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

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

Who can join

Ages 16 to 24 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• iCareer Soft Skills Training for Employment (behavioral)

Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Participants: 126 · Started: Jun 23, 2023

Contact the study team

• Weili Lu, PhD · Phone: 908-889-2453
• Janice Oursler, PhD · Phone: 908-889-2462

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05766280

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.