Welcome to PREP, the Postsecondary Resilience Education Program for high school students with high functioning autism!
Are you a school professional working with high school students with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (HF-ASD), Asperger’s syndrome, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-NOS?
Are you helping them prepare to transition to a postsecondary education setting such as a university or a community college within the next few years?
Would you like to participate in the testing of a computer-based program designed to help individuals like these transition into college with improved success?
With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, 3C Institute is looking for professionals who work with individuals with high functioning autism spectrum disorders (HF-ASD) and their students to test our program.
If you are eligible, and you are chosen to participate in the study, you will be asked to:
> Complete a pre-test and post-test survey,
>If chosen to participate in the intervention group, you will be additionally asked to:
Attend a 2-hour training session in or near your school with 3C research staff on the use of the Postsecondary Resilience Education Program (PREP) intervention and its Online Implementation Center (OIC),
Implement the program with students and assign topics within the program to students weekly,
Attend a workgroup at the end of testing and provide feedback on the program.
You will receive $75 for completing the pre-assessment measures and attending the information/training session, $5 per week for reports submitted at the end of each week during the intervention ($55 total), and $75 for completing the post-assessment measures and feedback session (up to $205 total).
If you are interested in participating in this study, please click the link below to complete a brief eligibility screening form.
We will contact you to let you know if you qualify and provide the next steps for participation.
If you have any questions about the research study, please contact Kate Melillo at 919-677-0201 ext. 579 or melillo@3cisd.com.