A Strength-Based Employment Maintenance Program for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Description

The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a training program that focuses on character strengths may be in improving job maintenance skills in young adults. The investigators are examining the effects of this intervention in young adults who feel they would like to help in improving their satisfaction with work, and in keeping their jobs.

Conditions

Autism

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a training program that focuses on character strengths may be in improving job maintenance skills in young adults. The investigators are examining the effects of this intervention in young adults who feel they would like to help in improving their satisfaction with work, and in keeping their jobs.

A Strength-Based Employment Maintenance Program for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

A Strength-Based Employment Maintenance Program for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Condition
Autism
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

East Hanover

Kessler Foundation, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Lives in the United States of America
  • * Between the ages of 14-26
  • * Speaks English well and at a 4th grade reading level
  • * Had a stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, or neurological injury or disease in the past(like brain tumor or epilepsy)
  • * Has a history of significant psychiatric illness(like schizophrenia or psychosis)
  • * Has uncontrolled seizures or other unstable medical complications

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to 26 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Kessler Foundation,

Helen Genova, Ph. D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Kessler Foundation

Study Record Dates

2025-06