学术学习的挑战和与年轻自闭症成年人的职业成果的联系
Hannah E Grosman1, Diego Aragon-Guevara1, Goldie A McQuaid2
1Drexel University, USA.
概括
自闭症成年人经常面临就业挑战. 这项研究发现,学习需求选工具有效地识别了自闭症求职者的学习困难,与过去的特殊教育和较低的就业率相关联.
科学领域:
- 神经发育障碍 神经发育障碍
- 职业康复 职业康复 职业康复
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
背景情况:
- 自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 与获得和保持就业的重大挑战有关.
- 有限的研究存在于学习困难和就业成果之间的关系,特别是在自闭症成年人群中.
- 职业康复服务旨在帮助残疾人找到工作,需要有效的评估工具.
研究的目的:
- 评估自闭症成年人学习需求查工具 (LNST) 的心理测量特性.
- 检查LNST识别的学习挑战与现实世界结果 (如特殊教育历史和就业状况) 之间的关系.
- 确定LNST在自闭症求职者职业康复环境中的有用性.
主要方法:
- 对401名自闭症成年人进行了横截面在线调查.
- 该研究评估了LNST的内部一致性和因子结构.
- 研究了LNST得分和变量之间的相关性,包括先前接受特殊教育服务和当前就业状况.
主要成果:
- 在LNST中,表现出强大的内部一致性,问题被分为不同类别的学习困难.
- 大约56%的参与者在LNST上对学习挑战进行了积极选.
- 通过LNST识别的学习困难的个人报告说,以前的特殊教育参与率更高,目前的就业率更低.
结论:
- 学习需求查工具是识别自闭症成年人的学习困难的可靠措施.
- 在LNST有效地预测相关的职业成果,包括教育历史和就业状况.
- 该工具可以帮助职业康复专业人员识别自闭症求职者,他们可能需要有针对性的支持来克服就业障碍.
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