Mentorship Program for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Mentoring Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05300295

STUDY00003954

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this pilot project is to evaluate the feasibility of a mentorship program for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data will be collected from adolescents with ASD and their parents/guardians. Study findings will be used to inform further development of the mentoring program for individuals with ASD.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
• Age 14-18
• Participants in the mentoring program.
• Participants must have fluent language and will speak and understand English.
• Participants must be able to commit to providing evaluation data.

Exclusion criteria

• Have an intellectual disability (IQ under 70)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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13 participants in 1 patient group

Mentoring Program

Experimental group

Description:

The Autism Mentorship Program is a psychosocial intervention that pairs adults and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in one-to-one mentoring relationships. AMP involves weekly meetings in an afterschool setting and targets the socio-emotional health and social connectedness of adolescents and adults with ASD.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mentoring Program