COMPASS Across Settings (CAST) for Improving Transition Outcomes for Students With ASD

Part of paid clinical trials in Muncie, Indiana.

Sponsor
Ball State University
Study ID
NCT06309160
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
16 Years - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • COMPASS Across Settings (CAST) — BEHAVIORAL
    CAST will begin with an initial joint session with the student, caregiver, special education teacher, and pre-employment transition specialist that allows for discussion on the student's postsecondary goals, preferences, frustrations, challenges, and strengths related to social skills, adaptive/self-management, communication, problem behaviors, learning skills, and sensory sensitivities and preferences. This discussion will pinpoint critical social, communication, and work behavior/learning goals related to postsecondary goals and inform the intervention plans that are generated for each goal. Following this initial consultation, there will be four additional 1-hour sessions that incorporate evidence-based coaching, provided by the investigators, including performance feedback monitoring and instructional support. Each session is standardized and allows for assessment of student progress and intervention modification/self-reflection on the implementation of the intervention plans.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Dec 1, 2023
Status verified
Mar 2024
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027
Completion
Jul 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
297 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • 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.

Primary Outcome Measure

Goal Attainment of IEP progress (Ruble et al., 2012; 2018). [ Time Frame: Outcomes are assessed at the end of the school year (9 months from start of intervention) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Ball State UniversityMuncieIndiana47306
Lisa Ruble, PhD
[email protected]
765-285-5702

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