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A Peer E-mentoring Intervention to Improve Employment

NCT02522507 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2022-03-11

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Summary

Despite the strong business case of hiring people with disabilities, a significant proportion of youth with disabilities leave high school and neither work nor continue their education and are unprepared to meet the demands of a work environment. Although youth with disabilities have much to gain from employment readiness programs, they are often excluded from, or have limited access to school and community vocational programs. One encouraging approach to address gaps in vocational programming is through peer mentoring, which may facilitate a smoother transition to adulthood by offering support to enhance coping skills. Despite the increase in online communities, little is known about their impact on vocational mentoring for youth with physical disabilities and their parents. The purpose of this study is to develop, implement and assess the feasibility of an online peer mentor employment readiness intervention for youth with physical disabilities and their parents to improve their self-efficacy, career maturity and social support.

Conditions

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Spina Bifida
  • Juvenile Arthritis
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Physical Disability

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Empowering youth towards employment

Experimental: Empowering youth towards employment This is a behavioural e-mentor intervention. Trained mentors will facilitate employment readiness learning and engage youth in discussions over a 12-week period. Each week the mentors will introduce a new employment topic and will engage youth in a discussion and answer questions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ability Online

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Toronto

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Ottawa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2020-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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