Participation Request Letter

Dear School Psychologist,

Our names are Kathrin Maki and John Kranzler. We are faculty in the School Psychology program at the University of Florida and are writing to ask for your participation in a study we are conducting. The study was approved by your state school psychology association executive or research board and the University of Florida’s Institutional Review Board.

The study is examining school psychologists’ decision-making regarding identification of students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD). If you choose to participate, you will be asked to review SLD identification criteria and a vignette describing hypothetical student evaluation data. Please consider spending approximately 20 minutes to complete the study. Your participation will be anonymous.

Each 10th participant will earn a $20.00 gift card.

To learn more about and to access the study, please enter the following link into your web browser:

https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_03woaYtpYAWVIm9

Thank you,

Kathrin E. Maki, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School of Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies

University of Florida kathrin.maki@coe.ufl.edu

John H. Kranzler, Ph.D.

Professor

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 32611 jkranzler@coe.ufl.edu

University of Florida Institutional Review Board Protocol #IRB201902727