The project co-ordinator or research assistant will open the envelope to obtain the treatment allocation either on the morning of the Cogmed start-up session or the night before, depending on the time and location of the session.
Depending on whether the family has consented to neuroimaging and the availability and schedule of the family, the Cogmed start-up session will be arranged either at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute or at the family home.
During the Cogmed the start-up session, the Cogmed coach will explain how the training program works and will teach both the child and caregivers how to log into the system and complete training.
However, if neuroimaging consent was received, the Cogmed start-up session will be conducted at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute on the same day as the MRI scan, and families will be given the computer to take home after the session.
If consent was not given for the neuroimaging aspect of the study, the Cogmed coach will visit the family home to conduct the Cogmed start-up session and set-up a laptop computer with the allocated training program (Cogmed or placebo).
Filmclub is currently hosting free start-up sessions for teachers at state schools across the country – check the website for details.
A perk: Accomplished student-musicians routinely start up spontaneous lunchtime jam sessions.
Even GOP presidential candidates are seizing on the burgeoning movement, with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Ohio Gov. John Kasichendorsing this unconventional process and rallying their supporters as legislative sessions start up again.
The next steps, it seems to me, include: Providing easy connections to R (python, C++) analyses for cytoscape.js A standard mechanism whereby scripts (R, python, Ruby, Perl) upon execution, can start up a Cytoscape or cytoscape.js session, customize it with networks, functions, buttons and menus, and with both public and laboratory data.
