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D'Haem, Jeanne – Schools: Studies in Education, 2015
Recently, as many as 50,000 migrant children from Central America have entered the United States without their parents. Under federal law, public schools must enroll a child who lives in the community, regardless of his or her immigration status. Ming and her twin brother Chang enrolled in my district's elementary school. Ming would not speak,…
Descriptors: Anxiety Disorders, Children, Psychosomatic Disorders, Communication Disorders
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Cunningham, Charles E.; McHolm, Angela; Boyle, Michael H.; Patel, Sejal – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
This study addressed four questions which parents of children with selective mutism (SM) frequently ask: (1) Is SM associated with anxiety or oppositional behavior? (2) Is SM associated with parenting and family dysfunction? (3) Will my child fail at school? and (4) Will my child make friends or be teased and bullied? In comparison to a sample of…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Adjustment