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Advanced Interviewing: Difficult Interviews, Interviewing Children, Parents, & Teachers, Issues of Diversity

Advanced Interviewing: Difficult Interviews, Interviewing Children, Parents, & Teachers, Issues of Diversity. September 27, 2004. Examples of Difficult Behavior During Clinical Interview. Clients who try and take control (i.e., talk too much!) Clients who cry Clients who do not talk

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Advanced Interviewing: Difficult Interviews, Interviewing Children, Parents, & Teachers, Issues of Diversity

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  1. Advanced Interviewing: Difficult Interviews, Interviewing Children, Parents, & Teachers, Issues of Diversity September 27, 2004

  2. Examples of Difficult Behavior During Clinical Interview • Clients who try and take control (i.e., talk too much!) • Clients who cry • Clients who do not talk • Clients who become verbally or physically aggressive • Clients who talk about disconcerting topics • Non-emotive clients

  3. Motor DevelopmentAge Norms (In Months) SKILL 50% 90% • Rolls over 2.8 4.7 • Sits alone 5.5 7.8 • Walks alone 12.1 14.3 • Stairs with help 17.0 22.0

  4. Language Development:Average Age in Months SKILL AVERAGE • Babbling 6-10 months • Comprehension 10-12 months • First Word 13 months • First 50 Words 13-18 months • Vocabulary Spurt 18 months • Two-Word Sentences 21 months

  5. Explaining Psychology to Children • Most children will view the clinic as a doctor’s office. • I am not the kind of doctor who gives shots! I am the kind of doctor who: • talks to kids about problems they are having at home or school. • helps kids figure out why they are having trouble getting their work done (paying attention) in school. • talks to kids about things that are worrying them (making them sad) and we try to figure out how to make them feel better.

  6. Use of Play During a Child Interview • Develop rapport by knowing age appropriate interests. (Pokemon is out, Yu Gi Oh is in!) • Use play as a mechanism for “interviewing”: • Allow the child to play while he/she talks • Use toys that provide an opportunity for the child to share his/her thoughts (example on p. 43). • Allow the child to draw to show you his/her feelings. • Ask the child to draw a picture of him/herself. • Ask the child to draw a picture of his/her family doing something together.

  7. Avoiding Leading Questions • Leading Question: Do you get mad when your mother yells at you? • Open Ended Question: How do you feel when your mother yells at you? • Alternative Question: When your mother yells at you, do you feel mad, sad, or happy? • Be careful to use a calm manner and tone of voice that does not reveal your feelings or personal biases!

  8. Interviewing Children about Emotions • Draw a body shape and have child show where they feel different emotions. • Use line drawings of faces (happy, sad, mad) and ask children to point to the face that shows how they would feel in a specific situation. • Take the initial focus off of the child: • Some kids feel like sad when they have to go to time out and other kids feel mad. How do you feel? • Let’s pretend that there is a 5 year old girl who gets in trouble. What do you think she did to get in trouble?

  9. Behavioral Observations During Interview • Child’s ability to interact/relate to you. • Child’s language level (vocabulary, articulation, sentence structure). • Child’s nonverbal communication (eye contact, gestures). • Child’s emotions (facial expressions, behaviors, tone of voice). • Child’s play (any themes, age appropriate topics?). • Child’s cognitive abilities/though processes (child’s knowledge, ability to coherently convey experiences).

  10. Interviewing Parents – Developmental History • Pregnancy/childbirth history • Developmental milestones • Language • Motor • Social • Follow the same interview outline that I gave you in the basic interviewing lecture! • Sample interview

  11. Hints for Interviewing Parents • Take the parent’s perspective (they may feel guilty, angry at the child or themselves, scared, or be in denial). Don’t blame the parent! • Normalize therapy! They may think that bringing their child to the clinic is a reflection of their poor parenting skills or a suggestion that their child is “crazy.” • Parents want to know how to help their children. Tell them how your assessment will do this. • Once you make a diagnosis, you will know what therapy techniques will help. • Diagnosis will qualify child for school services.

  12. Hints for Interviewing Parents (cont.) • Help parents remember the child’s developmental history by using landmarks (first birthday party, trip to the beach at 2, etc.).

  13. Taking a Cultural Perspective • Use language that is appropriate to the parent or child’s cultural background (i.e., are you using slang that is not appropriate for the client’s culture?). • Match the speed of your interaction to the client’s cultural background (i.e., are you talking too fast?) • Match your expectations to the family. Are there other family members that need to be interviewed? Who is the family leader in this particular family (grandmother, aunt, father, etc.). • How does your appearance fit with the family culture? (Example of wearing a religious necklace).

  14. Taking a Cultural Perspective (cont.) • Recognize that developmental expectations differ across cultures. • Cultural beliefs about where children should sleep. • Cultural beliefs about adolescent autonomy – “normal enmeshment.” • Cultural beliefs/success of different parenting styles. • Use culturally sensitive toys in a play interview.

  15. Interviewing Teachers • Work as a collaborator with the teacher (i.e., do not take an authoritarian role!). • Ask the teacher’s opinion about the function or role of the child’s behavior. • What happens before the behavior. • What happens after the behavior. • Ask the teacher to fill out rating scales and/or behavioral charts describing the child’s behavior. • NEVER give advice until you have all of the data!

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