Research on Spectrum Pathways cited!
Happy to see the Spectrum Pathways program (neurodiversity-based self-determination program) cited within the research literature!
“Given the uniqueness of the expression of self-determination in young adults with autism, tailored interventions are needed to address the specific support needs of this population. However, to the best of our knowledge, only four self determination programs targeting young adults with autism have been developed: the ACCESS Program (Oswald et al., 2018), the McGill Transition Support Program (Nadig et al., 2018), the Family-centered Transition program developed by Hagner et al. (2012), and the recent neurodiversity-based self-determination program by McDonald et al. (2023).”
…”Finally, McDonald et al.‘s (2023) program is based on neurodiversity theory and aims to support young adults with autism (ages 18–34) in developing self-determination through a combination of group and individual sessions, integrating peer coaching and conflict resolution strategies. Although efficacy data are not yet available, a pilot study reported good appropriateness, high acceptability and good feasibility among participants and coaches. None of these programs have been delivered in Spanish to date.”
…”Of these four programs, only the program by McDonald (2023) is based on the principles of the latest version of the self-determination framework, CAT (Shogren et al., 2015), despite the potential of this framework to guide programs that promote self-determination.”
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