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Microaggressions and Camouflaging: A Mixed Methods Study on the Social Maltreatment of Autistic Adults at Work Open

Kari Sherwood · 2025

Autistic people are unemployed and underemployed at greater rates than their allistic peers. Employment status is important because it has been shown to have an impact on mental health and wellbeing. Despite their strengths, autistic emplo…

A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth Open

Matthew J. Smith, James L. Merle, Mary J. Baker-Ericzén, Kari Sherwood, Lindsay A. Bornheimer , et al. · 2024

Psychometric properties of the mock interview rating scale for autistic transition-age youth Open

Matthew J. Smith, Kari Sherwood, Helen M. Genova, Brittany Ross, Leann Smith DaWalt , et al. · 2023

Background Employment is a major contributor to quality of life. However, autistic people are often unemployed and underemployed. One potential barrier to employment is the job interview. However, the availability of psychometrically-evalu…

Enhancing pre-employment transition services: A type 1 hybrid randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating WorkChat: A Virtual Workday among autistic transition-age youth Open

Matthew J. Smith, Kari Sherwood, Connie Sung, Ed‐Dee G. Williams, Brittany Ross , et al. · 2023

Implementation Preparation Costs of Virtual Interview Training in Pre-Employment Transition Services: A Budget Impact Analysis Open

Elizabeth C. Danielson, Matthew J. Smith, Brittany Ross, Kari Sherwood, Justin D. Smith , et al. · 2023

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) and Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth (VIT-TAY) demonstrated initial effectiveness at increasing employment among transition-age youth with disabilities engaged in pre-emplo…

Virtual Job Interview Training: A Dose Response to Improve Employment for Transition-Age Youth With Disabilities Open

Matthew J. Smith, Mark J. Van Ryzin, Neil Jordan, Marc S. Atkins, Lindsay A. Bornheimer , et al. · 2023

Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth and Virtual Reality Job Interview Training are job interview simulators with demonstrated effectiveness in randomized controlled trials. We evaluated their dose responses via secondary da…

Implementing Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth: Practical Strategies for Educators Open

Kari Sherwood, Matthew J. Smith, Brittany Ross, Jeffery M. Johnson, Amy Trautwein , et al. · 2023

This column shares strategies for implementing a technology-based intervention within secondary special education transition services. Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth is a web-based job interview training that uses educ…

Mixed methods implementation evaluation of virtual interview training for transition-age autistic youth in pre-employment transition services Open

Kari Sherwood, Matthew J. Smith, Brittany Ross, Jeffery M. Johnson, Meghan Harrington , et al. · 2023

BACKGROUND: Autistic transition-age youth are employed at rates far lower than their non-disabled peers as well as youth with other disabilities. Meanwhile, very few studies have evaluated the implementation of job interviewing practices w…

Development and psychometric properties of self-reported job interview skills and job interview anxiety for autistic transition-age youth Open

Helen M. Genova, Michael A. Kallen, Kari Sherwood, Leann Smith DaWalt, Lauren Bishop , et al. · 2023

BACKGROUND: The study of job interview training is an emerging area among transition-age autistic youth who face significant challenges when navigating job interviews. The autism field has limited measures that have undergone rigorous psyc…

The Need for Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention Policy for Autistic Youth Open

Kari Sherwood, Matthew J. Smith, Mary A. Eldredge · 2023

This article examines current technology-aided instruction and intervention (TAII) available for autistic transition-age youth (TAY) in the United States and existing policies that may support or hinder the delivery of these interventions.…

Scaling Out Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth: A Quasi-Experimental Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study Open

Matthew J. Smith, Kari Sherwood, Brittany Ross, Eugene Oulvey, Julie A. Monahan , et al. · 2022

In a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT), Virtual Interview Training for Transition Age Youth (VIT-TAY) enhanced employment for autistic youth receiving transition services. For this study, a nonrandomized hybrid effectiveness-imple…

Job Interview and Vocational Outcomes Among Transition-Age Youth Receiving Special Education Pre-Employment Transition Services Open

Matthew J. Smith, Kari Sherwood, Shannon Blajeski, Brittany Ross, Justin D. Smith , et al. · 2021

Vocational outcomes among transition-age youth receiving special education services are critically poor and have only incrementally improved since the implementation of the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act. Few studies highlight whethe…

Brief Report: Initial Evidence of Depressive Symptom Disparities among Black and White Transition Age Autistic Youth Open

Ed‐Dee G. Williams, Matthew J. Smith, Kari Sherwood, Temple S. Lovelace, Lauren Bishop · 2021

Virtual interview training for autistic transition age youth: A randomized controlled feasibility and effectiveness trial Open

Matthew J. Smith, Kari Sherwood, Brittany Ross, Justin D. Smith, Leann Smith DaWalt , et al. · 2021

Autistic transition age youth struggle with obtaining employment, and interviewing is a critical barrier to getting a job. We adapted an efficacious virtual reality job interview intervention to meet the needs of autistic transition age yo…

Virtual Reality Job Interview Training in Transition Services: Results of a Single-Arm, Noncontrolled Effectiveness-Implementation Hybrid Trial Open

Matthew J. Smith, Justin D. Smith, Neil Jordan, Kari Sherwood, Erin McRobert , et al. · 2020

This study reports the results of a single-arm, noncontrolled, Type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating virtual reality job interview training (VR-JIT) delivered in five preemployment transition programs comprising 15 sc…

Using community-engaged methods to adapt virtual reality job-interview training for transition-age youth on the autism spectrum Open

Matthew J. Smith, Rogério M. Pinto, Leann Smith DaWalt, Justin D. Smith, Kari Sherwood , et al. · 2019

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