[color=red]FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S INTELLIGENCE & READING ABILITIES![/color]
We are currently looking for children and adolescents ages 8 to 16 with and without reading disabilities to participate in a research study. We are trying to learn more about the best ways to teach people to read.
[color=blue]WHAT WILL BE INVOLVED:[/color]
1. Comprehensive evaluation of reading-related skills for about 6 hours at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD
2. Possible Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of the brain
3. If qualified, 15 hours of tutoring
4. Parent questionnaires
[color=blue]WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE FOR PARTICIPATING:[/color]
No direct medical benefits and risks are minimal
Tutoring (15 hours for those who qualify)
Free IQ and school testing with summary
Some children will receive a free MRI
Check for $50 for each completed phase of the study
[color=blue]FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:[/color]
Audrey Alberstadt
Kennedy Krieger Institute
(443) 923-9326
[email protected]
[color=red]www.educationresearch.kennedykrieger.org[/color]
Laurie E. Cutting, Ph.D., Principal Investigator (NA_00001831)
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine Approved 08/09/2007