COMPASS Across Settings (CAST) for Integrating School, Home, and Community Services and Improving Transition Outcomes for Students With ASD

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and test the COMPASS \[Collaborative Model for Competence and Success\] Across Settings (CAST) intervention to enhance the goal setting and attainment skills of autistic youth. Despite federal education law mandating transition services as part of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) for ensuring good outcomes for students with disabilities, current educational practices have been unable to demonstrate that autistic students experience positive postsecondary outcomes. There are existing, evidence-based interventions aimed at supporting positive outcomes for these students. However, these interventions have not systematically provided coaching support to the caregivers, students, and employment specialists. To address these issues, CAST will integrate three evidence-based interventions for supporting student transitions while providing this critical coaching support. By doing so, CAST aims to align the priorities and goals of interventions across home, school, and community settings to better support positive postsecondary outcomes for autistic students.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 16
Maximum Age: 99
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Students with verified autism and IEPs that designate services for autism

• Caregivers of students with autism

• Special education teachers of students with autism

• Pre-employment specialists of students with autism

Locations
United States
Indiana
Ball State University
RECRUITING
Muncie
Contact Information
Primary
Lisa A Ruble, PhD
lisa.ruble@gmail.com
765-285-5702
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-12-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-07
Participants
Target number of participants: 297
Treatments
No_intervention: Focus Groups to Inform CAST
For the year 1 development activities, the research team will conduct focus groups with administrators, special education teachers, parents, students, and pre-employment transition specialists about how to integrate plans and services across settings.
Experimental: Pre-Post study of CAST
The research team will then conduct a field test of CAST in year 2, making further revisions.
Active_comparator: Randomized Controlled Study of CAST
In year 3, they will use a mixed methods design using a small RCT and network analysis, oversampling African American students and students from rural areas, to evaluate CAST for improved postsecondary outcomes in employment, training, and education.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Indiana University, University of Toledo
Leads: Ball State University

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