A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth
A number of policies mandate that autistic transition-age youth receive employment services to prepare for the workforce before high school graduation. A key limitation to these services is the job interview component, which relies on non-standardized, resource-intensive, staff-led role-plays to hel...
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| author | Matthew J. Smith James L. Merle Mary Baker-Ericzén Kari Sherwood Lindsay A. Bornheimer Brittany Ross Meghan Harrington Apara Sharma Cheryl Brown Timotheus (TJ) Gordon, . David Telfer Jocelyn Reese Jennifer Hirst Eugene A. Oulvey Valerie Dignadice Ed-Dee Williams Sandra Magaña Kara Hume Connie Sung Jane K. Burke-Miller Justin D. Smith |
| author_facet | Matthew J. Smith James L. Merle Mary Baker-Ericzén Kari Sherwood Lindsay A. Bornheimer Brittany Ross Meghan Harrington Apara Sharma Cheryl Brown Timotheus (TJ) Gordon, . David Telfer Jocelyn Reese Jennifer Hirst Eugene A. Oulvey Valerie Dignadice Ed-Dee Williams Sandra Magaña Kara Hume Connie Sung Jane K. Burke-Miller Justin D. Smith |
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| description | A number of policies mandate that autistic transition-age youth receive employment services to prepare for the workforce before high school graduation. A key limitation to these services is the job interview component, which relies on non-standardized, resource-intensive, staff-led role-plays to help autistic transition-age youth improve their interview skills. The autism community has called for better job interview preparation. To address this gap in services, our team, collaborated with the autism community to adapt the intervention, Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT; effective among adults with serious mental illness), into Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth (VIT-TAY). This adapted intervention was tailored to meet the needs of autistic transition age youth while maintaining the core components of VR-JIT (i.e., an online job interview simulator with four levels of automated feedback and e-learning content). A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated VIT-TAY's feasibility and initial effectiveness at improving job interview skills, reducing anxiety, and increasing employment rates within six months when added to transition services or pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS). Thus, the overarching goal of this Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation study protocol is to conduct a fully-powered RCT of VIT-TAY across 16 schools in various geographical locations. Our specific aims are to 1) Evaluate whether Pre-ETS (or transition services) with VIT-TAY, as compared to Pre-ETS (or transition services) with an active control intervention (i.e., job interview didactics/e-learning with a series of 3–5 min videos of employed autistic adults talking about their career pathways) enhances employment outcomes; 2) Evaluate mechanisms of employment by nine months post-randomization; and 3) Conduct a multilevel, mixed-method process evaluation of the initial implementation of VIT-TAY across settings (e.g., acceptability, feasibility, and barriers and facilitators of implementation). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-01579f52ae4a4a4fac24ddffa07331752025-08-20T01:57:56ZengElsevierContemporary Clinical Trials Communications2451-86542024-12-014210138410.1016/j.conctc.2024.101384A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youthMatthew J. Smith0James L. Merle1Mary Baker-Ericzén2Kari Sherwood3Lindsay A. Bornheimer4Brittany Ross5Meghan Harrington6Apara Sharma7Cheryl Brown8Timotheus (TJ) Gordon, .9David Telfer10Jocelyn Reese11Jennifer Hirst12Eugene A. Oulvey13Valerie Dignadice14Ed-Dee Williams15Sandra Magaña16Kara Hume17Connie Sung18Jane K. Burke-Miller19Justin D. Smith20University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Corresponding author. School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1080 South University Avenue, Room 2850, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1106, USA.University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences, Division of Health System Innovation and Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USASan Diego State University, Department of Administration, Rehabilitation and Post-Secondary Education, San Diego, CA, USAUniversity of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; University of Michigan Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI, USAUniversity of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, MI, USAUniversity of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USAUniversity of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USAUniversity of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USAAnn Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor, MI, USAAutism Self-Advocate and Institute on Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USAIndependent Autism Self-Advocate, Warren, RI, USALincoln Park Mixter Institute, Lincoln Park, MI, USAMichigan Rehabilitation Services, Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity, Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Rehabilitation Services, Illinois Department of Human Services, Springfield, IL, USADepartment of Rehabilitation, San Diego, CA, USABoston College, School of Social Work, Boston, MA, USAUniversity of Texas, School of Social work, Austin, TX, USAUniversity of North Carolina, School of Education, Chapel Hill, NC, USAMichigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAUniversity of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USAUniversity of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Department of Population Health Sciences, Division of Health System Innovation and Research, Salt Lake City, UT, USAA number of policies mandate that autistic transition-age youth receive employment services to prepare for the workforce before high school graduation. A key limitation to these services is the job interview component, which relies on non-standardized, resource-intensive, staff-led role-plays to help autistic transition-age youth improve their interview skills. The autism community has called for better job interview preparation. To address this gap in services, our team, collaborated with the autism community to adapt the intervention, Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT; effective among adults with serious mental illness), into Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth (VIT-TAY). This adapted intervention was tailored to meet the needs of autistic transition age youth while maintaining the core components of VR-JIT (i.e., an online job interview simulator with four levels of automated feedback and e-learning content). A pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated VIT-TAY's feasibility and initial effectiveness at improving job interview skills, reducing anxiety, and increasing employment rates within six months when added to transition services or pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS). Thus, the overarching goal of this Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness-implementation study protocol is to conduct a fully-powered RCT of VIT-TAY across 16 schools in various geographical locations. Our specific aims are to 1) Evaluate whether Pre-ETS (or transition services) with VIT-TAY, as compared to Pre-ETS (or transition services) with an active control intervention (i.e., job interview didactics/e-learning with a series of 3–5 min videos of employed autistic adults talking about their career pathways) enhances employment outcomes; 2) Evaluate mechanisms of employment by nine months post-randomization; and 3) Conduct a multilevel, mixed-method process evaluation of the initial implementation of VIT-TAY across settings (e.g., acceptability, feasibility, and barriers and facilitators of implementation).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865424001315autismtransition-age youthemploymentjob interview skillsvirtual interview training |
| spellingShingle | Matthew J. Smith James L. Merle Mary Baker-Ericzén Kari Sherwood Lindsay A. Bornheimer Brittany Ross Meghan Harrington Apara Sharma Cheryl Brown Timotheus (TJ) Gordon, . David Telfer Jocelyn Reese Jennifer Hirst Eugene A. Oulvey Valerie Dignadice Ed-Dee Williams Sandra Magaña Kara Hume Connie Sung Jane K. Burke-Miller Justin D. Smith A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications autism transition-age youth employment job interview skills virtual interview training |
| title | A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth |
| title_full | A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth |
| title_fullStr | A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth |
| title_full_unstemmed | A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth |
| title_short | A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth |
| title_sort | type 1 hybrid multi site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition age youth |
| topic | autism transition-age youth employment job interview skills virtual interview training |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865424001315 |
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