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Transition Support Program for Young Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorders

NCT02439671 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2017-05-09

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Summary

This study investigates a service delivery model to better support young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the transition from school to the community. The effectiveness of the "McGill Transition Support Program", a small-group format intervention (meeting once a week for 2 hours over 10 weeks) focusing on communication, self-determination and working with others skills, is measured by multiple pre- and post-program-assessments in a "staggered enrollment trial", a variant of a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Conditions

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

McGill Transition Support Program

The McGill Transition Support Program is manual-based, including 15 modules of curriculum, five in each of the following domains of skills: * Social communication (e.g. listening, perspective taking) * Self-determination (e.g. problem-solving, self-advocacy) * Working with others (e.g. knowing your context, teamwork) Nine out of the 15 modules are selected for each group according to the common needs endorsed by participants on a needs assessment questionnaire. Each group consists of 4 adults and two facilitators who were graduate students in Speech Language Pathology or Educational Psychology. The intervention follows a Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) that considers the individual's strengths and needs in the development of personal goals and plans for one's future. A workbook is used to accompany each module with the aim of having the participants practice and generalize the main content messages.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aparna Nadig, Ph.D. · School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University

  • Tara Flanagan, Ph.D. · Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2016-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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