In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research institutions across the globe have modified their operations in ways that have limited or eliminated the amount of permissible in-person research interaction. In order to prevent the loss of important developmentally-timed data during the pandemic, researchers have quickly pivoted and developed innovative methods for remote assessment of research participants. In this manuscript, we describe methods developed for remote assessment of a parent child cohort with a focus on examining the perinatal environment, behavioral and biological indicators of child neurobehavioral development, parent-child interaction, as well as parent and child mental and physical health. We include recommendations relevant to adapting in-laboratory assessments for remote data collection and conclude with a description of the successful dissemination of the methods to eight research sites across the United States, each of whom are involved in Phase 1 of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study. These remote methods were born out of pandemic-related necessity; however, they have much wider applicability and may offer advantages over in-laboratory neurodevelopmental assessments.

为应对 COVID-19 大流行，全球研究机构修改了其运营方式，限制或消除了允许的面对面研究互动的数量。为了防止在大流行期间丢失重要的发育时间数据，研究人员迅速调整并开发了创新方法来对研究参与者进行远程评估。在这份手稿中，我们描述了为远程评估亲子队列而开发的方法，重点是检查围产期环境、儿童神经行为发育的行为和生物学指标、亲子互动以及父母和孩子的身心健康。我们包括与针对远程数据收集调整实验室评估相关的建议，并以对方法成功传播到美国八个研究地点的描述作为结尾，每个研究地点都参与了 HEALthy Brain and Child Development 的第一阶段（六溴环十二烷）研究。这些远程方法是出于与大流行相关的需要而诞生的；然而，它们具有更广泛的适用性，并且可能比实验室内的神经发育评估更具优势。