I was all set to do a lovely catch-up blog last night of all we've been up to, but Shannon put a stop to that by developing a sickness bug just as she was about to go to bed. Suffice to say it's been an awfully long night and I have an awful lot of yucky washing to get done. She's doing OK, though still throwing up every now and then. I'm a nervous wreck in fear of catching it.
However, despite that, I have it officially that we are not a completely dysfunctional family in need of therapy!! The psychiatrist from Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services has phoned up this morning to say that the only treatment they think Jade needs for the selective mutism is the standard 'small-steps' exposure treatment which the speech and language therapist has started with Jade already (in fact she should have been here today but we cancelled her due to all the sickness). The psychiatrist will keep a kind of watching brief and have a couple of meetings with DH and I to chat over how we think things are going, but at least they haven't suggested family therapy or anything else!! We must be (fairly) normal!!!!
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Didn't doubt it for a moment, but hurrah for having it confirmed! :)
excellent news! Even though we knew that was the case, it must be relieving to hear it!
Hope Shannon feels better soon and it isn't contagious.
excellent, we must also be normal then!!!
aargh to vomiting in an emetophobes house!
of course you are normal dear, all us home edders are aren't we? No, wait, we are all totally nuts, we LIKE our kids enough to not want to inflict the world on them too soon.... ;-)
Glad he thinks that the SLT will be enough though, that's got to be a huge releif.
Hope Shannon is better soon and no one else gets it!
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