Baby Gator welcome researchers into our classrooms
As a state licensed and accredited center, we are required to obtain certain information from individuals who interact directly with children in our classrooms. Conducting research at Baby Gator involves four easy steps.
Step 1
- Submit a written request for permission to conduct research at Baby Gator to Director Pamela Pallas (ppallas@ufl.edu).
- Include your contact information.
- Include the following documents as attachments:
Research proposal
Copy of approved IRB
Sample consent form
- These materials may also be sent via US mail or Campus mail to
Baby Gator Director
UF
PO Box 112550
Gainesville, FL 32611
Step 2
- The Director will contact you and request more information or inform you that your research may be conducted at Baby Gator.
Step 3
After your research request has been approved:
- Obtain a cover letter, written by the Director, informing Baby Gator parents of the research.
- Submit adequate copies of consent forms, with the Director’s cover letter attached, to the Enrollment Coordinator in the Baby Gator office. Your forms will be distributed to the appropriate families by the Baby Gator office.
- The Office Assistant will notify you when consent forms are returned. You will receive the originals; Baby Gator will retain a copy.
- The Office Assistant will work with the researcher(s) to schedule days and times when data will be collected in the classrooms.
- Each researcher and research assistant who will be in the classroom must complete a Research Screening packet and Attestation.
- Each researcher and research assistant who will be in the classroom must attend a Research Orientation. See the Office Assistant to schedule your 15 minute Orientation.
- PACKETS AND ORIENTATION MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE RESEARCHERS CAN BEGIN DATA COLLECTION.
- Keep the Office Assistant apprised of any changes in your research plan.
Step 4
- Provide a written copy of your research findings to the Director of Baby Gator
