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Internet Assisted Career-Oriented Soft-skills Training for Transition Age Youth with Mental Health Conditions

No phase Interventional Mental Health Wellness 1 Mental Health Wellness 2 Occupational Problems

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: iCareer Soft Skills Training for Employment.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1, Mental Health Wellness 2, Occupational Problems. Basic parameters: 16 years — 24 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
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Official title

Internet Assisted Career-Oriented Soft-skills Training (iCareer) for Transition Age Youth with Mental Health Conditions: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an internet- assisted Career-Oriented Work-Related Soft-skills Training (iCareer) intervention, infused with cognitive behavioral therapy, targeting individuals ages 16-24 with mental health conditions, to improve employment outcomes. The overall objective is to help transition-age youth (TAY) with psychiatric disabilities achieve optimal employment outcomes as part of successful transition to adulthood. Findings will have implications for enhancing and developing pre-employment services for TAY with psychiatric disabilities.

Detailed description

The investigators propose to perform an open trial research study directed toward producing new knowledge about the Direct Skills Teaching intervention for employment related interpersonal "soft" skills. Soft skills are generally defined as social, emotional, interpersonal, adaptive, and problem-solving skills (Grugulis et al., 2009). The investigators will examine the feasibility of integrated Direct Skills Training modules in social, emotional, interpersonal, adaptive, and problem-solving skills (Soft Skills at Work (SSW)) on improving employment participation and success among transition age youth and young adults (TAY) with disabilities ages 18-24.

Interventions

  • Behavioral iCareer Soft Skills Training for Employment
    The telehealth iCareer intervention will be delivered during regular educational or vocational services (i.e., services from the Office of Disability Services (ODS) and/or from the school or college counseling center). Six modules of Soft Skills Training (SST), four group sessions for each module with 60 to 90 min for each session (depending on group size) will be delivered by trained project staff (graduate counseling student assistant or graduate counseling intern) via HIPAA-compliant Zoom vid

Primary outcome measures

  • Higher Rates of Employment [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Higher Number of Hours Worked [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Increased Wages Earned [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Improved Job Related Social Skills [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
  • Reduced Depressive Symptoms [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Improved Functional Status [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Reduced Mental Illness Stigma [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Increased Work Empowerment [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Increased Job Satisfaction [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]
  • Increased Job Motivation [Time frame: 12 months post intervention]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 16 and 24 years
  • Must speak English fluently
  • Receiving Individualized Education Program (IEP)/504 Plan or disability services within the past 24 months with primary disability types of psychiatric disability
  • No hospitalizations or suicide attempts within the past 2 months
  • Willing to provide informed consent (if younger than 18, parental consent) to participate in the study
  • Interested in improving work-related social skills

Exclusion criteria

  • Current presence of neurological disease or brain injury
  • Psychiatric instability such as gross psychosis or acute suicidality
  • Current alcohol or substance dependence
  • Hospitalization or suicide attempts in the past 2 months

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Factorial
Masking
Single blind
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Rutgers Univeristy, Newark- Office of Disability Services — Newark

Identifiers

NCT: NCT05766280 · 2022001761 · 90IFRE0071

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗