The Child Study Center is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Monday through Friday.
Directions. The
Child Study Center is located on the Penn State University Park campus
in University Support Building I, 820 North University Drive.
For directions to the University Park campus, please
visit the Penn State University’s
Visitor's Guide.
Parking.
The
Child Study Center has meters in front of the building for visitor use.
Metered rates are 15 minutes for $.25, and have an 8 hour time limit.
Meters are in effect from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Penn State parking permit holders need to park in the Orange A open lot
next to the building.
Campus Shuttle.
Child Study Center is accessible from main campus via the Campus
Shuttle. Hours of operation range from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with
service every 15 minutes weekdays Monday through Friday. The Campus
Shuttle
map and schedule is now available online, as well as at the HUB and
Kern information desks, on all shuttle buses, and at the desks in the
residence-hall area commons buildings. The Child Study Center in
University Support Building I is at stop number 19. The Campus Shuttle
does not run on weekends or during holidays. Additional updated
PSU
Transportation is available online.
Facility. The
Child Study Center is a facility of approximately 7,500 square feet
located in University Support Services Building I on University Drive
Extension of the University Park campus of Penn State. Transportation
between the Child Study Center and the remainder of the Department of
Psychology (located roughly a mile and a half away) is facilitated by a
Child Study Center Van, available for use by faculty, staff and graduate
students, and by the Penn State Campus Shuttle. The Child Study Center
includes a waiting room for children and families participating in
research, an office for an administrative assistant and receptionist,
faculty offices, a conference room, additional meeting room, workrooms,
computers, one large room for group therapy and observation, and a
series of smaller observation rooms. Both large and small observation
rooms are connected to core control rooms that allow observation and
videotaping of multiple rooms simultaneously.
More Information:
Child Study Center
Penn State University
University Support Building I
University Park, PA 16802-1003
