Dear Sir or Madam;

Tom has given me permision to post this information. I posted it on the General site but am including it here as well.

Thank you for your interest.



Dear Sir or Madam;

I am writing to ask you to add the following link to your website. I am conducting an online study of parents' and teachers' experiences with teaching children with Down syndrome. I am an asistant professor specializing in child and educational development at Trent University. My area of speciality is the educational needs of children with Down syndrome. I serve as a consultant to parents, teachers, and school board personnel. I am interested in the collective stories parents and educators have to tell.

There are two surveys. One is for parents and one is for teachers. They can be found at http://www.trentu.ca/psychology/aarcher on my webpage. More detailed information about the surveys and about my reserach interests can be found there. Another survey entitled, Stories of Compassion, might also be of interest to your members.

This research has been approved by Trent University's tri-council committee on ethics. All submissions are anonymous. Returned email surveys contain the phrase 'nobody@postmaster' in the FROM column, thereby ensuring anonymity. If you have any questions about this study, feel free to contact me, the principal researcher, at [email protected] at any time.

I thank you for your time and your assistance with this link to http://www.trentu.ca/psychology/aarcher

Sincerely,

Anne Archer

Anne Archer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Trent University
(705) 748-1011 (ext. 5395)
[email protected]