{"id":16,"date":"2016-09-19T17:36:46","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T21:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2019-06-18T17:45:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T21:45:05","slug":"parents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Get involved in our studies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing how parents and their deaf children communicate informs our experiments and our thoughts regarding how deaf children acquire language and learn to divide their visual attention. Without participants like you, conducting our research wouldn&#8217;t be possible!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/en5JFo1LlGc?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>We have ongoing studies with deaf and hearing children between 18 months and 5 years. If\u00a0you are interested in participating, please fill out our contact form <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/participate\/\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/LAVA-Lab-logo.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What to expect<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participation in our studies typically takes about one hour and\u00a0consists of several parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Background questionnaire<\/strong> regarding your child&#8217;s language and communication<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural play session<\/strong>\u00a0(15-20 minutes of play with provided toy sets)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Structured play session<\/strong> (5-10 minutes of play with new, unfamiliar toys; adults will be given novel ASL signs for labeling these toys)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Computer-based activity\u00a0<\/strong>(10-15 minutes of playing an ASL game on a computer while an eye tracking camera records your child&#8217;s gaze)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Receptive and expressive language assessments\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0determining your child\u2019s signing level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/lavalab\/files\/2018\/07\/Amy-and-child-eyetracking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"175\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1369\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studies can take place here at Boston University (we will provide parking or\u00a0transportation if necessary), at your child\u2019s school, or in your home. Children will\u00a0receive a small gift and certificate for their participation, and families will receive financial\u00a0compensation of $20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing how parents and their deaf children communicate informs our experiments and our thoughts regarding how deaf children acquire language and learn to divide their visual attention. Without participants like you, conducting our research wouldn&#8217;t be possible! We have ongoing studies with deaf and hearing children between 18 months and 5 years. If\u00a0you are interested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12525,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1605,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/lavalab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}