Child ABE assessment

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Hello, my young child was a victim of a crime and will be going for an assessment to see how well she can communicate before giving video evidence. I have a few questions if anyone has experience of this.

1. one police officer told me as I am uninvolved in any way (not a witness) I will be able to attend as her guardian, however another police officer has told me I will not be aloud in the room for the assessment, just a officer and an intermediary. Is this correct, and if so why?

2. I asked what the assesment entails and was told it's just playing games. Is this literally it, or is it more detailed or related to the crime?

3. how long will it last? I'm guessing it's just a 20-30 minutes type of thing?

4. anything else I need to know or be prepared for? This is all the information I've been given.

Thank you.

I’m sorry, I don’t have any specialist experience to answer your questions but perhaps this page helps? I think Citizens Advice or Victim Support should be able to give you some support here.
https://www.communicourt.co.uk/news/working-with-child-witnesses-from-assessment-to-evidence/

Thank you @INeedVitaminSea that page was very helpful

Giving this a bump, if anyone has any information I would be extremely grateful.

I am not a lawyer ,but when my son was 8 he witnessed an incident that the police were investigating as a crime, i was allowed to accompany him to the police station but was not allowed in the interview with him they said it was protocol ,the interview didn't last long maybe 20 minutes