COMPASS Across Settings (CAST) for Improving Transition Outcomes for Students With ASD
COMPASS Across Settings (CAST) for Integrating School, Home, and Community Services and Improving Transition Outcomes for Students With ASD
Who can join
Ages 16 to 99 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Students with verified autism and IEPs that designate services for autism * Caregivers of students with autism * Special education teachers of students with autism * Pre-employment specialists of students with autism Exclusion Criteria: * Not planning to move or leave their job over the school year
About the study
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and test the COMPASS \[Collaborative Model for Competence and Success\] Across Settings (CAST) intervention to enhance the goal setting and attainment skills of autistic youth. Despite federal education law mandating transition services as part of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) for ensuring good outcomes for students with disabilities, current educational practices have been unable to demonstrate that autistic students experience positive postsecondary outcomes. There are existing, evidence-based interventions aimed at supporting positive outcomes for these students. However, these interventions have not systematically provided coaching support to the caregivers, students, and employment specialists. To address these issues, CAST will integrate three evidence-based interventions for supporting student transitions while providing this critical coaching support. By doing so, CAST aims to align the priorities and goals of interventions across home, school, and community settings to better support positive postsecondary outcomes for autistic students.
What is being tested
- COMPASS Across Settings (CAST) (behavioral)
Sponsor: Ball State University · Participants: 297 · Started: Dec 1, 2023
Contact the study team
- Lisa A Ruble, PhD · Phone: 765-285-5702
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06309160
Locations in the U.S.
| Indiana | Ball State University, Muncie |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.