Establishing a career trajectory for transitioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Deushane, Andrea and Jones, Tim and Mendoza, Paola and Mulcahy, Megan (2018) Establishing a career trajectory for transitioning young adults with autism spectrum disorder. Masters thesis, Stanbridge University.

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Abstract

Young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face difficulties, such as lack of vocational opportunities, social and life skills, and environmental barriers, when searching for job opportunities (Seaman & Cannella-Malone, 2016). The purpose of the project was to see if young adults with (ASD) who participated in an individualized career trajectory curriculum would be more likely to find a career suited to the best of their interests and abilities. The student instructors designed the curriculum to be six weeks long and included assessments such as AIR Self-Determination Scale, Community-based Skills Assessment, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, and People, Data, Things, Ideas Assessment to serve as pretests and posttests of strengths, self-determination, and interests. Since the student interests, abilities and needs vary the student instructors individualized the curriculum for each participant to best fit their needs. Overall, the participants benefited from the career trajectory curriculum by initiating the first steps necessary for obtaining a career. One participant was able to identify possible career opportunities to pursue using the current training and education already established. While the other participant was able to establish a few college curriculum courses that peaked their interest to increase education for career opportunities.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information:	Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) degree.
Subjects:	L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Depositing User:	Fred Poling
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2019 16:17
Last Modified:	24 Jan 2022 22:05
URI:	http://repository.stanbridge.edu/id/eprint/14

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