Participants from my study will be children/youth recruited from public schools in my area. Are there any specific Department of Education requirements for studies involving school children?

The Department of Education has specific requirements for projects that are conducted within public schools in Victoria. These requirements are stated in a document titled “Application procedures for research in Victorian government schools”, the link for which can be found on the website below: education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/res... In brief, this document outlines the need for researchers to: Obtain ethics approval from the relevant Human Research Ethics Committee(s) (HRECs) (the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development does not perform an ethics review of the project) Complete the document titled “Application to conduct research in schools” (the link for which can also be found on the above website) Submit this document along with the following attachments to the address listed below: A letter indicating ethics approval has been granted by the relevant HREC where applicable. If approval has not yet been granted, include a ... more.

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