Victim advocates and prosecutors are experimenting with various measures intended to reduce stress on child victims while improving the government's case in court. As of December 1984, States had enacted several reforms, including the use of closed circuit television to broadcast the child's live testimony and videotaping testimony. Many useful techniques, however, are not technological, but involve special exceptions to hearsay for certain out-of-court statements, permitting child witnesses to have a supporting person present during court proceedings, and directing agencies to conduct joint investigations using a single trained interviewer. Two areas for statutory reform are suggested: abolishing special competency requirements for children and adopting special hearsay exceptions. Statutory citations and a chart analyzing State legislation are supplied.