Clinical Interview
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APA 7th ed.
For this assignment, students will conduct a clinical interview of a child age 5-12 Please identify a person who is not a family member to interview. Conduct an interview that will gather background information, family, social and psychological history. Demographic data must be included (name or pseudonym, DOB, age, grade, location, race/ethnicity, etc.) The interviews can be conducted in person or using videoconferencing.
You will write a 4-page paper regarding the interview.
Introduction – 0.5 pages
Part 1: Case description – 1 page (3 paragraphs)
Provide a summary of the individual who is interviewed
Part 2: Interview plan – 1 Page (3 paragraphs)
Outline your plan for each interview (i.e. the questions or questionnaire used, the activities you used, how or why you selected these interview techniques), how the interview went, as well as any final reflections for each.
Part 3: Personal Reflection (4 paragraphs) (1.5 pages)
As part of your write-up summarize what you learned from your experience. How can you take what you have learned from the interview and improve your clinical interview skills; or impact your manner of engaging children and adolescents in treatment? What would you do differently in clinical interviews as a result of these interviews?
Assume you have interviewed the child using the following questions
Child Clinical Interview
· Greetings and confidentiality General Name, age, date of birth Where do you live?
· What grade are you in? School? What is your teacher’s name?
· Has anyone told you why you’re here today? What did they tell you? What do you think?
· School – let’s talk about school What activities? Like most in school/least? Favorite teacher/least?
· Subjects like most/least?
· Ever get in trouble?
· Ever worry about school? How spend a typical day? If you could change one thing, what would it be?
· Do House-Tree-Person drawings (use pencil, question later)
· Family – let’s talk about your home People in family. Describe how get along with mom/dad/sibs Who do you get most help from?
· Describe home. Shared or separate rooms for kids?
· Tell me about your room · Chores and rules/who sets/fair or unfair Punishments/who punishes/fair or unfair Parent relationship/arguments If you could change something, what would it be?
· Kinetic Family Drawing What are they doing?
· 3 words to describe each person What thinking/feeling What is going to happen next?
· Who do you get along with best/least
· Friends – let’s talk about friends How many? /enough?/ ages/ a best friend?
· What do you do with friends?
· What do you like to do after school?
· Describe someone like/dislike Ever have problems getting along with friends? Fights? What happens? How do they end? Other ways to solve?
· Ever feel lonely/left out/worried about friends?
· Child – 1et’s talk more about you. I’d like to talk about your drawings. House Tree Person drawings Questions Interests What do you like to do when you have time to play?
· Tell me something you’re good at Favorite activities/sports/hobbies/clubs?
· Favorite story? TV show/star/band?
· What would you like to be when you are older?
· If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
· If you could change places with anyone in the world, who would it be?
· Memories/Fantasies What animals do you like best? Describe/tell· me.
· 3wishes If you were a magician, what magical powers would you like to have? How would magician solve problems?
· If you woke up tomorrow and a miracle had happened, what would it be?
· What is the first thing you can remember from time you were a little baby?
· Tell me about your dreams.
· If you were on a desert island, what person would you choose to be with you?
· Fears/Anxiety What sorts of things make you scared? What do you do? Draw picture?
· Tell me what you worry about.
· How does worry affect you? Ask about sleep/ somatic symptoms/ phobias/obsessions /compulsions? Has anything bad ever happened to you?
· Trauma: nightmares, re-enactments, feel like you “space out”/forget/get lost
· Moods/Feelings If you have a problem, is there someone you can talk to?
· How do you feel most of the time?
· What sorts of things make you happy? Angry? Sad? Draw picture? (crayons) What do you do when you’re angry/sad What is happiest thing that has ever happened? Saddest thing? Suicide/Homicide: Ever felt so bad that you might hurt yourself or another?
· Thought disorder Hallucinations: Have you had any strange experiences-things you don’t understand or scary? Imagine things? Had a dream while awake? Hear someone call your name and when check, no one there? Hear more than your name when no one around? Ever seen anything no one else could see?
· Delusions: Do you think someone is out to get you? Does something make you do things?
