology |
| title_sort | when language anxiety and selective mutism meet in the bilingual child interventions from positive psychology |
| topic | selective mutism anxiety positive psychology second language acquisition |
| url | https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/4784 |
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