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Strength-based technology clubs for autistic adolescents: A feasibility study

Strength-based technology clubs are thought to help autistic adolescents transition to adulthood by developing positive traits, enhancing technical skills, and creating supportive networks. A newly developed strength-based technology club was delivered to 25 autistic adolescents, with the feasibilit...

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Autores principales: Jones, Matthew, Milbourn, Benjamin, Falkmer, Marita, Tan, Tele, Bölte, Sven, Girdler, Sonya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9897531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36735706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278104
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Milbourn, Benjamin
Falkmer, Marita
Tan, Tele
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description Strength-based technology clubs are thought to help autistic adolescents transition to adulthood by developing positive traits, enhancing technical skills, and creating supportive networks. A newly developed strength-based technology club was delivered to 25 autistic adolescents, with the feasibility tested via qualitative and quantitative methods. Autistic adolescents, their parents, and club facilitators participated in separate focus groups, with audio data transcribed and thematically analyzed. Quantitative data was collected via adolescent and parent-reported pretest-posttest measures following the 15-week program. Autistic adolescents were highly satisfied with the club (acceptability), the technology club satisfied an unmet need (demand), with the program demonstrating the potential to be integrated into the current therapy system in Australia (integration). Feasibility areas that could be improved in delivering future clubs are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-98975312023-02-04 Strength-based technology clubs for autistic adolescents: A feasibility study Jones, Matthew Milbourn, Benjamin Falkmer, Marita Tan, Tele Bölte, Sven Girdler, Sonya PLoS One Research Article Strength-based technology clubs are thought to help autistic adolescents transition to adulthood by developing positive traits, enhancing technical skills, and creating supportive networks. A newly developed strength-based technology club was delivered to 25 autistic adolescents, with the feasibility tested via qualitative and quantitative methods. Autistic adolescents, their parents, and club facilitators participated in separate focus groups, with audio data transcribed and thematically analyzed. Quantitative data was collected via adolescent and parent-reported pretest-posttest measures following the 15-week program. Autistic adolescents were highly satisfied with the club (acceptability), the technology club satisfied an unmet need (demand), with the program demonstrating the potential to be integrated into the current therapy system in Australia (integration). Feasibility areas that could be improved in delivering future clubs are discussed. Public Library of Science 2023-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9897531/ /pubmed/36735706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278104 Text en © 2023 Jones et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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