Learn all about Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum’s popular visual tool, The Social Communication Bridge©. The Bridge is used within Social Communication Anxiety Treatment (S-CAT®), where Selective Mutism is understood as a social communication anxiety disorder.

In Part 1, Dr. E and co-host Alex Collins discuss:

How and Why the Social Communication Bridge® was developed
How to determine an individual's stage of communication, in each setting, using the Social Communication Anxiety Inventory©
Key strategies to progress an individual across the Bridge, into speech.
The importance of respecting a child, teen or adults' stage on the Bridge
And much, much more!

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Relevant resources: The Social Communication Anxiety Inventory© | Social Communication Bridge® | The Missing Link

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EP 4, Part 1: The Social Communication Bridge®