Effects of a 9-Month Military-Base Internship on the Competitive Integrated Employment of Military Dependent and Connected Youth with ASD.
Autism
Employment
Military
Project SEARCH plus ASD Supports
Transition
Journal
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
ISSN: 1573-3432
Titre abrégé: J Autism Dev Disord
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7904301
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
accepted:
31
05
2022
medline:
31
8
2023
pubmed:
24
6
2022
entrez:
23
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This waitlist-controlled cluster randomized clinical trial presents the results of PS + ASD for military dependent and connected youth with ASD. Following earlier findings regarding PS + ASD, this study expands upon that previous work by including a new population, military dependent and connected transition aged youth with ASD. Findings indicate that military dependent and connected youth who participated in PS + ASD gained competitive integrated employment at 60% despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn. In addition, these youth worked a mean of 24.42 h weekly and earned an average hourly wage of $9.38 at one year post baseline while the waitlist control group participants did not gain CIE. In addition, by 18 months, 58.3% of participants gained positions in federal employment. Implications of the study are discussed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35737193
doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05634-8
pii: 10.1007/s10803-022-05634-8
pmc: PMC9218705
doi:
Types de publication
Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3525-3541Subventions
Organisme : Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
ID : W81XWH16-1-0707
Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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