This document is a bibliography for a presentation on interviewing preschoolers about allegations of abuse. It contains over 50 citations for research on child development, memory, suggestibility, language skills, and best practices for conducting forensic interviews in an developmentally-appropriate, open-ended manner to obtain full and accurate disclosures from very young children when needed for legal proceedings.

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Interviewing Preschoolers: Lessons from the Juice Box Filled Trenches
Anne Lukas Miller, CornerHouse
anne.lukasmiller@childrensmn.org
612-813-8335
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