{"id":1019,"date":"2025-02-06T10:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/childandfamilyhealth\/?page_id=1019"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:22:53","slug":"project-affinity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/childandfamilyhealth\/project-affinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Affinity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/childandfamilyhealth\/files\/2025\/02\/Jays-affinity-project-e1738856146387-636x257.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"257\" class=\"wp-image-1031 size-medium aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/childandfamilyhealth\/files\/2025\/02\/Jays-affinity-project-e1738856146387-636x257.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/childandfamilyhealth\/files\/2025\/02\/Jays-affinity-project-e1738856146387-768x311.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/childandfamilyhealth\/files\/2025\/02\/Jays-affinity-project-e1738856146387.png 922w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boston University researchers are conducting a study to learn how kids on the autism spectrum (ages 5-12) engage with their focused interests in their everyday lives. Focused interests are interests in a narrow field of subjects that your child regularly engages in, like TV show, movie and book characters, animals, twirling string, historical figures, and etc. We are interested in how these focused interests are viewed by their family, community and service providers (e.g., school teachers, doctors, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Who can participate:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parents of 5- to 12-year-old autistic children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>What will I do?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participate in two appointments\n<ol>\n<li>A telephone call, including a half hour interview about your background and your child\u2019s communication and daily living skills<\/li>\n<li>A second interview about your child\u2019s focused interest (about 60 minutes), either online or in-person.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fill out a brief survey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>How will I benefit?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participants will receive a report on their child\u2019s current social and communication profile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Participants will receive a $50 gift card for completing the study.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more or to participate, email us at <span><a href=\"mailto:jayw@bu.edu\">jayw@bu.edu<\/a><\/span> or text\/call at (781) 627-5552.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?o():!gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",o):document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",o)},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(\"action\",o,n,r,t)},addFilter:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(\"filter\",o,n,r,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook(\"action\",o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return gform.doHook(\"filter\",o,arguments)},removeAction:function(o,n){gform.removeHook(\"action\",o,n)},removeFilter:function(o,n,r){gform.removeHook(\"filter\",o,n,r)},addHook:function(o,n,r,t,i){null==gform.hooks[o][n]&&(gform.hooks[o][n]=[]);var e=gform.hooks[o][n];null==i&&(i=n+\"_\"+e.length),gform.hooks[o][n].push({tag:i,callable:r,priority:t=null==t?10:t})},doHook:function(n,o,r){var t;if(r=Array.prototype.slice.call(r,1),null!=gform.hooks[n][o]&&((o=gform.hooks[n][o]).sort(function(o,n){return o.priority-n.priority}),o.forEach(function(o){\"function\"!=typeof(t=o.callable)&&(t=window[t]),\"action\"==n?t.apply(null,r):r[0]=t.apply(null,r)})),\"filter\"==n)return r[0]},removeHook:function(o,n,t,i){var r;null!=gform.hooks[o][n]&&(r=(r=gform.hooks[o][n]).filter(function(o,n,r){return!!(null!=i&&i!=o.tag||null!=t&&t!=o.priority)}),gform.hooks[o][n]=r)}});<\/script>\n                <div class='gf_browser_gecko gform_wrapper gform_legacy_markup_wrapper gform-theme--no-framework' data-form-theme='legacy' data-form-index='0' id='gform_wrapper_4' >\n                        <div class='gform_heading'>\n                            <h3 class=\"gform_title\">Consent to Contact Form - Affinity Project<\/h3>\n                            <p class='gform_description'>If you are interested in learning more about this study, please enter your information below. 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