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Publication Date: 2023-Aug
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Meta-Analysis of Vocational Skills Intervention in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Kun Zhou; Siyue Ma; Zhiqin Gu; Shuting Li; Xinchao Liu
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, v35 n4 p523-549 2023
In order to propose intervention methods that can effectively improve the vocational skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, meta-analysis is conducted on 16 research articles in the past twenty years focusing on single-type subjects. The intervention Tau-U effect values of related studies are calculated, and adjustment analysis is made on the subjects' characteristics, intervention types, intervention methods, intervention environment, dependent variables and the degree of matching between intervention objectives and subject characteristics. The results show that the intervention effect of vocational skills of ASD adolescents is overall significant. In terms of participant characteristics, the intervention effect of high- or medium-functioning ASD adolescents was better than that of low-functioning ASD adolescents. The analysis of intervention types showed statistically significant differences, among which the audio cueing method had the strongest intervention effect, and the frequency of mobile device teaching and behavioral skills training increased significantly. The effect of multi-component interventions is the same as that of single interventions, and it shows a good trend in the past five years and has been widely employed. Vocational skill interventions promote the employment of over 10 million persons with ASD in China, which not only helps achieve their economic independence but also is an important means to improve the social happiness index.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Vocational Education, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness, Severity (of Disability), Auditory Stimuli, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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