A Strength-Based Intervention to Improve Job Interview Skills in Neurodiverse Young Adults
NCT Number: NCT06479850
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: ADHD|Dyslexia|Learning Disabilities
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: KF-STRIDE®
Sponsor: Kessler Foundation
Sex: ALL
Age: CHILD, ADULT
Enrollment: 50
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2024-08-01
Completion Date: 2025-12-01

Summary:
the investigators are looking to evaluate the effectiveness of a strength-based program in improving job interview skills in neurodiverse young adults. This program is designed to help participants understand and speak to others about their personal qualities and abilities. The investigators are examining the effects of this program in young adults who may have difficulty with job interviews, and who may want to improve these skills. Some of these young adults have received special education services in the past for learning differences, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or dyslexia.

Primary Outcome Measures: Mock Job Interview, Blinded reviewers using a standardized scoring measure will rate the video recorded mock job interviews, where the minimum total value is a 0 and the maximum total value is 77, with higher scores meaning a better outcome., [Time Frame: Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8]|Employment Status, We will examine whether the person became employed or other changes to their employment status. Yes=1, No=0, Baseline, Immediate Post-Test between weeks 7 and 8, and 6 months Post-Test|Time-to-reach Employment, We will examine how long it took for the person to obtain employment. Assessed as weeks since intervention completion., 6 months Post-Test|Strength Knowledge and Strengths Use Scale (SKUS), Measure to assess knowledge and use of one's strengths and measure changes following strengths-based interventions. Two scores: Strengths Use and Strengths Knowledge. Strengths Use values range from 14-98, with higher score indicating a better outcome. Strengths Knowledge values range from 8-56, with higher score indicating a better outcome, Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8|Youth Interview- Self Efficacy and Anxiety, 25 items combined, about confidence and interview comfort in adolescents, with values ranging from 0 to 5 for each item, and higher scores meaning a better outcome., Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8|Job Search Behavior Scale, 12 items measuring how often one engages in job search activities- language modified for use in youth, with values ranging from 1-5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome., Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8|Work Readiness Scale, 13 items about the perception of one's ability to work, with values ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome., Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8|Global Assessment of Character Strengths (GACS), 24 items measuring one's identification of personal character strengths, with values ranging from 1 to 5, with higher scores meaning a better outcome, Baseline, Immediate Post-test between weeks 7 and 8