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Expert: Alan Auerbach - 10/29/2009
Question
Hi Alan,
Please, I have to design an interview example that I could use with a 5 years old child’s parents as a way of gathering information about their child. Please, I will need to include questions about their child’s friends, favourite foods, toys, games, people, as well as their routines, habits and interests
I will need to include both the questions and the answers to the sample interview to have an idea about child’s parent interview
Thank you for your help Alan
Regard Emma
Answer
You have a perfectly good list of questions in your second sentence. (Let's pretend the child's name is Lee.) "Does Lee have a best friend? Who is that? Is this child older or younger than Lee? Why do you think Lee made best friends with this one? How long has this friendship existed? Suppose you let Lee invite his real friends to a party. How many do you think Lee would name?" That's all I think you would need of the first topic. And then you ask similar questions on the other topics.
But first, I suggest you explain what the questions are for (to give you some real-life training in parental interviews), that if there are any questions they don't want to answer that will be fine, and that you will change all the names in the report. Then you should ask questions that identify the child. "What was the date of Lee's birth? About how old were you at that time? What other children did you already have? Would you mind telling me at what ages Lee switched from nursing to bottle-feeding, and then to solids? Can you tell me about any serious illnesses that Lee has ever had?
I hope that's what you were looking for.
If you wished to tell me a little about yourself and about the school this is for, I might be able to suggest some other things that could help you.
A.
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