Recruitment

Recruitment

Recruitment strategy for LEVANTE typically will follow two primary paths:

• School-based – where families in the same school are recruited
• Family-based – where families are recruited individually (e.g., via online advertising, a clinic, or other recruitment method)

Funded sites and those applying for funding should consider and document the following decisions:

• Intended inclusion and exclusion criteria
• Strategy for inviting individual families to participate in the study (for family-based administration)
• Strategy for inviting schools to participate and/or known commitments from schools for participation in the project (for school-based administration)
• Site by site requirements for permission from schools for on-site assessment administration and records obtainment (for school-based administration)
• Site by site strategy for obtaining caregiver consent and questionnaire completion (for school-based administration)
• Retention strategy for follow-up visits and corresponding plan for documenting participant attrition throughout study duration
• Indication as to whether school administrative records and/or teacher responses will be obtained