ChildFirst Actual Test Questions

Between what ages does a child begin to develop the ability to make a representational shift

3 to 5 years old

When considering the culture of the interview, please identify one thing that you can do to prepare your site

Creating a culturally diverse site, such as resources in different languages and diverse books

Name the 3 stages of disclosure as identified by Sorenson and Snow

Denial, tentative, active, recantation, reaffirming

Name 2 types of disclosure as identified by Sorenson and Snow

Accidental- abuse revealed by chance and purposeful- child's conscious decision to disclose

Explain how drawings are helpful in a forensic interview

Assist Communication, Prod child's memory, Enhance details, invite correction, and credibility/evidence

List 2 hearsay evidence rule exceptions common in child abuse cases

For Medical Reports, Excited Utterance

What is the most appropriate functional use of anatomical dolls in a forensic interview?

For clarification after a disclosure

Why is it important to understand dynamics?

How the child views their abuse, psychological maltreatment or manipulation at work, the child's coping mechanism, the reasons why children disclose and how/when the disclose, how to explain these dynamics

Give 2 examples of how an interviewer can be perceived as being suggestive

Leading questions, asking the same question twice, bribing or reward language

Provide 2 examples of blocks and describe how you would remove them

Motivational and Institutional- putting the child at ease, or removing a badge and gun

Recreate the question types chart including the 3 affectors

Open invitation- narrative response. Cued Recall- Cued response. Option Posing- Selected response. Yes/no- Yes/no response. Suggestive- suggested response

Name the stages and purpose for each stage of the ChildFirst Protocol

Rapport- to orient the child to the interview and encourage narrative. Transition to the topic of concern- to provide structure to communicate about maltreatment. Explore details- to obtain details of report through narratives, to consider other forms of maltreatment and consider alternative hypotheses. Closure- to provide a respectful end to the interview, address the child's personal safety, address the child's questions or concerns and return the child to a neutral state

Name 2 types of memory

Recognition and Reconstruction

List the dynamics of Summit's Child Sexual Abuse Syndrome

Secrecy, helplessness, entrapment and accommodation, delayed/unconvincing disclosure, retraction/recantation

List 3 Arguments in favor of videotaping interviews and 3 arguments against it

Shows child at the age of the disclosure, limits the need for multiple interviews, captures all types of communications. Child maybe uncomfortable, child is not the perfect victim, captures everything in the interview

What is the overriding principle of ChildFirst

The best interest of the child

Describe 1 pre-trial motions that can make testifying less stressful for children

for the child to bring a comfort item such as a stuffed animal or blanket

Questions should be ________ and _______ NOT ______ and _______

simple and concrete; complex and abstract