Interviewing children : a guide for child care and forensic practitioners
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Interviewing children : a guide for child care and forensic practitioners
（Wiley series in child care and protection）
Wiley, c1998
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780471970521
Description
The process of asking a child questions can sometimes be a frightening and mystifying experience for the child, and often for the interviewer as well. This text offers practitioners an understanding of children's language abilities at different development stages, and gives clear guidelines on strategies that professionals might adopt to facilitate their interviewing of children. Rather than focusing in detail on the wider issues of deception, suggestibility and reliability, the authors examine the process of communication with children in the interview situation. Giving guidelines on how interviewers can help children to "tell their story" in an unbiased and non-leading fashion. The book's format closely follows the three phases of the interview structure advised in the "Memorandum of Good Practice" - the Home Office guidelines used by professionals when interviewing children. Each chapter is self-contained, allowing professionals to focus on one particular phase if they wish, and also includes a checklist of important "do's and don't's".
Table of Contents
- Talking and listening to children
- establishing rapport
- the free narrative phase - listening to children
- asking questions
- interviewing observed - child language and development
- interviewing children with special needs.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780471982074
Description
The process of interviewing a child can be a daunting experience for both the child and the interviewer. Interviewing Children offers practical advice for understanding the linguistic abilities of children and for applying that knowledge effectively to the evidentiary interview. Drawing on real transcript data and data from language games with presumed non-abused children, the authors examine each stage of the phased interview as outlined, in the Memorandum of Good Practice. Incorporating case studies, checklists, and self-assessment sheets, Interviewing Children provides step-by-step guidelines for
* establishing an effective interview setting
* building rapport with the child
* overcoming the difficulties that can arise when eliciting free narrative accounts
* understanding which question types to use and which to avoid
* identifying and using age-appropriate language
* interviewing disabled children and those who are bilingual or use a minority language
This book s practical and jargon-free approach will appeal to anyone involved in interviewing children, including police officers, social workers, lawyers, paediatricians, and psychologists.
Table of Contents
Talking and Listening to Children.
Establishing Rapport.
Free Narrative Phase: Listening to Children.
Asking Questions.
Interviewing Observed: Child Language and Development.
Interviewing Children with Special Needs.
Bibliography.
Index.
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