Translator and study recruiterAt — CSUF - College of Health and Human Development

This individual serves as an undergraduate research assistant at the Motor Behavior Lab. They play a crucial role in Dr. Lee's research, focusing on the \\Role of Physical Spaces on Infant Posture and Physical Activity During the First Year of Life.\\ In addition to their involvement in Dr. Lee's lab, they contribute to NYU's \\PLAY Project\\ by recruiting participants and collecting data. Furthermore, they dedicate one day a month to volunteering at the Fullerton Community Center, supporting Dr. Lee in conducting free Developmental Assessment classes for mothers and their infants.

Learning Outcomes  

familiarize themself with the aspects of motor control by assisting the students perform the labs. Additionally, they will be able to obtain research experience through the lab in pediatric movement, focusing on its importance in infant development through the first year of life.

Training  

provide training in the labs in order to be able to properly assist students. This includes understanding how to perform the labs and the learning concepts behind them to guide students with any questions they may have. For data collection, they will receive training on how to collect videos that properly portray infant physical activity (for both research studies). with weekly meeting, we will check their progress.

Tasks/Duties  

assisting students in performing the labs required for KINES 371: Human Motor Control. Students will also be grading students on the homework that is associated with the labs. Additionally, participant recruitment involves reaching out to areas where parents bring their children to see if they would allow us to hang a flyer or speak about our research for parents to see. Data collection for Dr. Lee’s research involves taking month to month videos on the participants, with focus on their physical activity and posture. For the research partnership with NYU, the data collection contains a 1 hour natural play video, a house walkthrough (in which every room in the house is recorded with measurements of the rooms taken), five minute structured mother-child play, and questionnaires that focus on milestones and words that the infant is able to communicate. For the Developmental Assessment classes, they will be assisting Dr. Lee with the infants by playing with them and helping Dr. Lee translate to parents who are only Spanish speakers.