TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidelines for teachers to elicit detailed and accurate narrative accounts from children
AU - Brubacher, Sonja P.
AU - Powell, Martine B.
AU - Snow, Pamela C.
AU - Skouteris, Helen
AU - Manger, Bronwen
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - This paper provides interview strategies for teachers who talk to children about serious events, including bullying, truancy, and suspected maltreatment. With regard to the latter, teachers are among the largest group of professionals reporting child abuse, but also tend to evince low substantiation rates. We review research on best practice interviewing, with a focus on its application in school settings. Interview phases are described chronologically, with interview excerpts included for illustrative purposes. Gaps in knowledge about the appropriateness of techniques are highlighted, and recommendations for future research specifically within the school setting are made. It is proposed that teachers receive basic training in best practice interviewing so that, when required, they can confidently ask about difficulties in children's lives while minimizing the potential for contamination of children's responses.
AB - This paper provides interview strategies for teachers who talk to children about serious events, including bullying, truancy, and suspected maltreatment. With regard to the latter, teachers are among the largest group of professionals reporting child abuse, but also tend to evince low substantiation rates. We review research on best practice interviewing, with a focus on its application in school settings. Interview phases are described chronologically, with interview excerpts included for illustrative purposes. Gaps in knowledge about the appropriateness of techniques are highlighted, and recommendations for future research specifically within the school setting are made. It is proposed that teachers receive basic training in best practice interviewing so that, when required, they can confidently ask about difficulties in children's lives while minimizing the potential for contamination of children's responses.
KW - Child maltreatment
KW - Disclosure
KW - Evidence-based interviewing
KW - Institutional responses
KW - Interview guidelines
KW - Mandated reporters
KW - Narrative
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959195276&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.018
DO - 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.02.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959195276
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 63
SP - 83
EP - 92
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
ER -