Trauma Informed Interviewing Techniques

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Who It’s For: Researchers of any level looking to refresh interview approaches with traumatized populations, especially children and adolescents.  

Why We Love It: It is an almost perfect snapshot of exactly what to know about interviewing individuals who have experienced life altering trauma. This resource humanizes the method by providing countless examples and related resources. There are many short videos explaining trauma informed interview methods by age (child, and adolescent) which are well edited and easy to understand. There are relevant links for further reading under each section, and a huge number of resources linked at the bottom for further reading. Provides downloadable pdf guide and pdf interview / reflection prompts which can be used in almost any study with traumatized participants. Key terms are outlined at the very beginning of the page with one sentence explanations of key approaches.