Julia Font

My name is Julia Font and I am a final year student taking of the MSc Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of Greenwich. For my final master's project, I am exploring the experiences of parents of children on the autism spectrum during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social distancing restrictions and lockdowns presented families with both unique stressors and unique opportunities. Many families developed new coping strategies and we are interested in hearing your experience of this. The study is being supervised by Dr Charlotte R. Stoner (lecturer in Psychology at the School of Human Sciences) and has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Department of Psychology & Counselling at the University of Greenwich. It is my pleasure to invite you to take part in this research, so that you can share with me your thoughts surrounding this topic. If you are a parent of an autistic child or a child on the autism spectrum, live in England, and would like to take part, please click here. The whole task will take around 10 minutes. Your participation will be completely voluntary and will not involve any payment, as the study is done during 6 months as part of the final project of the master's degree. I would appreciate your participation in my study, as I believe the findings may be useful in designing better parental support and rapid response initiatives to fully respond to parents’ and children’s needs in case another public crisis like the current pandemic takes place. Although I offer no incentive/payment for your participation, your responses will serve as useful resources to better develop future programes aimed at supporting parents. If you decide to take part, you will be asked questions around your daily experiences with your child during the COVID19 pandemic including both positive and negative experiences. Thank you very much!

I would like to invite all parents to give your insights on how do you cope with daily situations during lockdown. If you have a child on the autism spectrum, please consider completing this survey as part of my MSc project to help understand which coping strategies are more helpful for you and your child. I will be happy to share the final results with you, if you would like it. The survey takes place on the online platform Qualtrics and your participation is free, voluntary and anonymous. The project is being supervised by Dr. Charlotte R. Stoner and has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Greenwich. Your participation will be very appreciated as it will be usedful to build evidence on how to deliver a better support to parents of children with autism in case another pandemic takes place. You can complete the survey here: https://greenwichuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cC8fin0EPkhIfR4 Thank you very much and, if you have further questions or concerns, feel free to send me a message!

Hi parents!! My name is Julia and I'm a psychologist at the University of Greenwich (London). How are you? and how are you coping with this lockdown? I know restrictions might have affected some of you and that is why I would like to invite you all to take part in my study. I would consider your personal experiences regarding which coping strategies did you use when dealing with stressful situations. If you are a parent of a child on the autistic spectrum living in the UK and would like to contribute to this short research, please feel free to participate by accessing this survey link. It will only take up to 12 minutes to complete! https://greenwichuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cC8fin0EPkhIfR4 Your help will contribute to this field by providing evidence to better design parental coping strategies which professionals can use in case a similar pandemic takes place. If you have any comments or questions about the study, please feel free to contact me (the researcher) at jf2248j@greenwich.ac.uk.

Hi! My name is Julia and I’d like to invite any parent/carer of a child with autism living in Hackney (London) to answer this 2-minute survey from the National Autistic Society. We want to offer online support during this lockdown to anyone who might be interested. – The questionnaire will only take 2 minutes to complete and it is completely anonymous – You must be aged 18 or over Click here to access the survey: https://greenwichuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_diYIEmRfSMs2kkK Click here to open the survey and thank you!