For Teachers
Join us in two easy steps:
Register your interest/sign up for the study using the side button, if you have not done so already.
A research team member will contact you within two working days
What Happens Next?
The research team will send information for you to forward on to parents.
What We Offer:
A £14 voucher for completing questionnaires for 4 children and an additional £3 for each additional child (maximum of 10 children £32).
If we can recruit 10 families from your school, the Reception teacher will receive a £50 voucher to spend on resources for the classroom.
Free access to a series of 12 virtual CPD events to inform and stimulate discussion covering a range of topics to support teachers, such as home-school communication, friendships in the classroom, outdoor play, development of social and cognitive skills.
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For TEACHERS/SCHOOLS who have participated in our study during May - September 2021, please visit our dedicated webpage here for more information.
FAQs
Safeguarding, data confidentiality, and more.
What happens if we identify a problem with a child participant during the study?
The assessments we do are not clinical or diagnostic tests, however if in our debrief session with yourselves you have any concerns we can signpost you to other resources and help.
How will you mitigate for COVID-19 related risks?
Lockdown measures and social distancing rules imposed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have led to changes in the way we interact with others. In order for you to participate in this study we need both your school staff and our research team to feel comfortable and confident interacting with one another. In response to COVID-19, we have brought multiple aspects of this study online, including child Zoom sessions and online parent and teacher questionnaires. We do however hope to still visit children in school for a peer play session with another study child in the class. For this part of the study, we have put together a Covid-19 mitigation protocol (click here) about the steps that we will take during school visits to ensure everyone’s healthy and safety whilst taking part in this study.
These practical measures include:
(i) regular checks prior to the visit to ensure that the research team and yourselves are symptom free
(ii) maintenance of social distance where possible, and when not possible we will wear face visors and masks
(iii) regular hand washing and the use of hand sanitiser
(iv) deep clean of all equipment prior to entry into the school
What will happen to the study data and results?
We have put together a participant information sheet above addressing all potential concerns regarding safeguarding your personal information and data from the study. Please click on the link for further general information about the University of Cambridge’s use of your personal data as a participant in a research study (click here)