Participate in a Study-
Check out current studies going on in the UMARC community below:
- STUDY - Video-based Intervention
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INTERESTED? Fill out the form by going to the link below. If the browser does not accept the link, please copy and paste the following into your browser:
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For more information, please contact Dr. Gulnoza Yakubova at gulnoza@umd.edu
Please see the attached flyer: 
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STUDY - Is your child 8-12 years old with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
Participation involves four sessions, each lasting up to 2 hours: two virtually over Zoom two at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. During your first Zoom visit, you will participate in a parent interview with our lab's clinical psychologist to discuss your child's behavior and development. In the second Zoom visit, your child will play games and watch some videos with one of our researchers. Games involve things like hearing stories about characters and determining what they would or should do next. During your visit to the Maryland Neuroimaging Center, your child will play games while lying inside an MRI scanner. You will be compensated monetarily for your time. After the MRI session, your child will also get a picture of his or her brain!
See what it's like to participate in an MRI studies by visiting the Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab's website: http://www.dscn.umd.edu/DSCN/kidscorner.html
Contact marylandbrainstudy@umd.edu for more information.
Flyer:
Participation involves four sessions, each lasting up to 2 hours: two virtually over Zoom two at the Maryland Neuroimaging Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. During your first Zoom visit, you will participate in a parent interview with our lab's clinical psychologist to discuss your child's behavior and development. In the second Zoom visit, your child will play games and watch some videos with one of our researchers. Games involve things like hearing stories about characters and determining what they would or should do next. During your visit to the Maryland Neuroimaging Center, your child will play games while lying inside an MRI scanner. You will be compensated monetarily for your time. After the MRI session, your child will also get a picture of his or her brain!
See what it's like to participate in an MRI studies by visiting the Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience Lab's website: http://www.dscn.umd.edu/DSCN/kidscorner.html
Contact marylandbrainstudy@umd.edu for more information.
Flyer:
| asd_child_flyer_2021.pdf |
Other Research Projects
Dr. Ratner’s lab is currently collaborating with Richard Solomon M.D. to examine language outcomes of the PLAY Project autism intervention (based on Greenspan and Weider's DIR/Floortime framework) to extend the results of the major study he and colleagues published in 2014 (Solomon R, Van Egeren L, Mahoney G, Quon-Huber M, Zimmerman P. PLAY Project Home Consultation Intervention Program for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Dev Beh Pediatr. 2014; 35(8): 475-485.
For open access to the full article click on the following link: http://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Fulltext/2014/10000/PLAY_Project_Home_Consultation_Intervention.1.aspx
The team is documenting changes in expressive language skills and social interaction profiles of more than 100 children with ASD who received either PLAY Project or an alternate treatment. Stay tuned for results! If you are a student looking for laboratory opportunities and want to explore possible work on this project, contact Dr. Ratner at nratner@umd.edu.
Dr. Ratner’s lab is currently collaborating with Richard Solomon M.D. to examine language outcomes of the PLAY Project autism intervention (based on Greenspan and Weider's DIR/Floortime framework) to extend the results of the major study he and colleagues published in 2014 (Solomon R, Van Egeren L, Mahoney G, Quon-Huber M, Zimmerman P. PLAY Project Home Consultation Intervention Program for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Dev Beh Pediatr. 2014; 35(8): 475-485.
For open access to the full article click on the following link: http://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Fulltext/2014/10000/PLAY_Project_Home_Consultation_Intervention.1.aspx
The team is documenting changes in expressive language skills and social interaction profiles of more than 100 children with ASD who received either PLAY Project or an alternate treatment. Stay tuned for results! If you are a student looking for laboratory opportunities and want to explore possible work on this project, contact Dr. Ratner at nratner@umd.edu.
NEW UMD STUDY: SUPPORTING YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH ASD IN THE WORKPLACE
WHO: Participating pairs of:
1. Vocational Training Personnel (i.e., job coaches, transition specialists, workplace managers, employers, etc.): Must be at least 18 years old, currently provide on-the-job support to a youth or young adult with ASD in a community employment setting, and have no prior experience with video-based intervention.
2. Employees/Clients with ASD: Must be 14-25 years old with a diagnosis of ASD.
WHAT: The vocational training staff person will receive training on how to create and implement a video-based intervention to teach new job skills to their employees/clients with ASD at their workplace. All study procedures will take place at the job site. This study will include an initial evaluation and two-session training for the staff person, followed by bi-weekly sessions over the course of 2-3 months for the participating pair.
WHY: Video-based intervention is customizable, cost-effective, evidence-based practice that can be used by individuals as an instructional self-prompting support to perform complex skills at work.
At completion of the study, each staff person will receive $100 and their employee/client will receive $50 as compensation for their time and effort.
Interested or Want More Information?
Please contact: Briella Baer Chen, bbaer@umd.edu
Please share the flyer below with others.
| umd_job_training_study_flyer.pdf |