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PEERS© for Careers

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Amanda C Gulsrud, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline (entry)
Awards & highlights
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial investigates the PEERS© for Careers program, which helps postsecondary students with autism improve their workplace social skills through a course and an internship. Some participants also get extra help from a career coach. The goal is to make it easier for these young adults to find and keep jobs. The PEERS® program, originally developed in the United States, has been shown to effectively improve social skills for adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Eligible Conditions
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Autism

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline (entry), after 20-week didactic (20 weeks after entry), after 10-week internship (30 weeks after entry), at 10-week follow-up (40 weeks after entry)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline (entry), after 20-week didactic (20 weeks after entry), after 10-week internship (30 weeks after entry), at 10-week follow-up (40 weeks after entry) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Change in Employment-related Social Skills Knowledge as Assessed by Adapted Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (CASS)
Change in Employment-related Social Skills Knowledge as Assessed by Test of Employment Social Skills (TESS)
Change in Social Skills Knowledge as Assessed by Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2)
Secondary study objectives
Autism Severity as Assessed by Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI-II)

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Never CoachExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Randomized to never have coach.
Group II: Internship Only CoachExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Randomized to have coach during internship only.
Group III: Constant CoachExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Randomized to have coach during didactic training and internship.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Internship Only Coach
2020
N/A
~110
Never Coach
2020
N/A
~110
Constant Coach
2020
N/A
~110

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of California, Los AngelesLead Sponsor
1,567 Previous Clinical Trials
10,266,894 Total Patients Enrolled
25 Trials studying Autism Spectrum Disorder
4,293 Patients Enrolled for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Amanda C Gulsrud, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth A Laugeson, PsyDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of California, Los Angeles
~18 spots leftby Dec 2025
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