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

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 informa...

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Published inJournal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 1751 - 1765
Main Authors Mattison, Michelle L. A., Dando, Coral J., Ormerod, Thomas C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2015
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aging (Individuals)
Audiovisual Aids
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Best Practices
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child and School Psychology
Child witnesses
Children
Crime Victims - psychology
Criminals
Evidence
Female
Guidance
Health aspects
Humans
Interviews
Justice
Law Enforcement
Male
Memorization
Memory
Memory, Episodic
Mental Recall
Mnemonics
Neuropsychological Tests
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Pediatrics
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Photic Stimulation
Physical Environment
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Psychology
Public Health
Recall (Memory)
Recall (Psychology)
Resistance (Psychology)
Victims
Victims of Crime
Drawing
Cognitive interview
Eyewitness
Free recall
Autism spectrum disorder
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Summary: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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ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-014-2335-z