A-STOP Wise as Serpents Curriculum
EVALUATION REPORT

Appendix 4: Student and Parent Phone Interview

The Student and Parent Phone Interview was created by staff from Wilder Research Center and A-STOP.

Time: _______ a.m. p.m.

Wise as Serpents
Follow-up Interview for Parents and Youth

Prepared for Alliance for Speaking Truths on Prostitution

INTRODUCTION:

Hello this is INTERVIEWER and I'm calling from Wilder Research Center in St. Paul. We are calling the parents of young people who have participated in the Wise as Serpents curriculum now being used in many Lutheran Churches. We are interested in your impressions of this curriculum and any benefits you feel it may have had for your child. The interview is private and confidential would you have a few minutes now to take part in the interview.

IF YES PROCEED

IF NO: NOTE CALLBACK TIME AND DATE ON THE FACESHEET.

1A. Have you seen or heard about any of the materials called Wise as Serpents that your child used in Confirmation or Sunday School class?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 2A)

1B. What are your impressions of this curriculum? (What does it emphasize? What are some of the main things it tries to teach young people?)

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2A. Has your child talked with you about anything that he or she has discussed while using this curriculum?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 3A)

2B. Could you say a little bit about that?

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3A. An important part of the Wise as Serpents curriculum is to help young people understand how others might try to deceive or exploit them. Have you heard anything about this part of the curriculum?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 4A)

3B. Please describe.

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4A. Since your child has been involved in a Sunday School or Confirmation class using the Wise as Serpents curriculum, would you say that he or she has behaved differently in any way?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 5)

4B. Please describe.

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5. If you could change one thing about the Wise as Serpents materials your child has been exposed to at church, what would that be?

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6. What would you say is the most positive aspect of the Wise as Serpents materials that your child has been exposed to at church?

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Thanks very much for your time. That's all the questions we have for you. We would also like to talk with your child and ask (him/her) a few questions about the Wise as Serpents curriculum. Would that be OK? Is (he/she) available now?

INTRODUCTION:

Hi this is INTERVIEWER and I'm calling from Wilder Research Center in St. Paul. We are calling about the Wise as Serpents education materials that you have used in your Sunday School or Confirmation class. We would like to find out what you think of it and what suggestions you might have to make it better. Would you have a few minutes to talk with me now? The interview is private and confidential. No one but me will know how you have answered these questions. Just in case you're wondering, I've already interviewed your (mother/father) and I won't be talking with (her/him) again.

IF YES PROCEED

IF NO: NOTE CALLBACK TIME AND DATE ON THE FACESHEET.

1. How would you describe the main point of the Wise as Serpents materials that you have been using in your class at church? (Probe: What points are they trying to get across? What's the most important part of the message?)

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2A. Have you talked with your parents about anything that you have learned in this class?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 3A)

2B. What have you talked with them about?

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3A. Part of the class focuses on some of the risks to young people and things that you should be alert to when people approach you and try to convince you to do something. Do you remember talking about anything like this in your class?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 4)

3B. Could you say a little more about it?

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4. Since participating in this class would you say that your awareness of danger signs in the way people approach you has . . .

  1. Increased,
  2. Decreased, or
  3. Stayed about the same

5. Would you say that your ability to resist situations that could put you at risk has . . .

  1. Increased,
  2. Decreased, or
  3. Stayed about the same

6. Would you say that your interest in purchasing pornography has…

  1. Increased,
  2. Decreased, or
  3. Stayed about the same

Please tell me whether or not you agree or disagree with the following questions.

7. Usually prostitution does not hurt the people involved?

  1. Agree
  2. Disagree

8. Generally, pimps treat their prostitutes with respect?

  1. Agree
  2. Disagree

9. Pimps control the money made by their prostitutes?

  1. Agree
  2. Disagree

10A. Do you know of anyone in your community who has been told by an adult or another youth how he or she could make money by dancing, stripping, working in saunas, phone sex, or working in an escort service?

  1. Yes
  2. No (GO TO Q. 11)

10B. Do you know of anyone in your community who has done any of these things?

  1. Yes
  2. No

10C. Do you know of anyone in your community who has been forced to do any of these things?

  1. Yes
  2. No

11. Since your participation in this class do you feel you are more or less likely to be deceived or exploited by someone for sexual purposes, or would you say the class has made no difference?

  1. More likely,
  2. Less likely, or
  3. No Different
  4. Don't Know

12. If you could change one thing about the Wise as Serpents educational materials, what would that be?

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13. What would you say has been the best part of the Wise as Serpents Material you have studied in your Sunday School or Confirmation class?

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Thank you. That is all the questions we have.

Date: ____________

Interviewer: ___________________________ Time: _________ a.m. p.m.