Child Maltreatment tests

Question 1

Describe a “cognitive interview” for abused children

Answer 1

-Child reconstructs the crime by being encouraged to put herself in the place and time that the abuse occurred
-Tell me as much as you can, even unimportant
-Ask clarifying questions
-Go through incident beginning to end and then in reverse order
-Encourage to recount from different perspective, e.g., in room, by door, etc

Question 2

Name 2 techniques used for interviewing school aged children for abuse

Answer 2

-Comprehension monitoring
-Narrative elaboration (participants, setting, action, conversations, feelings)

Question 3

What are psychometric instruments used for in a child maltreatment case?

Answer 3

-parental competence
-parental attitudes
-family relationships

Question 4

Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP)

Answer 4

-good psychometric properties
-not recommended for clinical use in CPS cases
-best as research instrument
-false positive rates too high for predictive use

Question 5

Anatomically Detailed Dolls

Answer 5

-controversial, too projective
-goes to ultimate issue, out of bounds for expert
-no longer used to determine
-might be used for clarification
-don’t use for children under 4

Question 6

What are 3 categories of assessment?

Answer 6

-clinical assessment instruments (CAI): psych and med tests for dx, tx
-forensically relevant instruments (FRI): relevant to legal questions (e.g., psychopathy, response style, violence risk)
-forensic assessment instruments (FAI): assess psycholegal capacities, abilities, knowledge (e.g., Fitness Interview Test-R)