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and/or a prompt for information that also must be included.\nOrange text is optional, sample wording.\nThis template is to be used for minors (which depends on the state in which you are conducting your research) as well as those with diminished capacity to consent.\nEdit this document to reflect your activity and relevant IRB requirements.  Use language appropriate for the child’s age. You may need to include multiple assents for different age groups.  Assent forms for children close to the age of 17 should be similar to the adult informed consent form.\nWith the guidance language removed, this template has the following readability scores:\nFlesch Reading Ease: 88.8\nFlesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 4.2\nResearch Assent\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Title of Project] \u0015\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Version date] \u0015\nYou are being asked to join a research project that is being done by \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [PI name] \u0015.  We hope to learn \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [describe the purpose of the project] \u0015.  You are being asked to join because \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [insert inclusion/exclusion criteria] \u0015.\nIf you join, you will be asked to \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [briefly describe what will happen to the participant in the project, where it will take place, the duration of the study, etc.]. \u0015.\nIf you join, there may be bad things that happen which are \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [describe the risks] \u0015.\nThere may also be some good things that happen which are \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [describe the benefits] \u0015.\nYou do not have to join the project.  If you choose to be in the project, you can change your mind at any time. The researcher will not care if you change your mind or if you do not want to join this project.  No one will be mad if you choose not to join or quit the project.\nIf you do not want to join, you can \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [describe alternative(s) to participation.] \u0015. [If there are no alternatives, delete this sentence.]\nAny information about you will be kept safe by the researchers by \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [describe data safety and confidentiality plan] \u0015.  The researchers in this project will need to talk about you and the project \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [insert relevant parties, including parent/guardian, researchers] \u0015 and will not talk about you with anyone else.  If we need to talk to anyone else about you, we will ask you and your parent/guardian if it is okay to do so.  \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Describe any data banking/data sharing/future use plans] \u0015.\nIf you join the project, you will get \u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [description compensation] \u0015. [If there is no compensation, You will not get anything if you join this project.]\nWe would like you to talk with your parents/guardians about this before you decide to join or not join this project.  We will also ask your parents/guardians if they want you to be in this project.  You will both have to say “yes” for you to be in this project.  If your parent/guardian says “yes,” you can still decide not to join.\nIf you turn 18 years old while you are in this project, we no longer need your parents/guardians to give permission for you to be in the project.  You may be presented with a new form to sign to continue participation at that time.\nIf you have any questions at any time, please call or email:\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Researcher's name] \u0015\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Department] \u0015\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Address] \u0015\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Phone] \u0015\n\u0013 FORMTEXT \u0014 [Email address] \u0015\nIf you would like to talk to someone else, you can call the Weill Cornell Medicine Institutional Review Board at:\nWCM IRB, (646) 962-8200, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:irb@med.cornell.edu\" \u0014irb@med.cornell.edu\u0015\nWebsite:  https://research.weill.cornell.edu/irb\nSignature\nSigning this form means you have read this form and all of your questions have been answered. You and your parents/guardians will be given a copy of this form.  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