This document is a bibliography for a presentation on interviewing children with developmental disabilities. It contains over 50 citations for research articles and books related to conducting developmentally-appropriate forensic interviews with children, including topics like using drawings, dolls and anatomical diagrams, developing rapport, question types, memory and suggestibility.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Interviewing Children Who Have Developmental Disabilities
Anne Lukas Miller, CornerHouse
anne.lukasmiller@childrensmn.org
612-813-8335
Adams, D. (2013). Beyond words: Nonverbal communication in the forensic interviewing of children. San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment January 28, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013 from http://www.sandiegoconference.org/Program/documents/E8%20Adams
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American Professional Society on Abuse of Children (APSAC). (2012). Practice guidelines: Forensic interviewing in cases of suspected child abuse. Author.
Anderson, J., Ellefson, J., Lashley, J., Lukas-Miller, A., Olinger, S., Russell, A., Weigman, J. (2010). The CornerHouse forensic interview protocol: RATAC. The Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical & Clinical Law, 12(2) 193-331.
Bourg, W., Broderick, R., Flagor, R., Kelly, D., Ervin, D., & Butler, J. (1999). A child interviewer’s guidebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Brubacher, S., Roberts, K., & Powell, M. (2011). Effects of practicing episodic versus scripted recall on children’s subsequent narratives of a repeated event. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 17(2), 286- 314.
Brubacher, S., Glisic, U., Roberts, K., & Powell, M. (2011). Children’s ability to recall unique aspects of one occurrence of a repeated event, Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25, 351–358. DOI: 10.1002/acp.1696
Chamberlin, A., Newlin, C. & Cordisco Steele, L. (2010). How CACs and multidisciplinary team members can better serve children and non-offending caretakers: A research-to-practice summary of Atoro, K. E., Cross, T. P., Jones, L. M., Magnuson, S., Shadoin, A. L. & Walsh, W. (2010). Non-offending caregiver and youth experiences with child sexual abuse investigations. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(2), 291-314. Retrieved October 19, 2012 from http://www.nationalcac.org/images/pdfs/CALiO/how-cacs- mdts-better-serve-children-caretakers.pdf
Cordisco Steele, L. (2010). Narrative Practice: What is it and why is it important? The
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CornerHouse. (2012). MultiSessionTM Forensic Interview Training Manual. Author
DeLoache, J. S. (2000). Dual representation and young children's use of scale models. Child Development, 71(2), 329-338.
Everson, M. (1997). Understanding bizarre, improbable, and fantastic elements in children’s accounts of abuse. Child Maltreatment, 2(2), 134-149.
Faller, K.C., Cordisco-Steele, L. and Nelson-Gardell, D. (2010).Allegations of sexual abuse of a child: What to do when a single forensic Interview isn’t enough. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 19:5, 572-589.
Fritzley, H.V. & Lee, K. (2003). Do young children always say yes to yes-no questions? A metadevelopmental study of the affirmation bias. Child Development, 74: 1297–1313.

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Fivush, R. (1993). Developmental perspectives on autobiographical recall. In G.S. Goodman, & B.L. Bottoms (Eds.), Child victims, child witnesses: Understanding and improving testimony (pp. 1-24). New York: Guilford Press.
Hershkowitz, I., Lamb, M. E., Orbach, Y., Katz, C., & Horowitz, D. (2012). The development of communicative and narrative skills among preschoolers: Lessons from forensic interviews about child abuse. Child Development, 83: 611–622.
Hewitt, S. (1999). Assessing allegations of sexual abuse in preschool children: Understanding small voices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Hiltz, B., & Bauer, G. (2003). Drawings in forensic interviews of children. Update, 16(3).
Holmes, L., & Finnegan, M. (2002). The use of anatomical diagrams in child sexual abuse forensic interviews. Update, 15(5).
Katz, C., & Hershkowitz, I. (2010). The effects of drawing on children’s accounts of sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment, 15(2), 171-179. doi: 10.1177/1077559509351742
Kenny, M., & Wurtele, S. (2008). Preschoolers' knowledge of genital terminology: A comparison of English and Spanish speakers. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 3, 345 – 354. DOI: 10.1080/15546120802372008
Korkman, J., Santila, P., Drzewiecki, T., & Sandnabba, N. K. (2008). Failing to keep it simple: Language use in child sexual abuse interviews with 3-8-year-old children. Psychology, Crime & Law, 14(1), 41-60.
Lamb, M. E., & Brown, D. A. (2006). Conversational apprentices: Helping children become competent informants about their own experiences. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(1), 215-234.
Lamb, M., Sternberg, K., & Esplin, P. (1998). Conducting investigative interviews of alleged sexual abuse victims. Child Abuse & Neglect, 22, 813-823.
Lamb, M. E., Sternberg, K. J., Orbach, Y., Esplin, P. W., Stewart, H., & Mitchell, S. (2003). Age differences in young children’s responses to open-ended invitations in the course of forensic interviews. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 926–934.
Lukas Miller, A. M. (2008). Bizarre & fantastic elements: A forensic interviewer’s response, Parts I, II, & III. Update, 21(2-4).
Lyon, T. D. (2012). Twenty-five years of interviewing research and practice: Dolls, diagrams, and the dynamics of abuse disclosure. APSAC Advisor, Winter/Spring, 14-19.
Lyon, T. D. (2010). Investigative interviewing of the child. In D.N. Duquette & A.M. Haralambie (Eds.) Child Welfare Law and Practice (2d Ed.) (pp. 87-109). Denver, CO: Bradford
Massengale, J. (2001). Child development: A primer for child abuse professionals. NCPCA Update Newsletter, 14(5).
Myers, J.E (1992). Evidence in child abuse and neglect cases (Vol. I, p. 350). New York: Wiley Law Publications.
Perona, A. R., Bottoms, B. L., & Sorenson, E. (2006). Research-based guidelines for child forensic interviews. In V. I. Vieth, B. L. Bottoms, & A. R. Perona (Eds.), Ending child abuse: New efforts in prevention, investigation, and training (pp. 81-130). Binghamton, NY: Haworth.

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Poole, D. A., & Dickinson, J. J. (2011). Evidence supporting restrictions on uses of body diagrams in forensic interviews. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35, 659–669.
Reed, L. D. (1996). Findings from research on children’s suggestibility and implication for conducting child interviews. Child Maltreatment, 1, 105-120.
Ruble, D., Taylor, L., Cyphers, L., Greulich, F., Lurye, L., & Shrout, P. (2007). The role of gender constancy in early gender development. Child Development, 78, 1121 – 1136.
Russell, A. (2008). Out of the woods: A case for using anatomical diagrams in forensic interviews. Update, 21(1).
Salmon, K., Roncolato, W., & Gleitzman, M. (2003). Children’s reports of emotionally laden events: Adapting the interview to the child. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 17, 65-79. doi: 10.1002/acp.845
Saywitz, K. (1995). Improving children’s testimony: The question, the answer, and the environment. In M.S. Zaragoza, J.R. Graham, G.C.N. Hall, R. Hirschman, & Y.S. Ben-Poreth (Eds.), Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness. (pp.113-140). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Saywitz, K. J., Lyon, T. D., & Goodman, G. S. (2011). Interviewing children. In J.E.B. Myers (Ed.), The APSAC handbook on child maltreatment (3rd ed.) (pp. 337-360). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Segovia, D., & Crossman, A. (2012). Cognition and the Child Witness: Understanding the impact of cognitive development in forensic contexts. In H. Kloos, B. Morris, & J. Amaral, (Eds.), Current Topics in Children’s Learning and Cognition (Chapter 5). Retrieved January 25, 2013 from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/current-topics-in-children-s-learning-and-cognition/cognition-and-the- child-witness-understanding-the-impact-of-cognitive-development-in-forensic-contex DOI: 10.5772/53938
Sternberg, K. J., Lamb, M. E., Hershkowitz, I., Yudilevitch, L., Orbach, Y.,Esplin, P.W., & Hovav, M. (1997). Effects of introductory style on children’s abilities to describe experiences of sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 1133–1146.
Stewart, H. (2011). Narrative Practice :Online Training Session for CornerHouse Clinical Team. Salt Lake County Children’s Justice Center, Salt Lake City, UT.
Tang, C.M. (2006). Developmentally Sensitive Forensic Interviewing of Preschool Children: Some Guidelines Drawn From Basic Psychological Research. Criminal Justice Review, 31(2) 132-145.
Teoh, Y. S., & Lamb, M. E. (2010). Preparing children for investigative interviews: Rapport-building, instruction, evaluation. Applied Developmental Science, 14(3), 154-163.
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Walker, A. (2005). A few facts about children’s language skills. Author.
Waterman, A. H., & Blades, M. (2011). Helping children correctly say “I Don’t Know” to unanswerable questions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 17 (4), 39