Understanding Career Goals Set by Autistic Youth.
Importance: Recent years have seen a shift to strengths-based approaches promoting self-determination and career-related interests among autistic youth. Research is needed to understand the career-related goals set by autistic youth on the basis of their interests. Objective: To descriptively explor...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 1 - 8 |
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American Occupational Therapy Association
May/Jun2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=157383979&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 157383979 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 02729490 44I jtl: American Journal of Occupational Therapy issn: 02729490 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May/Jun2022 vid: 76 iid: 3 pid: 6680 pub: American Occupational Therapy Association place: North Bethesda, Maryland artinfo: ui: 157383979 157383979 157383979 10.5014/ajot.2022.046102 157383979 ppf: 1 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Understanding Career Goals Set by Autistic Youth. aug: au: Dean, Evan E. Burke, Kathryn M. Shogren, Karrie A. affil: Evan E. Dean, PhD, OTR/L, is Associate Director, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University of Kansas, Lawrence sug: subj: Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adulthood Career Planning and Development Goal-Setting Human Scales Young Adult Male Female Content Analysis Self Care Self-Advocacy Descriptive Statistics Employment Occupational Therapy Funding Source Male Female ab: Importance: Recent years have seen a shift to strengths-based approaches promoting self-determination and career-related interests among autistic youth. Research is needed to understand the career-related goals set by autistic youth on the basis of their interests. Objective: To descriptively explore the career design goals set by autistic youth engaged in the self-determined career design model (SDCDM) intervention. Design: Content analysis was used to analyze the types of goals set by youth during intervention. Two researchers separately reviewed the goal set by each autistic youth (one goal per youth) and determined categories for each goal. Setting: Preferred community location (usually the youth's home) in an urban Midwestern city. Participants: Twenty-one autistic youth. Intervention: SDCDM. Outcomes and Measures: Participants set goals as part of the SDCDM, which were recorded using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS). Researchers used GAS to support each participant in setting a measurable and objective goal and describing criteria for meeting the goal. Results: Categories included enhancing self-management, obtaining employment, exploring career opportunities, enhancing learning, and enhancing self-advocacy. Conclusions and Relevance: The findings from this study indicate that autistic youth set goals related to obtaining employment and enhancing generalizable 21st-century skills, such as self-advocacy and self-management. What This Article Adds: The SDCDM is a tool occupational therapy practitioners can use to support youth in setting and working toward career goals. This research demonstrates that autistic youth recognize a need to focus on developing generalizable career skills, such as self-management, self-advocacy, and enhanced learning, which can be used in transition planning. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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