Understanding Katie

The Supplement Treatment Guide Book to Understanding Katie is meant to supplement the story book, “Understanding Katie,” in order to help others understand Katie’s feelings, explain Katie’e actions, and introduce tactics/techniques for parents, teachers, and treating professionals that can be used in order to help and offer support to a child with SM in times of stress and frustration. By reading “Understanding Katie,” adults involved in the life of a child with Selective Mutism and social anxiety will hopefully begin to comprehend how this child feels and perhaps learn productive ways in which to help. For individuals learning about Selective Mutism, there are certain important concepts to understand. The Supplement Guide goes over in detail, necessary therapeutic terms and that should be used to help the child suffering in silence.