Planning the Transition to Employment for Adolescents with High Functioning Autism/Asperger's Syndrome
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum ConditionsMental Health - Autistic spectrum disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000119594
- Lead Sponsor
- Torbjorn Falkmer
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Adolescents (N=80) with a diagnosis of HFA/AS who are in Year 8, 9, 10 or 11 at school in 2015.
Exclusion Criteria
Individuals with co-morbid conditions will be excluded if they are deemed to introduce distinctly different characteristics from ASD that would potentially require additional consideration in post-school pathway planning.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outcomes Related to Successful Employment Post-School<br><br>This is a questionnaire developed by the researchers. It contains questions about different elements of transition planning (the have been linked in the literature to good post-school outcomes), asking the participants to rate their agreement with each question on a Likert scale of 1 to 7.[Baseline measure (0 months), halfway measure (6 months), and final measure (12 months).];AIR Self-Determination Scale[Baseline measure (0 months), halfway measure (6 months), and final measure (12 months).];Career Development Inventory – Australia – Short Form[Baseline measure (0 months), halfway measure (6 months), and final measure (12 months).]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method earning Climate Questionnaire[Baseline measure (0 months), halfway measure (6 months), and final measure (12 months).];Personal Wellbeing Index[Baseline measure (0 months), halfway measure (6 months), and final measure (12 months).]