Editing Selective mutism (section)

===Self-modeling===
An affected child is brought into the classroom or the environment where the child will not speak and is videotaped. First, the teacher or another adult prompts the child with questions that likely will not be answered. A parent, or someone the child feels comfortable speaking to, then replaces the prompter and asks the child the same questions, this time eliciting a verbal response. The two videos of the conversations are then edited together to show the child directly answering the questions posed by the teacher or other adult. This video is then shown to the child over a series of several weeks, and every time the child sees themself verbally answering the teacher/other adult, the tape is stopped and the child is given positive reinforcement.{{fact|date=December 2022}}

Such videos can also be shown to affected children's classmates to set an expectation in their peers that they can speak. The classmates thereby learn the sound of the child's voice and, albeit through editing, have the opportunity to see the child conversing with the teacher.<ref name="Kehle Madaus Baratta Bray 1998">{{cite journal |last1=Kehle |first1=Thomas J. |last2=Madaus |first2=Melissa R. |last3=Baratta |first3=Victoria S. |last4=Bray |first4=Melissa A. |title=Augmented Self-Modeling as a Treatment for Children with Selective Mutism |journal=Journal of School Psychology |date=September 1998 |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=247–260 |doi=10.1016/S0022-4405(98)00013-2 }}</ref><ref name="Shriver Segool Gortmaker 2011">{{cite journal |last1=Shriver |first1=Mark D. |last2=Segool |first2=Natasha |last3=Gortmaker |first3=Valerie |title=Behavior Observations for Linking Assessment to Treatment for Selective Mutism |journal=Education and Treatment of Children |date=2011 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=389–410 |doi=10.1353/etc.2011.0023 |s2cid=143555332 }}</ref>