Bamen kanmoku heno approach, a new Japanese book and DVD about selective mutism, was published on March 31.
The book is a collection of writings by many authors, such as Chair of Smira (Selective Mutism Information and Research Association), parents, a special education specialist, a professor emeritus at an university, and so on.
And the DVD accompanying the book is the first Japanese DVD devoted to selective mutism, as far as I know.
The book and DVD is a Japanese translation of Silent Children - Approaches to Selective Mutism, written and produced by SMIRA in conjunction with Leicester University Department of Education.
SMIRA is a UK based support group for children with selective mutism, their parents and so on.
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Also in Japan, there are two support groups established within a few years. Knet, one of them, translated Silent Children with the help of SMIRA.
Until recently, there was only one Japanese book written by professionals that made selective mutism the main theme. The book is Bamen Kanmokuji no Shinri to Shido (Psychology and guidance of children with selective mutism), published in 1994.
In 2007, a Canadian book Helping your child with selective mutism was translated into Japanese and published. Association of Selective Mutism in Japan, another support group in Japan, was concerned in the publication.
In 2008, Knet wrote Bamen kanmoku Q & A (What is Selective Mutism?).
Half of them is translation. I think that is because Japan have few know-how about selective mutism.
Index of SM in Japan
