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