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

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.