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Information for Parents

Parents have a very important role to play at our Child Study Centre summer
tutoring programme! We appreciate your commitment to the programme and your willingness to bring your child to SFU each day for tutoring. We recognize
that coming to SFU each day for three weeks can be difficult to manage in
the summer; however, we appreciate your support of our students and of our
research.

If you are interested in enrolling your child in the Child Study Centre
summer tutoring programme; here are the steps to follow:

1. Please review the information on our website to learn more about the Child and Study Centre Summer Programme. Here are some important links:

Costs and Committments
Dates and Times
Parking
Map
Online Registration (Summer 2007 Registration now closed)

2. Register your child using the Registration form link. Children will be admitted to the CSC summer tutoring programme on a first come, first serve basis. Children who have attended our summer tutoring programmes in past will have priority during the first week of registration (April 1st – April 8th ). After April 8, the registration will open to all interested parents and children. All registrations must be completed online through our secure website. Computers are available at public libraries. Many schools will also allow parents to use computers for this purpose. The date and time that you register will be recorded automatically by the computer.

3. You will receive a phone call from one of our placement assistants at the Child Study Centre during the month of April to confirm your interest and commitment to the CSC summer programme. Our staff will confirm the time that you want to come during the summer and respond to any questions that you may have about the programme. A letter of confirmation of registration and a map of SFU will be mailed to you after this phone call.

4. Once your registration is confirmed through our letter, please talk to your school principal and to your child’s teacher about the SFU Child Study Centre summer tutoring programme. Please let them know about this website and that an SFU student may be contacting them about coming to the school to speak with teachers and to ask permission to informally assess your child's reading ability. It is important that the school staff know that you support your child’s attendance in this programme and the visit of the SFU student to your child’s school.

5. During the months of April, May and June, you may be contacted by one of the Child Study Centre research assistants to arrange a meeting time for you to bring your child to SFU for testing for research purposes. Not all children will be asked to participate in studies this year, so if you do not receive a phone call about this testing, please do not worry.

6. During the first three weeks of July, your child will attend the Child Study Centre summer tutoring programme. Please ensure that you leave your child with his/her tutor and that you pick up your child directly from the tutor at the end of the day. Children will not be allowed to leave the building to find parents on their own.

7. We are very open to any questions or concerns that you have during the Child Study Centre summer tutoring programme, so please contact us if you need more information!