What Questions Should I Ask? What Questions Shouldn't I Ask?
	A Guide to Interviewing Children About Suspected Abuse and Neglect WHY ask questions? Because your work brings you in contact with children and their families, you are in a unique position to help protect children who are being abused or neglected. This is why State Law requires that you report any reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect. A child may be willing to show or tell you more than he or she would tell anyone else. How can you gather the information you need to form a reasonable suspicion in the most constructive, positive, and responsible manner possible? Use the question sample links to the left to help you interview children or parents.  · How to Ask Questions  · When to Ask Questions  · Screening Questions for intake assessment or screening  · Targeted Questions for gathering information