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Talking to Kids

Talking to Kids. Angie Scott Forensic Interview Specialist National Child Protection Training Center Adapted from Allison DeFelice 507-457-2892 angela.scott@ndaa-apri.org.

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Talking to Kids

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  1. Talking to Kids Angie Scott Forensic Interview Specialist National Child Protection Training Center Adapted from Allison DeFelice 507-457-2892 angela.scott@ndaa-apri.org

  2. “I know that you believe you understand what you think I said but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant”

  3. Your Questions of a Child • Should use the child’s language • Not adult language of jargon • Should be specific and concrete • Not general and abstract

  4. Open-ended / Non-directed Focused / Direct Multiple Choice / Forced Choice Leading / Misleading More Confidence Less Confidence The Continuum of Questions

  5. Open-ended / Non-direct questions Principle: Eliciting free Recall • “Tell me about that.” • “What would you like to talk about today?” • “Why are you here today?”

  6. Focused / Direct Principle: Eliciting focused recall • “Tell me about your hand.” • “What did you see Dad do?” • “What did Mom say about coming here today?” • “What did that feel like on your body?”

  7. Multiple Choice / Forced choice Principle: Selected Response • Multiple Choice • “Was it in your room, his room, or someplace else?” • Forced Choice (yes/no, either/or) • “Do you have another daddy?” • “Did it happen one time or more than one time?”

  8. Leading / Misleading Principle: forced Response • “You’re scared to tell me, aren’t you?” • “Your daddy hurt you, didn’t he?” • “Didn’t you tell your mommy something different?”

  9. Children under 7 • Avoid pronouns • “What did you tell your mommy about your daddy?” • Vs. “What did you tell her about him?” • Announce transitions • “I want to talk to you about your foot now.”

  10. Children Under 7 • Qustions should be: • Simple and concrete • Questions should not be: • Complex and abstract

  11. Linguistic: Theirs Children under 7 • Give fewer narrative responses • Give non-sequential responses • Make pronoun errors • Have an egocentric focus • Give idiosyncratic details

  12. Linguistics: Theirs Children over 7 • Are able to give more robust narratives • Pay more attention to sequence • Make fewer pronoun errors • Understand the need to explain • Give idiosyncratic details

  13. We do not question children We question one child at a time. Anne Graffman Walker

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