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Better Social, Emotional Communication, Healthy Relationship and ASD Accommodation Skills: Emotional Intelligence ("EQ") Training for Autistic People and ASD Accommodation Training for People Who Care
Led by Kairon Connect, PBC · Updated on 2026-01-02
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
8 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Subjects are enrolled in pairs. Pairs consist of an autistic adult age 18-36 and a non-autistic learning partner who has a relationship with the autistic adult, such as a parent. The autistic adult in each pair receives the first stage of Kairon's online leadership training consisting of emotional literacy and healthy relationship topics. The learning partner in each pair receives Kairon's autism accommodation training while encouraging and providing feedback to their paired autistic adult. After training, both people in each pair evaluate the trainings' impacts on themselves and on their partner. Specifically, each autistic adult evaluates both the effectiveness of the leadership training they received and the effectiveness of the autism accommodation training that their paired learning partner received. Each learning partner evaluates both the effectiveness of the autism accommodation training they received and the effectiveness of the leadership training that their paired autistic adult received.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Better Social, Emotional Communication, Healthy Relationship and ASD Accommodation Skills: Emotional Intelligence ("EQ") Training for Autistic People and ASD Accommodation Training for People Who Care
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participants are enrolled in pairs consisting of an autistic adult aged 18-36 and their learning partner over 18 years old
- Autistic adult is generally healthy
- Autistic adult has a community diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder from a licensed clinician
- Autistic adult meets diagnostic criteria such as DSM-5, ICD-11, or scores in ASD range on ADOS-20
- Both autistic adult and learning partner have sufficient language skills and technology ability to participate in online training
- Both have their own computer hardware, software, and internet connection for access
- Learning partner has a close relationship with autistic adult and is willing and able to support and provide feedback
- Autistic adult has no clinical anxiety diagnosis or insufficient anxiety for clinical evaluation
- Autistic adult has a verbal IQ of 90 or higher based on community or online testing
- Both participants can provide consent in English and have no cognitive impairment
- Learning partner is generally healthy and does not have an autism diagnosis
You will not qualify if you...
- Autistic adult currently participating in other emotional intelligence or behavioral training during the intervention month
- Autistic adult unable to devote 15-30 minutes daily for five days a week plus two sets of 60-90 minute questionnaires
- Autistic adult unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures or terms of use
- Learning partner currently participating in other autism accommodation training during the intervention month
- Learning partner unable to devote 15-30 minutes daily for five days a week plus two sets of 60-90 minute questionnaires
- Learning partner unable or unwilling to comply with study procedures or terms of use
AI-Screening
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Training is all online and is available to participate in the study from anywhere in the US, run from a site in PA
Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States, 15090
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Research Team
B
Brian Sullivan, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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