Studies Related to Typically developing children current as of Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Click on the study title below to receive contact information, brochures and more in-depth information.

Child Language and Literacy Lab

Looking For:
Children must be between 5 and 12 years of age and have a distorted "s" and/or "z" production

Compensation:
An age-appropriate book

Adolescent Development in Youth With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Looking For:
We are looking for a large number of boys and girls who will be enrolled at ages 10, 11, 12, and 13 and followed annually over 4 years. We are also inviting female siblings of children with autism who are 10-13 years old.

Compensation:
$20 and a letter with test results per completed visit

Altered Processing of Social Reward and Threat in the Development of Depression

Looking For:
Teens aged 14-17 years and their biological mothers

Compensation:
Up to $130 to mothers and teens combined

Autism and Language Development in Toddlers

Looking For:
Children 18-36 months of age with autism or with concerns about their social interaction or language development or children 12-36 months without autism.

Compensation:
Yes

Baby Siblings and ASD

Looking For:
6-12 month infants who have an older sibling with or without autism spectrum disorder

Compensation:
Up to $95 in gift cards.

Child Language & Literacy Lab

Looking For:

Preschool and school-age children

Compensation:
Language evaluations at no cost to you.

Children’s use of video as a source of socially-relevant information

Looking For:

Children who are between 23.5-25.5 months old and their parent or guardian. Your child should have no major health issues or hearing loss from after birth. Additionally, English is the primary language your child should be learning to participate in this study.

Compensation:
At the end of the visit, your child will take home a small prize of his or her choice. Parking is provided.

Complete Online Questionnaire about Fatigue

Looking For:
Parents of children age 6-17 with or without hearing loss and/or
Children age 11-17 with or without hearing loss

Compensation:
Each participant will be entered into a drawing to win a $200 gift card, pending an email address is provided

Does your child like to play computer games?

Looking For:

Children 8 to 17 with ASD or who are typically developing who:

are likely to be comfortable working on a computer for about an hour

Are willing to wear a “stretchy hat” (EEG cap) while watching a video;

can physically respond to computer tasks

have normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing

Compensation:
See description for details: compensation in the form of gift cards

Does your child show challenging behavior?

Looking For:
Children ages 10-15 who have diagnoses like autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability. We are also seeking children without a diagnosis who may get upset or aggressive (hitting, yelling) when they are frustrated.

Compensation:
Families will be given a $100 Amazon gift card for participating.

Family GAMEs Study

Looking For:
4-8-year-old children

Compensation:

Family Well-Being During COVID-19

Looking For:
Parent of a child 6-months to 5 years of age with or without: • ASD • Down syndrome • Williams syndrome • Developmental or language delay • Neurodevelopmental genetic syndromes • Typical development

Compensation:
Participants can enter a lottery to win (1/30 chance) a $25 Amazon gift card and receive access to free online music activities for their participation.

Healthy Volunteers Needed for MRI Research Study in Children

Looking For:
Healthy child volunteers that are African American and age 6 - 17 years. See flyer for eligibility requirements

Compensation:
Reimbursed $50.00 for their time and reimbursed for gas, if they live more than 50 miles round-trip from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Help us better understand sensory processing differences

Looking For:
Teens and young adults between 10 and 21 years old with normal hearing and normal or corrected-to-normal vision

Compensation:
$20/hr

Help us test an e-health application for identifying autism

Looking For:
Children between 18 to 36 months

Compensation:
Parent will receive a $50 gift card to Amazon.com at the visit

Infants' language development

Looking For:

Typically developing infants between 11 months – 14 months

who were born within 3 weeks of their due date

who have had less than 4 ear infections

who hear English spoken at least 70% of the time

Compensation:
Children receive a toy or a book for taking part

Interested in Your Child’s Speech and Language?

Looking For:

3- to 10-year-old children and their parent(s)

Compensation:
Participants will be compensated for their time.

Learning to use scale models

Looking For:
Children who are between 29 and 33 months and a parent/guardian.

Compensation:
At the end of the visit, you will receive a $10 gift card and your child will take home a small prize of his or her choice. Parking is provided.

Little Learners Lab

Looking For:
Children 2 - 4 years of age.

Compensation:
Book to take home and up to $45

Movement and Imitation in Children and Adolescents with or without ASD

Looking For:
8-17 years of age with autism spectrum disorder OR typically developing. Some language ability is required.

Compensation:
Child will receive a $10 gift card and small toy.

Music and Social Engagement in Infancy

Looking For:
6-12 month infants who have an older sibling

Compensation:
Up to $95 in gift cards.

Music in Children and Families Online Survey Study

Looking For:
Parent of a child 6 months to 5 years of age

Compensation:
Participants can enter a lottery to win (1/30 chance) a $25 Amazon gift card for their participation.

Parents & Adolescents Coping with COVID-19 Stress Study

Looking For:
English-speaking parents and adolescents (ages 10-17)

Compensation:
$10 Amazon gift card via email

Peer Mentors Needed!

Looking For:
Teens ages 10 through 18 with a background in theatre

Compensation:

Perceptual-Motor Development

Looking For:

Typically developing infants between 2 and 24 months of age

Compensation:
A T-shirt, toy, or book to thank you for your participation.

Preschooler’s Speech Development

Looking For:
Children who are 4 or 5 years of age who may or may not have speech articulation difficulties

Compensation:
up to $10 as compensation for their time

Processing Internal and External Sensory Cues in Autism

Looking For:

People from 7-17 years with autism OR who are typically developing

Compensation:
Participants will receive $15 per hour. Caregivers will receive $30 upon completion of all interviews and parent questionnaires.

Psychophysiology of childhood stuttering: Cognitive-emotional mechanisms

Looking For:
Children who do and not stutter between 3 to 6 years of age

Compensation:
$40-compensation per visit (total of 2 visits), a small toy, and a speech-language evaluation at no cost to you

Reading and Listening Comprehension in Young Children

Looking For:
Children with typical development, 6;6 to 8;5 years old

Compensation:
Participants will receive up to $50 as compensation for their time

Sensory Perception in Infant Siblings at Risk for ASD

Looking For:

Younger Siblings (between 4-18 months old) of children with and without autism and their parent

Compensation:
Families will be compensated for their time and get the results of the testing.

Sign up to learn more about the Child Studies Group’s play-based studies!

Looking For:
Children who are between 2 months and 16 years of age and parent/guardian.

Compensation:
At the end of the visit, your child will take home a small prize of his or her choice. Parking is provided. Some studies may also compensate with cash!

Skill Building For Infants With Down Syndrome

Looking For:

Children with Down syndrome 6 months to 5 years old

Compensation:
Families will receive $25.00 and a small toy for their time upon completion of the study

Stress and Emotions in the Lives of Families

Looking For:
Caregivers who have at least one child between the ages of 10 and 15

Compensation:
For completing all questionnaires and lab-based tasks, families can earn up to $100; caregivers will be paid $50, and children will be paid $50.

Survey for Social Wellbeing

Looking For:
Anyone is welcome to participate

Compensation:
None

Survey for Social Wellbeing (Spanish Version)

Looking For:
Anyone is welcome to participate

Compensation:
None

TALK ASD project

Looking For:

Children aged 5-7 years old who have autism spectrum disorder OR who are typically developing who:

• are likely to wear a stretchy cap on their head
• are comfortable sitting relatively still at a computer for 15-minutes at a time
• have normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing.

Compensation:
$20 gift card at each visit & an outer space goodie bag upon completion

Telehealth Language Therapy for Toddlers (Vanderbilt Kidtalk)

Looking For:
27 to 30 month old children (see detail)

Compensation:
Families will be compensated for their time as well as receiving toys and books for their child and an iPad kit to use for telehealth sessions

Tennessee Disability Services Study - Online Survey

Looking For:
Persons with disabilities, their family members, educators, service providers, advocates, healthcare providers, and others in the field of disability from Tennessee.

Compensation:
You can receive free resources and enter a drawing for one of 100 gift cards ($20 each).

The Children's eBook Project

Looking For:
Children between the ages of 33 - 60 months and a parent/guardian.

Compensation:
As a thank you for your participation your child will receive a children’s book or small toy,

Word Learning from Verbal Descriptions

Looking For:

2- to 5-year-old children

Compensation:
Children receive a toy or book for taking part.

Words for Thoughts and Feelings

Looking For:

Children ages 3-6

Compensation:
Yes

Young Children’s Speech Development

Looking For:
Children who are 3 to 6 years of age who may or may not have speech articulation difficulties

Compensation:
Participants will receive up to $10 as compensation for their time.