Evaluating the Effects of Utilizing a Mobile Device by Transitioning High School Students with Intellectual Disability to Locate Items from a Grocery List and Improve their
Independence
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
You are being asked to give your permission for your child to be in a research study. The purpose of this study is to see if a teaching method and the use of a tablet computer with a grocery shopping list can help students with intellectual disability locate items independently while at the grocery store.
NUMBER OF STUDY PARTICIPANTS
If you agree to allow your child to participate in this study, he/she will be one of ten people in this research study.
DURATION OF THE STUDY
Your child’s participation will require participation 20 minutes per grocery store trip, 2 times per week for about 16 weeks.
PROCEDURES
If your child participates in this study, we will ask your child to do the following things:
8. We’re going to assess your child’s ability to use the iPad
9. We’re going to assess your child’s reading ability of grocery words 10. We’re going to assess your child’s matching ability of grocery items 11. Arrive at the grocery store and obtain an iPad.
12. At first, we will give your child a grocery list and ask them to find the items on the
list. We will not help them during this time. This is done to see how well they do before intervention begins.
13. Next, the researcher will prompt your child to use and follow the grocery lists. The
prompting may include visual prompts, gesture prompts, or physical assistance (the researcher will guide your child’s hand to use the tablet computer and/or get the grocery items on the list). These prompts will be used if your child is incorrect or does not respond in a timely manner. Three different lists will be used: (a) the initial grocery list; (b) a re-sequenced grocery list (four of the six items will be presented in a different order); and (c) replacement grocery list (four of the six items will be replaced with different items). After the 20 minutes are done, students will return
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the iPad and shopping cart to the entrance of the store where the carts are returned.
14. We will ask your children to see what they thought of the intervention. RISKS AND/OR DISCOMFORTS
The following risks may be associated with your child’s participation in this study: There will be no more than minimal risk. Participants will be engaged in activities that are currently practiced in their community based instruction on a weekly basis as part of their educational program. However, it is possible that participants might not learn the skills or learn the skill at a slower pace.
BENEFITS
The following benefits may be associated with your child’s participation in this study: Your child may be able to locate items in the grocery store using an iPad. This can increase his or her independence while shopping. Also, professionals might learn of another strategy to help teach these skills.
ALTERNATIVES
There are other procedures that can be used to teach your child to obtain grocery items from a list. These teaching strategies include using visual, gesture, and physical prompts without the use of a tablet computer. Additionally, videos of people grocery shopping can be used to teach your child this skill. These alternatives are not part of this study, however. Any significant new findings developed during the course of the research which may relate to your child’s willingness to continue participation will be provided to you.
CONFIDENTIALITY
The records of this study will be kept private and will be protected to the fullest extent provided by law. In any sort of report we might publish, we will not include any
information that will make it possible to identify your child as a subject. Research records will be stored securely and only the research team will have access to the records. However, your child’s records may be reviewed for audit purposes by authorized University or other agents who will be bound by the same provisions of confidentiality.
COMPENSATION & COSTS
Your child will not receive a payment for participation in the study. Your child will not be responsible for any costs to participate in this study.
RIGHT TO DECLINE OR WITHDRAW
Your child’s participation in this study is voluntary. Your child is free to participate in the study or withdraw his/her consent at any time during the study. Your child’s withdrawal or lack of participation will not affect any benefits to which he/she is otherwise entitled.
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The investigator reserves the right to remove your child from the study without your consent at such time that they feel it is in the best interest.
RESEARCHER CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about the purpose, procedures, or any other issues relating to this research study you may contact Vanessa Gil, [email protected] or Dr. Kyle D. Bennett,
IRB CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to talk with someone about your child’s rights of being a subject in this research study or about ethical issues with this research study, you may contact the FIU Office of Research Integrity by phone at 305-348-2494 or by email at [email protected].
PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT
I have read the information in this consent form and agree to allow my child to participate in this study. I have had a chance to ask any questions I have about this study, and they have been answered for me. I understand that I will be given a copy of this form for my records.
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Signature of Parent/Guardian Date
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________________________________ Printed Name of Child Participant
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