Gail Goetze Kervatt M. Ed Academic degrees, awarding institutions, and dates awarded: BS Education (K-8), University of Missouri at Columbia, 1968 Master of Education, William Paterson University, 1985 Reading Specialist, William Paterson University, 1985 Most recent affiliation and experience: Oakland Board of Education Reading Specialist 315 Ramapo Valley Road Oakland, New Jersey 07436 Twenty-nine years experience working with learning disabled and handicapped children Membership in professional associations and societies: Board of Directors of the Selective Mutism Group~Childhood Anxiety Network (SMG~CAN) International Reading Association Bergen County Early Education Association New Jersey Education Association Periodicals that have published or accepted papers authored: The Selective Mutism Group~Childhood Anxiety Network - Being Heard Newsletter, Fall, 2003. The Reading Instruction Journal, A publication of New Jersey Reading Association, Fall, 1987. Communiphon, A publication of South African Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Autumn 2002. mitSprache, OGSI, 2/2002. A recognized authority who has reviewed the book: Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum, CEO and Executive Medical Director of the Selective Mutism Group/Childhood Anxiety Network (Smg~CAN) Dr. Reiner Bahr, speech and language pathologist, internationally well-known author and expert in the area of the selective mutism. Dr. Bahr is part of the Advisory board of the Selective Mutism Group/Childhood Anxiety Network (Smg~CAN) Matthew Selekman, MSW, family therapist, consultant and trainer on solution-oriented brief family therapy with children and adolescents. Dr. Lindsey Bergman, UCLA Researcher on Selective Mutism Oakland Board of Education Reading Coordinator Oakland Board of Education Elementary Principal