You will find a Parent Guardian Passive Consent Letter  describing a survey being conducted in our school:  The Youth Development Instrument (YDI). 

The YDI survey is being conducted by CHART lab researchers at Simon Fraser University (SFU), led by Dr. Hasina Samji, in collaboration with the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

The YDI gives young people a voice in reporting their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in school, at home, and in the community.  Schools and community partners can use YDI information to improve supports and services for children.

• Students will be invited to complete the 35 – 40 min online survey during one regular class period. Schools will decide the date of survey implementation, and the survey will be administered by school personnel.
• Please note that confidentiality of your child is strictly protected. No one but the researchers involved in the study will have access to the data. Your child will not be identified by name in any reports of the completed study.
• You may opt your child out of this survey by following the instructions in the consent letter.
• Data from this survey will be turned into reports for each school and district (aggregated data, never individual results), summarizing how students are doing on various domains.
• YDI reports will give educators, program planners, and community members, information about the lives of children by listening to children’s voices directly through the YDI. Your school and community can use the results to support students and improve their well-being.

We are participating in this research so that we can use the information to plan programs in the future. Please read the attached consent form carefully.

We would appreciate the return of the permission slip within the next two weeks Thank you in advance for helping making Rocky Mountain Alternate Education an even better place to be for all of our students!