As an active researcher who pioneered using technology to treat selective mutism, Dr. Poling Bork is currently conducting research on incorporating virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence to improve the treatment process. Her recent study involving older children trialing the world’s first self-served virtual reality software has yielded noteworthy results. In one of her peer-reviewed published studies, Dr. Bork demonstrated how she successfully guided parents and educators to help their children overcome selective mutism within 130 minutes each (within 8 sessions). This is remarkable, especially since these children had long-standing SM and had received numerous failed interventions before Dr. Bork’s involvement. Due to this success, Dr. Bork is detailing the entire process in her book "VOCAL: Help Your Child Conquer Selective Mutism in <3 Hours with a Proven Strategy," so that everyone can access this easy-to-understand information, which tends to be reserved for the research world. Within 2 years, VOCAL has touched SM communities worldwide and has been translated into 8 languages! Dr. Bork herself, as well as all three of her children, have suffered from SM, so she has made it a personal mission to assist others impacted by it.