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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

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01-06-2015 | Original Paper

Sketching to Remember: Episodic Free Recall Task Support for Child Witnesses and Victims with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Auteurs: Michelle L. A. Mattison, Coral J. Dando, Thomas C. Ormerod

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 6/2015

Abstract

Deficits in episodic free-recall memory performance have been reported in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet best practice dictates that child witness/victim interviews commence with a free-recall account. No ‘tools’ exist to support children with ASD to freely recall episodic information. Here, the efficacy of a novel retrieval technique, Sketch reinstatement of context (Sketch-RC), is compared with mental reinstatement of context and a no support control. Ninety children (45 with ASD; 45 matched typically developing) viewed a stimulus film, and were interviewed using one of the aforementioned techniques. The Sketch-RC technique was most effective, improving ASD participants’ remembering without a concomitant increase in intrusions. This procedure offers a population-appropriate method for supporting free recall in criminal justice settings.

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From hereon we use the term witness to include both onlookers and victims of crime.

The term ‘best evidence’ is based on the common law rule of evidence, ‘the best [evidence] that the nature of the case will allow’, and is used by the UK Ministry of Justice with reference to assisting vulnerable witnesses and victims to access justice by giving tailored support to help them give their best evidence.

ABE also promotes other interview techniques, for example the International Evidence-Based Interviewing of Children (NICHD).

It should be noted that two of the CI mnemonics are generally accepted as being unsuitable for vulnerable witnesses, namely the Change Perspective, and Change Temporal Order techniques (see Milne and Bull 1999 for further information).

Sketching is offered in the MOJ Achieving Best Evidence as being a technique that might assist vulnerable witness to reinstate the context of a to-be-remembered event. However, it is our understanding that no empirical evaluation has been conducted, to date.

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Titel: Sketching to Remember: Episodic Free Recall Task Support for Child Witnesses and Victims with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Auteurs: Michelle L. A. Mattison
Coral J. Dando
Thomas C. Ormerod
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2015
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2335-z

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