About Woolfolk Center
Our Mission
The mission of the Woolfolk Center is to gather comprehensive profiles of children with language impairments of different origins and follow these children across the lifespan to track their development.
Important work has been done in the field of speech-language pathology to assess the skills of children who have difficulty understanding and using language. However, clinicians do not have ready access to profiles of children with language impairment. Research-based profiles of language disorders could be used by clinicians to improve accuracy of diagnosis and choose appropriate treatment goals. Through collecting a large, longitudinal database of children with a variety of language impairments across a battery of tests, we can create profiles of how children with specific impairments change over time and what treatment targets might have the greatest impact.
Research Study Opportunity
The Woolfolk Center for Language Disorders Research at the University of Texas at Austin is running a study that tests children with suspected or confirmed language disorders and follows them over time. We provide families reports of tests results and families get $75 each time they test with us. We are currently looking for 4-8 year-olds with suspected or confirmed language disorders to participate. Testing takes place at either the UT Austin Downtown Campus or the J.J. Pickle Research Campus (near the Domain). There will be 4-5 1-hour testing sessions. We will invite the child to test with us every 16-20 months. Click on the button below to review the consent document and to sign up.
Oportunidad de Estudio de Investigación
El Centro Woolfolk para la Investigación de Trastornos del Lenguaje de la Universidad de Texas en Austin está llevando a cabo un estudio que examina a niños con trastornos del lenguaje sospechados o confirmados y los sigue a lo largo del tiempo. Las familias reciben un informe de los resultados de la prueba y $75 cada vez que se hacen la prueba con nosotros. Actualmente estamos buscando niños de 4 a 8 años con trastornos del lenguaje sospechados o confirmados para participar. Las sesiones se llevan a cabo en el campus de UT Austin (el centro) o en el campus de J.J. Pickle (Domain). Habrá de 4 a 5 sesiones de prueba de 1 hora. Invitaremos al niño a hacerse la prueba con nosotros cada 16 a 20 meses. Haga clic en el botón a continuación para revisar el documento de consentimiento y registrarse.