The Notre Dame Center for Children and Families in Fort Wayne is a research center housing supportive programs for families, including families with a new baby and families that include a child with an intellectual or developmental disability. It provides brief educational programs for families that have recently welcomed a new baby. Families who participate will have opportunities to learn about
communication between parents and sensitivity toward infants, and how those things can impact the relationships between fathers and mothers and their infant child. The primary goal of this study is to determine how best to support infants’ socioemotional development by promoting constructive and sensitive interactions in families. The Notre Dame Family and Babies Study is actively recruiting participants in Fort Wayne, IN and the surrounding areas. Eligible participants are married or cohabiting parents of a child who is younger than 7 months old. Participating families will be asked to visit our center in Fort Wayne four times over the course of the year, and will receive program information, including weekly phone calls and/or home visits, over the course of eight weeks. Families could earn up to $230 for their participation over the course of one year and free child care is provided during each visit. Please call 574-631-0956 or email us at ndfabsfw@nd.edu for more information.
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The Notre Dame SPARC Project is a program designed to support effective communication and strengthen relationships in families that include a child with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD). In particular, the SPARC project is geared toward supporting parents and typically developing adolescent siblings of individuals with IDD by promoting effective communication and conflict resolution between couples and also between parents and their typically developing children. The goal of the study is to evaluate how best to support parents and typically developing siblings of individuals with IDD by improving communication and strengthening family relationships. The Notre Dame SPARC Project is actively recruiting participants in Fort Wayne, IN and the surrounding areas. Eligible participants are families that include fathers and mothers who are married or living together in the same home with a typically developing child between the ages of 11 and 17 years old, and a child of any age who has been diagnosed with any type of intellectual or developmental disability. Participating families will be invited to visit our centers several times over the course of one year. Families could earn up to $310 for their participation over the course of one year, and free childcare is provided at all visits by team members who are trained to work with individuals with IDD. Interested families can call Jessica at 574-631-6009 or email us at ndsparc@nd.edu for more information.
