Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Kessler Foundation

Code:

NCT06255925

Conditions

Autism

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 26

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

KF-STRIDE® Into Work!

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators are looking to evaluate how effective a training program that focuses on character strengths may be in improving job maintenance skills in young adults. The investigators are examining the effects of this intervention in young adults who feel they would like to help in improving their satisfaction with work, and in keeping their jobs.

Conditions

Autism

Study ID

NCT06255925

Start date

Jan 1, 2023

Status verified date

Mar, 2025

Completion date

Jun, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 26

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Lives in the United States of America
  • Between the ages of 14-26
  • Speaks English well and at a 4th grade reading level

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Had a stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, or neurological injury or disease in the past(like brain tumor or epilepsy)
  • Has a history of significant psychiatric illness(like schizophrenia or psychosis)
  • Has uncontrolled seizures or other unstable medical complications

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment Group

In this arm, participants would participate in in an intervention program that uses character strengths to improve job maintenance skills in young adults.

no intervention: Control Group

In this arm, participants are services as usual and will participate in their regular activities.

Interventions

KF-STRIDE® Into Work!

Treatment group will receive 10 web based sessions of a strength-based training tool(once or twice a week). Sessions are approximately 60 minutes long.

Primary outcome measure

  • Parent Report Employment Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Work Self-Efficacy Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Strengths Self-Efficacy Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Strengths Knowledge and Strengths Use Scale(SKUS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Flourishing(FS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Patients Global Impression of Change [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]
  • Intervention Effectiveness From Participant Point [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Helen Genova, Ph. D.

973-324-8390hgenova@kesslerfoundation.org

Locations

Kessler Foundation

Recruiting

East Hanover, New Jersey, United States, 07936

More Information

Sponsor

Kessler Foundation

Last update posted

Mar 10, 2025

Last verified

Mar, 2025

Keywords

  • Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kessler Foundation on 2025-03-10.