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  • Join UCONN K.I.D.S. - Human Subjects Requested

    Are you a parent with a child younger than 18 years, either typically or atypically developing?  Are you and your child interested in becoming involved in research?  Are you looking for new, fun and interesting activities to try with your children? 

    If so, sign your family up for UCONN K.I.D.S. (Kids in Developmental Science), an exciting initiative and research participant contact database! 

    UCONN K.I.D.S. is a consortium of research labs at the University of Connecticut Storrs and Waterbury branches, who study a wide range of topics in child behavior and human development -  spanning social, cognitive and language areas. 

    Joining UCONN K.I.D.S. allows us to contact you about particular studies that your children are eligible for. 

    Compensation may be offered to parents and children for particular research studies that they participate in. 


    How Can I Join?


    Online, via our website:  www.kids.uconn.edu (Go to “Join Us”---“Sign Up Now”)

    By calling or emailing us: 860-486-3820 or kids@uconn.edu

    For more information about UCONN K.I.D.S., please contact Brandy Ciraldo (kids@uconn.edu or 860-486-3820) or visit our website at www.kids.uconn.edu

    Also, follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/uconnkids) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/JoinUConnKIDS). 

    Thank you.

    This database has been approved by the University of Connecticut Institutional Review Board; Protocol H14-230

    Principal Investigator:  Adam Sheya

    For more information, contact: Brandy at brandy.ciraldo@uconn.edu