Combining self-modeling and stimulus fading in the treatment of an electively mute child

The purpose of this article is to report on the combined application of two treatment approaches that have proven effective in past case studies, namely, stimulus fading and self-modeling. More specifically, each successful stage of the stimulus fading procedure was videotaped and shown to the electively mute child prior to each subsequent stage of fading treatment. A 6-year, 4-month-old Filipino female who had not spoken in 1 1/2 years of school, began speaking in clinic and school settings after seven clinical sessions involving the fading and modeling procedure and four school consultation visits.