Child-Sensitive Interviewing Techniques
Tags: Affirmative Asylum (2), Asylum Grounds and PSGs (5), Defensive Asylum (9), Trauma Informed Lawyering (27)
Type: Informational Document
Asylum officers and immigration judges are advised to use speci
fic techniques to elicit thorough
information from child asylum-seekers. Attorneys and representa
tives should use these same tech-
niques throughout the fact-gathering process when representing
child asylum-seekers.