Employment Interventions for Individuals with ASD: The Relative Efficacy of Supported Employment With or Without Prior Project SEARCH Training

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3990-4001

  Schall, Carol M ^b   Wehman, Paul ^a,b   Brooke, Valerie ^b   Graham, Carolyn ^a   McDonough, Jennifer ^b   Brooke, Alissa ^b   Ham, Whitney ^b   Rounds, Rachael ^b   Lau, Stephanie ^b   Allen, Jaclyn ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; ASD; Autism; Competitive employment; Project SEARCH plus ASD Supports; Supported employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK EXPERIENCE; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947865695     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2426-5     Document Type: Article

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