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  • Contribute to Research Through UCONN K.I.D.S.

    Contribute to Research Through 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 new initiative and research participant contact database!  UCONN K.I.D.S. is a consortium of child research labs at the University of Connecticut Storrs and Waterbury branches, spanning 4 departments and recruiting children of all ages for a wide range of studies.  Cognitive development, peer relations and language acquisition are a few among many topics that we study.

    Joining UCONN K.I.D.S. allows us to contact you (via mail, email or phone) 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:  kids.uconn.edu (Go to “Join Us”---“Sign Up Now”)

    In person, by filling out our informational sign-up sheet (if you see us out in the community)

    By calling or emailing us: 860-486-2675 or kids@uconn.edu

     

    For more information about UCONN K.I.D.S., please contact Caroline Thibodeau (kids@uconn.edu or 860-486-2675) or visit our website at 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:  Beth Russell

    For more information, contact: Caroline Thibodeau/Psychology Department at 860-486-2675/kids@uconn.edu