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 Staying out of the way by making use of open-
ended invitations and questions and using
wondering style questions
 Allowing the child to show and tell you vs. you
directing the activities and play
 Sitting with a number of hypotheses of what a
play action/drawing may mean
 Following up your hypotheses with questions
that stay in the metaphor
 Comfort in using age appropriate language
 Understanding child development and the
continuum of individual differences between
many different five year olds, for instance
 An interest in gaining an understanding of the
child beyond the legal questions driven by
systems and parents
 Use the language of the child vs. paraphrasing
into your adult language
 Bring the authentic concerns forward into the
Child and Youth Concerns Scale. Create meaning
that is important to the child and provide the
information to the parents
 Protect children from over-exposure and from
being dismissed as not having something
important to say about their lives