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8yr Old daughter has never wrote at school

I need help my 8 yr old daughter has never wrote at school, I have had specialist and counsellors for her who all say she is fine, because she writes in front of them like any normal child.
Nothing has even happened at the school, she has been like it since she started, can anyone help me please.
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I agree with RockRose - sounds very much like anxiety to me.  The heading is a bit misleading - did you mean that your child will not write using a pencil/pen unless supervised or did you mean "speak" as in talk.  If the latter, then this is called Selective Mutism.  Please let us know so that we can better help you.
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I can't believe the specialists and counselors would just ignore this,  just because for whatever reason she will write in front of them.  Your concern is not whether she can write.

This sounds like a form of selective mutism to me,  an anxiety disorder.
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