Research study for parents of children with CIs

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Research opportunity for parents of children with cochlear implants, entering

mainstream kindergarten or first grade

KDH Research and Communication (KDHRC), a research firm in Atlanta, Georgia, has

funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop and evaluate materials

to help children with cochlear implants succeed in mainstream classrooms.

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We seek parents and teachers of children with cochlear implants, ages 4 to 6,

who will enter a mainstream kindergarten or first grade classroom for the first

time in fall 2011.

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Parents will be asked to use the Cochlear Implant School Toolkit Parents' Guide

during the mainstreaming process and participate in telephone interviews about

the usefulness of The Toolkit at three points in time.

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Interested parents will be asked to inform their child's future teacher of the

study and refer him or her to KDHRC for enrollment. Parents are not eligible to

participate unless their child's teacher also enrolls in the study. However,

both parties do not need to stay enrolled to continue with the study. Either

party my leave the study at any time without affecting the participation of the

other party.

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Each of the three interviews will last no more than 90 minutes.

Each parent will be paid $75 per interview.

All information collected during these interviews will be kept confidential.

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If you are interested in participating, please contact Jana Eisenstein by May

27th for information:

citoolkit@... or 404-968-8013

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Please help us to help other parents of children with cochlear implants!