Lab 4 Interviewing Children

Question 1

What are the different types of child interviews

Answer 1

Investigative interview
Child safety and well-being
Forensic interviews
Therapeutic interviews

Question 2

What are instructions for child interviews

Answer 2

• Don’t know (What is my dog’s name?)
• Don’t understand (What is gender?)
• You’re wrong (You are 50 years old)
• Ignorant interviewer (I don’t know what’s happened to you)
• Promise to tell the truth (Are you going to tell me any lies?)

Question 3

Language assessment in pre school age children

Answer 3

Prepositions (on, under, in, on)

Question 4

Language assessment in children 6 to 11

Answer 4

• Knowledge of DOB, address, city/state of residence

- Understanding of time

Question 5

What is the script memory?

Answer 5

Memory of a repeating event like bedtime

Question 6

What is episodic memory?

Answer 6

Remembering a specific event

Question 7

What are leading questions?

Answer 7

When you suggest the answer on the question

Ex: your dad really didn’t break your arm did he?