In My Shoes--A Computer Assisted Interview for Communicating with Children about Emotions

摘要

This paper describes a computer assisted interview for children and vulnerable adults. The system implements a ``triadic interview'' interaction since it is used as a focus point between the child and the clinician, whose dialogue is mediated by the tool. The tool helps children express their feelings and experiences, by making use of an ``emotion palette'' and a set of sub-tools developed on paper by children and transformed into computer based depictions. The tool has been extensively evaluated in clinical practice, providing a strong indication of its ability to improve the quality of the interaction with children.