{"id":7726,"date":"2025-03-13T11:42:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/?page_id=7726"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:33:23","slug":"petal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/research\/current\/petal\/","title":{"rendered":"PETAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2025\/03\/thumbnail_PETAL-logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"229\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7727 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To learn more, please complete our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umassmed.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_2bEF4NxgsWDPjvg?Q_CHL=qr\">PETAL Study | Screening Form<\/a> !<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PETAL is a unique new study that conducted entirely through a series of home visits. The study aims to investigate the language and social communication development of children with an older autistic sibling by monitoring and supporting their development with assessments by the research team and the introduction of two evidence-tested interventions: JASPER and Babble Bootcamp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who can participate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children (6 to 8 months old) with an autistic sibling living in MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What does participation involve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A series of <strong>home visits<\/strong> from when your child is <strong>6 to 24 months old<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Remote <\/strong>surveys and questionnaires<\/li>\n<li><strong>Play-based assessments<\/strong> of language and cognitive development<\/li>\n<li>Participation in<strong> home-based interventions<\/strong> to support your child\u2019s development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What will we receive for participating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>$40 gift card<\/strong> after each visit ($240 total)<\/li>\n<li>A developmentally appropriate <strong>book and toy<\/strong> for your child at each visit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact the PETAL Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Screening Form: <a href=\"https:\/\/umassmed.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_2bEF4NxgsWDPjvg?Q_CHL=qr\">PETAL Study | Screening Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By email: <a href=\"mailto:petalstudy@umassmed.edu\">petalstudy@umassmed.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By phone: (774) 479 &#8211; 6025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To learn more, please complete our\u00a0PETAL Study | Screening Form ! PETAL is a unique new study that conducted entirely through a series of home visits. The study aims to investigate the language and social communication development of children with an older autistic sibling by monitoring and supporting their development with assessments by the research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23785,"featured_media":0,"parent":5360,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23785"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7859,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7726\/revisions\/7859"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}