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¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3
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q3 i? The SIS Employment Activities Subscale showed a significant group × time interaction (F(3,137) = 12.08, p < 0.0001), with treatment needs decreasing and control needs unchanged. → Wehman P 2017 q3 i? With unemployed participants excluded, the support-intensity model was not significant (p = 1.00), which the authors suggest may indicate employment experience provides therapeutic effects related to increased independence. → Wehman P 2017 (2)

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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Secondary analysis of SIS Employment Activity Subscale scores in the RCT found significant group (F(1,48) = 7.56, p = 0.0084), time (F(3,137) = 7.55, p < 0.0001), and group × time (F(3,137) = 12.08, p < 0.0001) effects; participants moved, for example, from daily partial physical assistance to no support needed.

"In sum, the control group employment support intensity needs did not change over the course of the 21 months of observation, while the treatment group employment support intensity needs decreased significantly during that same period of time."

Wehman P 2017 (2)¶

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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Sensitivity analysis of the SIS Employment Activity Subscale excluding unemployed participants (8 control, 23 treatment) was not significant; the article states this may indicate employment experience itself provides therapeutic effects related to increased independence.

"When all participants who were unemployed were taken out of the analyses, this left 8 participants in the control group and 23 participants in the treatment group, and the model was not significant (p = 1.00)."

Discussion¶

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