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Facilitating Employment for Youth With Autism

NCT03560453 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 162

Last updated 2023-05-03

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Summary

This study will test the efficacy of a nationally recognized employment training and placement program (Project SEARCH) when applied to youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders. It is designed to examine a single overall research question:

Research Question: To what extent does a collaborative, employer-based employment training and placement program improve the employment outcomes, need for support, social responsiveness, self-determination, and quality of life of young adults with ASD 18-21 served in public special education programs?

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Project SEARCH Plus ASD Supports

Project SEARCH is an intensive 9-month job training program where youth with developmental disabilities in their last year of high school are embedded in a large community business such as a hospital, government complex, or banking center (Daston et al., 2012). Students with developmental disabilities who participate in this model rotate through three 10-12 week internships within the business where they log approximately 720 hours of internship time learning marketable skills while receiving supported employment. They also get 180 hours of classroom time at the business for a total of approximately 900 hours embedded in the business setting. In addition to these important training components, Project SEARCH requires collaboration between multiple community partners to support students in attaining employment upon completion of the program. Collaborations include students with developmental disabilities and their family, a LEA, a local CRP, the state VR, and a host business.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research

    collaborator FED

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carol M Schall, PhD · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
22 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-03-15
Completion
2018-03-15

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