Near-Peer Facilitation of a Soft Skills Program for Young Adults With Autism

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This study provides evidence of participant satisfaction and perceived soft skills improvement and confidence, in addition to the preliminary efficacy of master's-level students as near-peer facilitators of the ASSET program with an ASD population. What This Article Adds: The results suggest that trained and supervised master's-level students can effectively deliver a manualized intervention as near-peer facilitators, elicit positive feedback and high levels of participant satisfaction, and replicate and extend previously reported participant gains.PMID:35759360 | DOI:10.5014/ajot.2022.048207
Source: The American Journal of Occupational Therapy - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research