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PEERS© for Careers: An Evidence-based Social Skills Treatment for Post-secondary Employment
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Never Coach, Internship Only Coach, and 1 other intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Completed, enrolled 106 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
The current study proposes to investigate the effectiveness of PEERS© adapted to target postsecondary students with ASD as they prepare for careers (PEERS© for Careers). Building upon the PEERS© evidence base, PEERS© for Careers will target the development of social competence and related skills as they pertain to the work setting in a 20-week didactic course and subsequent 10-week internship. In the first phase of the study, participants will be randomized to be paired with a career coach to support practicing and generalizing the skills learned within the didactics portion of the program or to receive the didactic training without a career coach. In the second phase of the study, participants who were randomized to receive the didactic training with a coach will continue to receive coaching during the following 10-week internship phase. Those who completed the didactic training without a coach will be re-randomized to either a career coach or no coach condition and will complete a 10-week internship as well.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
20 weeks of didactic training and 10 weeks of internship, but no coaching.
20 weeks of didactic training with no coaching and 10 weeks of internship with coaching.
20 weeks of didactic training and 10 weeks of internship, with coaching throughout.