Virtual interview training for autistic transition age youth: A randomized controlled feasibility and effectiveness trial.

ABSTRACT:

Lay abstract

Autistic transition age youth struggle with obtaining employment, and interviewing is a critical barrier to getting a job. We adapted an efficacious virtual reality job interview intervention to meet the needs of autistic transition age youth, called the Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth. This study evaluated whether Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth can be feasibly delivered in high school special education settings and whether Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth improves job interview skills, job interview self-efficacy, job interview anxiety, and access to employment. Forty-eight autistic transition age youth received school-based pre-employment services as usual with Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Y

SUBMITTER: Smith MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324503 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature