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Interviewing Immigrant Children and Families About Child Maltreatment
Series:
Trauma Therapy
Trauma Therapy
Other Titles in:
Children, Adolescents and Interpersonal Violence (General)
Children, Adolescents and Interpersonal Violence (General)
June 2000 | 25 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This tape is geared to all professionals who speak with diverse children about child maltreatment including social workers, forensic interviewers, psychotherapists, law enforcement professionals, physicians, nurses, educators and attorneys. Participants learn how to build rapport with children and families of diverse backgrounds, and how to conduct interviews with children who do not speak english.
Introduction and Rationale
PART ONE: BEFORE THE INTERVIEW
Cultural Information
Bioculturalism
Location of the Interview
Accompanying Adults
PART TWO: BASIC DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Non-Nuclear Arrangements
Immigrants and Refugees
PART THREE: LANGUAGE ISSUES
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
PART FOUR: NON-VERBAL ISSUES
Gestures
Eye Contact
Seating Arrangements
Physical Expressiveness
Touch
Pace and Silence
PART FIVE: PHASES OF THE INTERVIEW
Building Rapport and Establishing Trust
Assessment
Closure and Preparation for the Next Steps
PART SIX: CONCLUDING REMARKS
"Lisa Fontes provides some very useful information for practitioners across disciplines. I would highly recommend this tape for use in the classroom as well as professional training seminars as it takes one step by step through the intricacies of interviewing immigrant children."
UC Davis Medical Center, CAARE Center