Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum

Adolescents on the autism spectrum have numerous strengths, however many have difficulty transitioning to post-school employment or higher education. BOOST-A is a web-based, autism-specific program developed to prepare adolescents on the autism spectrum for leaving school. BOOST-A supports the devel...

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Main Author: Hatfield, Megan Kelly
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57367
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description Adolescents on the autism spectrum have numerous strengths, however many have difficulty transitioning to post-school employment or higher education. BOOST-A is a web-based, autism-specific program developed to prepare adolescents on the autism spectrum for leaving school. BOOST-A supports the development of future job pathways and employment-readiness skills. A quasi-randomised controlled trial determined that BOOST-A increased career exploration and self-determined behaviour related to transition planning. Findings support the need for strengths-based and autism-specific transition planning.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-573672020-10-06T01:35:30Z Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum Hatfield, Megan Kelly Adolescents on the autism spectrum have numerous strengths, however many have difficulty transitioning to post-school employment or higher education. BOOST-A is a web-based, autism-specific program developed to prepare adolescents on the autism spectrum for leaving school. BOOST-A supports the development of future job pathways and employment-readiness skills. A quasi-randomised controlled trial determined that BOOST-A increased career exploration and self-determined behaviour related to transition planning. Findings support the need for strengths-based and autism-specific transition planning. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57367 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Hatfield, Megan Kelly
Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
title Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
title_full Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
title_fullStr Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
title_full_unstemmed Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
title_short Boosting Post-School Outcomes: Development and Evaluation of an Online Transition Planning Program for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum
title_sort boosting post-school outcomes: development and evaluation of an online transition planning program for adolescents on the autism spectrum
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57367