The SMart Center is a comprehensive Selective Mutism treatment and research center directed by Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum who developed the evidenced-based treatment, S-CAT®.
The SMart Center is a comprehensive treatment and research center that focuses exclusively on the anxiety disorder, Selective Mutism. Treatment philosophy centers on viewing Selective Mutism as a Social Communication Anxiety Disorder and treating the whole child, not just a childs mutism.
The center is directed by Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum, who developed the evidence-based Social Communication Anxiety Treatment (S-CAT)®, which has been used successfully in thousands of children worldwide.
* Presently, the SMart Center is the ONLY Center in the world that implements Dr. Shipon-Blum's S-CAT® Program
To treat children, teens, and young adults with Selective Mutism and related social communication challenges and to research, educate, and spread awareness.
