Family Handbook 2018-2019

9 National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers (N4C) The Mailman Segal Center is a member of the National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers (N4C). N4C is a nonprofit educational membership organization supporting excellence in programs for young children in communities of higher learning by providing opportunities for leadership, professional development, research, networking, and advocacy. Organization members are faculty, directors, administrators, and teachers from centers with diverse organizational, funding, and program structures at university and college campuses from across the United States and Canada. Research Serving as a laboratory school on the campus of a research university enables our staff, children and families to participate in a range of research activities. We aim for excellence in all aspects of our research policy and practice as we seek to contribute in meaningful ways to the advancement of developmental and educational science. All research studies conducted at the Mailman Segal Center are approved by Nova Southeastern University’s Institutional Review Board as meeting the highest ethical standards. MSC program administration also reviews each study to ensure its consistency with the school philosophy and its potential to run smoothly without undue disruption to ongoing learning activities. Throughout the school year, we may invite you or your child to participate in research. We will always ask for your consent before involving your child in any research activity.