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Information Sheet

Name of Principal Researcher

Raheela Tahir

Title of Research

Are Early Years Educators’ well-prepared for the demands of Special Educational Needs children? The role of self-efficacy, gender, and ethnicity in the referral of children with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs.

Aims of the Research

To understand what influences Early Years Educators in their decision to refer children with special needs.

Description of the Procedure

This research is conducted as part of an undergraduate dissertation towards a Bachelor degree in Psychology.

You will be asked some demographic questions and then you will be presented with the General Self-Efficacy Score questionnaire. After this is completed, you will be given a description of a child's language ability, followed by a question asking you to score on a scale.

Length of the task

Participation will take 10 minutes

Exclusion criteria

Participants must be 18+

Description of risks

Research such as this has been conducted worldwide with no known negative effects.

Data collection and storage

All data will be kept securely in line with Data Protection legislation (digital information will be stored in a password-protected folder). You will be assigned a unique identifier to prevent personal details from being linked directly with your data. Your anonymised data will be combined with that of all participants in the study and this dataset will be available to the dissertation supervisor and the marking team. All data collected from you will be destroyed after the exam board has met, or in line with journal guidelines if the research is published in an academic journal. 

To read more about the university privacy policy for research participants please follow this link:https://www.glos.ac.uk/docs/download/Privacy-notices/Research-Participants-Privacy-Notice.pdf.

Right to withdraw

Participation in this research is voluntary and you have the right to withdraw at any time including up to two weeks after your participation by emailing s4006939@glos.ac.uk with your unique identifier.

This research project has been approved by the Psychological Sciences Research Ethics Panel.

Contact information

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Contact information

If you have any questions about the research, please contact the researcher, Raheela Tahir at s4006939@glos.ac.uk

If you have any concerns about the conduct of the research, please contact my research supervisor, Dr Katerina Kantartzis at kkantartzis@glos.ac.uk

If you wish to discuss the research with an independent party, please contact the chair of the research ethics panel, Dr Danielle Stephens-Lewis at dstephenslewis@glos.ac.uk


Contact email: s4006938@glos.ac.uk

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Please read the following statements and select those that apply to you:

o I have read the information sheet provided, and understand what I am required to do in order to take part in this study.

o I have been advised of my rights as a participant, and understand that I can withdraw my data from this research project at any time up to two weeks after my participation.

o I have had the opportunity to ask questions before consenting to participate in the study and am satisfied with the information provided either through the information sheet, or from adequately answered questions to the researcher.

o I confirm that I am over 18 years old; that I consent to allow the answers I provided to be included in the analysis and reporting of the study, including potential publication; and that there is no reason why I consider myself unable to take part.







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