A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Young Adults in a Community Setting

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title: A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Young Adults in a Community Setting

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

We are looking to evaluate how effective a strength-based intervention may be in improving job interview skills in young adults. We are examining the effects of this intervention in young adults who may have difficulty with job interviews, and who may want to improve these skills.

Clinical Trial Description

We have developed KF-STRIDE, a promising web-based intervention which focuses on helping autistic transition age youth improve interview skills by 1) learning to identify their unique employable strengths, and 2) practice speaking about those strengths to potential employers in socially appropriate ways. The inability to express one's strengths to a potential employer can negatively affect interview performance and lead to difficulty with job obtainment. Importantly, KF-STRIDE is web-based, so it is highly scalable, and uses well-established principles of positive psychology. Our pilot data evaluating KF-STRIDE in a lab-based setting indicates that after using KF-STRIDE, users experience increased knowledge of their personal strengths and improved job interview skills. However, KF-STRIDE's effectiveness in a real-world setting has not been established. Kessler Foundation (KF) Center for Autism Research will partner with Spectrum Works (or other community partner) (see letter of support) to implement and evaluate KF-STRIDE in a real-world setting. Spectrum Works is a non-profit organization which provides job training and employment opportunities to autistic youth. In the current study, KF-STRIDE will be implemented at Spectrum Works (or other community partner) by Spectrum Work staff members (trained by KF staff). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder

• NCT number: NCT06380569
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Kessler Foundation
• Contact: Helen Genova, Ph. D.
• Phone: 973-324-8390
• Email: hgenova@kesslerfoundation.org
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2024
• Completion date: December 1, 2025