Transcription of The Child Interview. Practice Guidelines
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Maria Keller-HamelaNobody's Children FoundationThe Child Interview. Practice Guidelines 1. Rapport building and developmental assessment SettingqThe place of interview should by a neutral place, quiet and secure, there should not be toomany toys in the room, this distracts the Child . It is useful to keep the paper and crayons ready. qSit in such a way as to allow an eye level contact with the Child . If a small Child is sitting on thefloor, sit on the floor as well. Do not talk sitting behind a desk or a table, better sit at the tabletogether with the Child .
the offence during such interviews (Dezwirek-Sas, 1992; Saywitz, 1993, in: Ackerman, 1999). Thus psychologists interviewing child witnesses does not perform a limited role of an interroga-tor, as they are responsible not only for eliciting a complete account of the offence, but also for protecting the child’s psychological well-being.
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