APPENDIX A. PARENT PARTICIPATION FLYER DISTRIBUTED AT SITE 10/10/2010 Dear Parent: I am a doctoral student working under the direction of Professor Linda Reed in the School of Psychology at Capella University. I am conducting a research study, titled Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Relationship Between Biomedical Treatment and Healthy Family Functioning, in an effort to determine whether or not biomedical treatment used in children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder can create a higher rate of healthy family living. I invite you to participate in this study. It will involve answering ten background questions and 62 questions regarding the FACES IV survey about your family. FACES IV is an assessment scale that measures family adaptability, cohesion, communication and satisfaction. These questions are available through the website www.autismdeal.com. Answering these questions should take no more than 20 minutes. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, and you can chose not to participate. The results of this research study will be published but your child’s name and your name will not be included or requested anywhere in this study or survey. Please copy this link into your internet browser http://www.autismdeal.com This survey does not provide a direct benefit for you, but your participation will hopefully result in increased education of how biomedical treatment might increase the rate of healthy family functioning. If you have any questions concerning this research or your participation in this study, please call me at 843-377-6837 or email me at jreneej1@hotmail.com or Dr. Linda Reed at Linda.Reed@capella.edu. Sincerely, Jill Tschikof If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant or any concerns about the research process, or if you’d like to discuss an unanticipated problem related to the research,
APPENDIX A. PARENT PARTICIPATION FLYER DISTRIBUTED AT SITE 10/10/2010 Dear Parent: I am a doctoral student working under the direction of Professor Linda Reed in the School of Psychology at Capella University. I am conducting a research study, titled Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Relationship Between Biomedical Treatment and Healthy Family Functioning, in an effort to determine whether or not biomedical treatment used in children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder can create a higher rate of healthy family living. I invite you to participate in this study. It will involve answering ten background questions and 62 questions regarding the FACES IV survey about your family. FACES IV is an assessment scale that measures family adaptability, cohesion, communication and satisfaction. These questions are available through the website www.autismdeal.com. Answering these questions should take no more than 20 minutes. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, and you can chose not to participate. The results of this research study will be published but your child’s name and your name will not be included or requested anywhere in this study or survey. Please copy this link into your internet browser http://www.autismdeal.com This survey does not provide a direct benefit for you, but your participation will hopefully result in increased education of how biomedical treatment might increase the rate of healthy family functioning. If you have any questions concerning this research or your participation in this study, please call me at 843-377-6837 or email me at jreneej1@hotmail.com or Dr. Linda Reed at Linda.Reed@capella.edu. Sincerely, Jill Tschikof If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant or any concerns about the research process, or if you’d like to discuss an unanticipated problem related to the research,
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