Assessing children suspected of child sexual abuse

Assessing children suspected of child sexual abuse

Over the years, child protective services workers, mental health professionals, and law enforcement personnel have utilized various approaches in interviewing children who are suspected victims of sexual abuse.  Some of these approaches utilize structured interviews, while others use open-ended interviews, or interviews utilizing anatomically correct dolls. For this paper, you are to locate 2 journal articles that address clinical interviewing of children who are suspected victims of sexual abuse.  Use the ProQuest social science journals database to select your articles. Write a 2 page reaction paper in which you include the information listed below.  The paper is to be done in APA style with a title page and reference section.

Identify the journal articles with the appropriate headings

Summarize each article and research findings

Conclude with a paragraph or two sharing your thoughts about the process of assessing children who are suspected of sexual abuse.  What approaches do you feel would work best with these children?  What approaches would provide the most accurate information?  Why?

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