Autism Spectrum DisorderNCT06291233
Interview TIME: Training Inspired Minds for Employment
A study testing Virtual Interview Training (VIT) and Services-as-usual in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, run by University of Michigan at 15 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of the study is to see if an internet job interview training program can help people that have autism improve interview skills and access to jobs. Participants will be randomized to use Virtual Interview Training (VIT) or continue services as usual (active control group). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 to 26 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- What is being tested?
- Virtual Interview Training (VIT) and Services-as-usual
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 200 participants
- Where
- 15 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2024to 1 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 16 to 26 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Participants have a diagnosis on the autism spectrum
- Participants are enrolled in pre-employment transition services
- Participants have at least a third-grade reading level
- Are unemployed or employed and job-seeking
Who cannot join
- Not enrolled in pre-employment transition services
Trial locations and contacts
15 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
15 sites in 1 country
United States15 sites
Ann Arbor Academy
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
Urban Autism Solutions
Chicago, Illinois, 60607
Kessler Foundation
East Hanover, New Jersey, 07936-3147
Milford High School
Highland, Michigan, 48357
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park, Michigan, 48146
Banyan High School
Little Falls, New Jersey, 07424
Classical Academy
Oceanside, California, 92054
Alpine Learning Group
Paramus, New Jersey, 07652
Outside the Lens
San Diego, California, 92054
Transition Resources for Adult Community Education
San Diego, California, 92110
The Institute for Effective Education
San Diego, California, 92182
The San Diego State University
San Diego, California, 92182
Mount Miguel High School
Spring Valley, California, 91977
Lakeland High School
White Lake, Michigan, 48383
About this study
Official title: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation RCT of Virtual Interview Training for Autistic Transition-Age Youth
The purpose of the study is to see if an internet job interview training program can help people that have autism improve interview skills and access to jobs.
Participants will be randomized to use Virtual Interview Training (VIT) or continue services as usual (active control group).
Read the detailed description
Participants will have assessments that will be done over the computer or in-person at school or program site. Assessments will be about participants background, employment history, mood and feelings, autistic traits, memory, mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, and other things. Some assessments will be audio and/or video recorded.
Please note that there will be teachers and staff consented (approximately n=32) to deliver the intervention, however, will not count for the clinical trial. Therefore, the information will not be added to the anticipated enrollment numbers in study design.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Being tested
- Virtual Interview Training (VIT), Services-as-usual
- Keywords
- Job interview skills, Students
- Medical subject headings
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Virtual Interview Training (VIT)Behavioural
Teachers will administer the intervention (Virtual Interview Training) with the student participants. University of Michigan research staff will train all teachers (including sites in California) and will provide support as necessary throughout the intervention delivery process. Surveys will be captures several times throughout delivery as delivery is expected to be anywhere between 4 to 6 weeks long.
Services-as-usualBehavioural
Participants will receive services-as-usual at participants school or program for approximately 6 weeks. Those that are in the active control group will receive access to the e-learning content of the Rita/Travis intervention (not the practice interviews) and will be able to review the e-learning content with teacher's supervision. In addition, this group will review a series of video conversations with autistic adults about navigating the pathway to a career. Surveys will be collected at different time points after randomization.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Interview Training | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Virtual Interview Training (VIT) |
| Services-as-usual | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Services-as-usual |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Competitive Employment based on self-report employment surveys
Self-report employment surveys completed. Employment will be tracked as 0 (no job) and 1 (job). Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
Measured: Approximately 9 months after randomization
Change in Job Interview Skills from Mock Interview Rating Scale (MIRS)
Interviewing skills will be measured using a role-play measure in which subjects act out two job interview scenarios with trained actors. Interviews will be video recorded and scored. There is one pre-test score and one post-test score. There are 15 questions on a scale from 1 to 7 (scores range from 15 to 105), with higher scores indicating a better outcome (better interview skills).
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Time to Employment
The number of days between randomization and obtaining employment using a questionnaire.
Measured: Approximately 9 months after randomization
Secondary outcomes (6)
Change in Interview Anxiety using a modified version of the brief Personal Report of Public Speaking Apprehension (PRSPA)
This is a 13 item self-report using a modified version of the brief Personal Report of Public Speaking Apprehension (PRSPA). After reviewing the brief PRSPA, the study team selected and reframed 13 items using a three-point Likert-type scale (0 = "not at all," 1 = "sometimes," and 2 = "often"). Higher scores indicated higher anxiety, and scores could range from 0 to 26.
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Interview Motivation
This is a 10 item self-report using a five-point Likert scale (1 = Not at all true, 5 = Very true). Higher scores indicate higher job interview motivation, a better outcome, and scores range from 10 to 50)
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Work Readiness using the Work Readiness Scale (WRS)
Change in work readiness using the Work Readiness Scale (WRS) which is a 13 item self-report using a five-point Likert scale (1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree) with higher scores indicating a higher readiness to work, a positive outcome. Scores range from 13 to 65.
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Work Motivation using the Work Motivation Scale (WMS)
Change in work motivation using the Work Motivation Scale (WMS) which is a 12-item self-report using a four-point Likert scale (1 = Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree) with higher scores indicating a higher motivation to work, a better outcome. Scores range from 13 to 52.
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Social Cognition using the Bell-Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task Adult (BLERT-A)
Change in social cognition using the Bell-Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task Adult (BLERT-A). There are 21 videos shown to participants and are scored as either correct (1) or incorrect (0). A total score is provided and can range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating a higher social cognition ability, a better outcome.
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Interview Knowledge
Change in interview knowledge by using a 10-item survey designed to assess basic knowledge about job interviews. There are multiple choice questions, and answers are marked as either correct (1) or incorrect (0). Higher scores indicate better interview knowledge, a positive outcome. Scores range from 0 to 10.
Measured: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted4 Mar 2024
- Study start1 Mar 2024
- Primary completion1 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Autism Spectrum DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of MichiganThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Matthew Smith, University of Michigan
- Investigators
- Matthew Smith, Principal investigator, University of Michigan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06291233
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HUM00236812
- Other IDs
- 1R01MH132656-01
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 26 Feb 2024
- Last updated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Survey data from the randomized control trial (RCT) participants will be deposited into the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Data Archive repository. This will include basic demographic information and self reported data from validated measures that can be found within the NIMH Data Archive Repository's data dictionaries. Identifiable information will not be available for access.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation RCT of Virtual Interview Training for Autistic Transition-Age Youth
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06291233
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HUM00236812
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Keywords
- Job interview skills, Students
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Enrolment
- 200 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of MichiganUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 4 Mar 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of the study is to see if an internet job interview training program can help people that have autism improve interview skills and access to jobs.
Participants will be randomized to use Virtual Interview Training (VIT) or continue services as usual (active control group).
Detailed description
Participants will have assessments that will be done over the computer or in-person at school or program site. Assessments will be about participants background, employment history, mood and feelings, autistic traits, memory, mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety, and other things. Some assessments will be audio and/or video recorded.
Please note that there will be teachers and staff consented (approximately n=32) to deliver the intervention, however, will not count for the clinical trial. Therefore, the information will not be added to the anticipated enrollment numbers in study design.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Interview Training | Experimental | Behavioral: Virtual Interview Training (VIT) |
| Services-as-usual | Active comparator | Behavioral: Services-as-usual |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 to 26 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Participants have a diagnosis on the autism spectrum
- Participants are enrolled in pre-employment transition services
- Participants have at least a third-grade reading level
- Are unemployed or employed and job-seeking
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Not enrolled in pre-employment transition services
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Interview Training (VIT)Teachers will administer the intervention (Virtual Interview Training) with the student participants. University of Michigan research staff will train all teachers (including sites in California) and will provide support as necessary throughout the intervention delivery process. Surveys will be captures several times throughout delivery as delivery is expected to be anywhere between 4 to 6 weeks long. | Behavioural | Virtual Interview Training |
| Services-as-usualParticipants will receive services-as-usual at participants school or program for approximately 6 weeks. Those that are in the active control group will receive access to the e-learning content of the Rita/Travis intervention (not the practice interviews) and will be able to review the e-learning content with teacher's supervision. In addition, this group will review a series of video conversations with autistic adults about navigating the pathway to a career. Surveys will be collected at different time points after randomization. | Behavioural | Services-as-usual |
Primary outcome
Competitive Employment based on self-report employment surveys
Time frame: Approximately 9 months after randomization
Self-report employment surveys completed. Employment will be tracked as 0 (no job) and 1 (job). Higher scores indicate a better outcome.
Change in Job Interview Skills from Mock Interview Rating Scale (MIRS)
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Interviewing skills will be measured using a role-play measure in which subjects act out two job interview scenarios with trained actors. Interviews will be video recorded and scored. There is one pre-test score and one post-test score. There are 15 questions on a scale from 1 to 7 (scores range from 15 to 105), with higher scores indicating a better outcome (better interview skills).
Time to Employment
Time frame: Approximately 9 months after randomization
The number of days between randomization and obtaining employment using a questionnaire.
6 secondary outcomes
Change in Interview Anxiety using a modified version of the brief Personal Report of Public Speaking Apprehension (PRSPA)
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Interview Motivation
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Work Readiness using the Work Readiness Scale (WRS)
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Work Motivation using the Work Motivation Scale (WMS)
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Social Cognition using the Bell-Lysaker Emotion Recognition Task Adult (BLERT-A)
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Change in Interview Knowledge
Time frame: Pre-Test (baseline), post-test (approximately 6 weeks)
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Mar 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Survey data from the randomized control trial (RCT) participants will be deposited into the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Data Archive repository. This will include basic demographic information and self reported data from validated measures that can be found within the NIMH Data Archive Repository's data dictionaries. Identifiable information will not be available for access.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Matthew Smith principal investigator
University of Michigan
15 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Virtual Interview Training (VIT) and Services-as-usual in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, run by University of Michigan at 15 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 15 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Competitive Employment based on self-report employment surveys (time frame: Approximately 9 months after randomization). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Mar 2026.