PS-ASD participants acquired community-based competitive employment at far higher rates than high-school-services-as-usual controls (90.3% vs 5.9% at 3 months; 87.1% vs 11.1% at 12 months)¶

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q3 i? The treatment group was significantly more likely to be employed than the control group across all four time points (GEE χ²(1) = 27.49, p < 0.0001). → Wehman P 2017

Evidence¶

Wehman P 2017¶

Wehman P, Schall CM, McDonough J, Graham C, Brooke V, Riehle JE, Brooke A, Ham W, Lau S, Allen J, Avellone L. (2017). Effects of an employer-based intervention on employment outcomes for youth with significant support needs due to autism. Autism 21(3), 276–290. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361316635826

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Randomized clinical trial of 49 youth with ASD (31 treatment, 18 control) comparing PS-ASD with high school special education services as usual; repeated dichotomous employment status analyzed with GEE. Treatment employment reached "74.2% at graduation, 90.3% at 3-month follow-up" and 87.1% at 12 months, versus 5.9% and 11.1% for controls.

"The GEE model of employment status (employed vs unemployed) was significant and indicated that the treatment group was significantly more likely to be employed than the control group (x2(1) = 27.49, p < 0.0001)."

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• PS-ASD participants earned substantially higher wages than controls, but the wage difference was not significant when unemployed participants were excluded — related
• Way2Work Maryland did not affect postsecondary education and training outcomes, but more treatment group members completed high school within two years of enrollment — related
• Control group members had ready access to transition-related services, and Way2Work services may have substituted for existing services — related
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• Employment support intensity needs decreased significantly over 21 months for the treatment group while remaining unchanged for controls, but not when unemployed participants were excluded — related