Verbal, visual, and intermediary support for child witnesses with autism during investigative interviews

Lucy Henry; Laura Crane; Gilly Nash; Zoe Hobson; Mimi Kirke-Smith; Rachel Wilcock

doi:10.1007/s10803-017-3142-0

Verbal, visual, and intermediary support for child witnesses with autism during investigative interviews

Lucy Henry, Laura Crane, Gilly Nash, Zoe Hobson, Mimi Kirke-Smith, Rachel Wilcock

University of Winchester

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Abstract

Three promising investigative interview interventions were assessed in 270 children (age 6-11 years): 71 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 199 who were typically developing (TD). Children received ‘Verbal Labels’, ‘Sketch Reinstatement of Context’ or ‘Registered Intermediary’ interviews designed to improve interview performance without decreasing accuracy. Children with ASD showed no increases in the number of correct details recalled for any of the three interview types (compared to a Best-Practice police interview), whereas TD children showed significant improvements in the Registered Intermediary and Verbal Labels interviews. Findings suggested that children with ASD can perform as well as TD children in certain types of investigative interviews, but some expected benefits (e.g., of Registered Intermediaries) were not apparent in this study.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3142-0
Publication status	Published - 13 May 2017

Keywords

Autism
Registered Intermediaries
Sketch Reinstatement of Context
Verbal Labels
Eyewitness memory
Investigative interviews
2020

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