Webinar: Differentiating Exposures at School- Meaningful Goals for Each Stage of Your Child’s Journey

Presented by Rachel Busman, PsyD, ABPP & Emily Doll, MA, MS, CCC-SLP

Recorded: Thursday, January 20, 2022. 

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This webinar is geared toward parents, treating professionals, educators, and caregivers.

Emily Doll and Rachel Busman talk about speaking at school and how parents and teachers can choose the right path based on where the child is at in their speaking goals. The speakers will specifically discuss what strategies to use 1) when the child is not yet verbal at all, 2) when the child is starting to speak, and 3) when the child is consistently verbal and ready for higher-level speaking goals.

Speaker: Rachel Busman, PsyD, ABPP

Dr. Rachel Busman is a clinical psychologist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children and adolescents. She is the Senior Director of the Child & Adolescent Anxiety & Related Disorders Program at Cognitive Behavioral Consultants (CBC), where she runs Voices Rising, an intensive group-based program for children with SM. Prior to joining CBC, she ran Brave Buddies, an internationally recognized SM program at the Child Mind Institute. She has extensive experience providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to children, teenagers, and young adults struggling with psychiatric disorders, school difficulties, and behavioral problems. Dr. Busman is certified in Parent Child Interaction Therapy for SM (PCIT-SM) and is an interagency trainer. She is the past president of the SMA and continues to actively serve on the board.

Speaker: Emily Doll, MA, MS, CCC-SLP

Emily Doll is a licensed speech-language pathologist who currently works in an elementary school in Eastern PA. Her caseload includes students in grades K-5 with a variety of social, emotional, cognitive, and academic needs, including students with selective mutism. Emily also participates as a counselor at the Child Mind Institute’s Brave Buddies programs for children with selective mutism. Prior to working as a speech pathologist, Emily taught preschool for 10 years and worked one-on-one with a student with selective mutism in this setting. Emily received her M.A. in Applied Developmental Psychology with a focus on Language Acquisition from George Mason University and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from East Stroudsburg University. She continues to conduct and collaborate in research within the speech pathology field through East Stroudsburg University, where she also serves as a guest lecturer for graduate and undergraduate classes. Her professional interests are in helping children with anxiety and communication needs find the tools to communicate effectively and efficiently with those around them.

This webinar is brought to you by the Selective Mutism Association and was made possible by a generous grant from the Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Foundation, Inc.