Challenge of Language

Challenge of Language

Brief Overview: The purpose is to discuss helpful insights and strategies for forensic interviewers when interviewing Spanish speaking monolingual and bilingual children. Information about interpreters and suggestions will be shared for how multi-disciplinary interview teams can work together to obtain best results. The goal is to help interviewers, interpreters and MDT members conduct interviews that are culturally sensitive and linguistically correct. Expert Presenters: Dulce Solis, currently works at SungateKids Child Advocacy Center in the state of Colorado. Dulce has been a Bilingual Forensic Interviewer for over 12 years. Dulce graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice and has worked in…

Child Interviewing 2023: Update on Research and Practice

Child Interviewing 2023: Update on Research and Practice

Brief Overview: Dr. Lyon will discuss the major research advances in 2022/2023 that help interviewers to do a better job when they question children, and whenever possible, provide videotaped examples of the novel procedures. Expert Presenters: Thomas D. Lyon, JD, PhD, is the Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Chair in Law and Psychology at the University of Southern California. His research interests include child abuse and neglect, child witnesses, and domestic violence. He is the Past-President of the American Psychological Association’s Section on Child Maltreatment (Division 37) and a former member of the Board of Directors of the…