Individual Placement and Support for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Program.
Young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience significant rates of unemployment and underemployment, and the field needs an inexpensive, evidence-based vocational intervention. We examined an approach developed for people with serious mental illness, IPS supported employment, for young adults with ASD. We described a pilot IPS program for young adults with ASD and evaluated the first five participants over 1 year. The first five IPS participants succeeded in competitive employment, expanded independence, and achieved broad psychosocial gains. IPS could help young adults with ASD succeed in competitive employment at a relatively low cost.
Autism Spectrum Disorders Program, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA. Jennifer.L.McLaren@Hitchcock.org.
Jennifer
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5883-3027
J
McLaren
Pediatric Neuropsychology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Jonathan D
JD
Lichtenstein
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Daniel
D
Lynch
The IPS Employment Center at the Rockville Institute, Westat, 3rd Floor, Evergreen 2, 21 Lafayette, Centerra Business Park, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA.
Deborah
D
Becker
The IPS Employment Center at the Rockville Institute, Westat, 3rd Floor, Evergreen 2, 21 Lafayette, Centerra Business Park, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA.
Robert
R
Drake
D000328:Adult; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult
Autism spectrum disorder; Individual placement and support; Supported employment