Table 1 Example interview guide questions
Sample guardian questions | Sample youth questions |
|---|---|
Tell me a bit about yourself and your child. | Tell me a bit about yourself and what you do for fun. |
What has your experience with the JJ system been like? | Think back to when you were first arrested or completed an intake with a probation officer. Were you placed on probation? |
Have you experienced challenges with staff? | What do you remember being communicated about treatment? About substance use treatment? |
What could be done to make your experience better? | Did you hear anything from court staff once you got home [if attended court]? |
What do you remember being communicated about treatment? | Where you interested in treatment? Assess perspective on need for treatment |
If your child went to court, what did you hear from court officials about treatment? | Where the treatments available appropriate? Why or why not? |
Was your child interested in treatment through our program? | Have you accessed substance use or mental health treatment outside our program? If so, how was it? |
What made it difficult to participate in treatment? | Was there any treatment that you were interested in that was not available? |
What made one treatment option more appealing than another? | What would have made it easier to participate in treatment? |