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The interview is a critical component of the psychological assessment of a child. In addition to the standard unstructured interview conducted when first meeting new clients, several structured interviews have been developed for use with children and their parents/caregivers. This chapter is designed to introduce and familiarize the reader with techniques appropriate and effective for use during interviews when a child is the identified client, as well as to provide examples of several interviews commonly used in the assessment of children and adolescents. Specifically, we review key components of the first interview, provide information on unstructured and structured interviews, and discuss how to select interview procedures. In addition, we offer considerations in using interview procedures with children who have disabilities as well as other factors related to the use of interviews, such as language dominance. Finally, we close with an overview of report writing. Throughout the chapter, we highlight changes to existing assessments resulting from the recent transition to DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association (2013) Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edn. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Publishing).
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Note: Although interviews are intended to be conducted with any primary caregiver as informant (e.g., parents, grandparents, stepparents, guardian ad litem, etc.), use of the term “parent” will be employed from this point forward for reading ease.
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