Where we are now
After publishing our initial results, the team explored options for expanding the study to a larger sample. The goal was not only to increase the number of participants, but also recruit risk populations to establish risk trajectories with our developmental tool. Additional goals include integrating PediaTrac™ into electronic medical records across clinical sites and developing the tool for use in different languages.
In August 2018, the PediaTrac™ team was awarded a $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their five-year, longitudinal, multi-site investigation.
In 2021, we were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant, Acquisition of EEG for Examination of Brain-Behavior Relationships Across the Lifespan. We intend to develop bio-behavioral signatures of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. ASD, ADHD, learning disorders), linking PediaTrac™ behavioral data to EEG signatures in toddlerhood.
Where it all started
A multi-disciplinary team saw the need for a user-friendly tool for parents to track infant and toddler development that would provide comprehensive information about current infant and toddler development, as well as identification of trajectories predictive of risk for atypical development in multiple domains of development such as motor, language, and social functioning.
An online questionnaire was developed for multiple developmental domains and across multiple time periods from 0-18 months.
2016
Pilot study
In order to establish the validity of our developmental tracking tool, we reached out to the greater Michigan community, as well as families across the country, and recruited families with infants and toddlers 0-18 months. Our wonderful volunteer families completed our developmental tracking tool questionnaires as well as validated developmental questionnaires for one or multiple time periods. Our pilot study was completed in December of 2016. Since then, we have worked with a multi-disciplinary team to analyze the data and refine the tool to be more user-friendly and psychometrically sound.
171 families across the country contributed to our pilot study
2018 - 2019
NIH Funding
In August 2018, the PediaTrac™ team was awarded a $4.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their five-year, longitudinal, multi-site investigation.
Commence grant
Begin participant and recruitment tracking
2019 - 2020
Continue recruitment and tracking
Begin data analysis
First dissemination
2020 - 2021
End recruitment
Continue tracking
Continue data analysis
2021 - 2022
Continue tracking
Begin 24-month follow up
Continue data analysis
2022 - 2023
End tracking
End 24-month follow up
Continue data analysis
Grant termination
Recruitment Progress
We have reached our recruitment goal! Thanks to all of our participants for helping us accomplish this achievement!
