An online training for college sexual assault counselors who serve autistic students: User feasibility and satisfaction / Martine CHASE ; Regina SCARAMELLA ; Brandy HABERER ; Reid CAPLAN ; Melody CHIANG ; Joseph STORCH ; Val M. ERWIN ; Laura Graham HOLMES in Research in Autism, 123 (May 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism > 123 (May 2025) . - 202549 Titre : An online training for college sexual assault counselors who serve autistic students: User feasibility and satisfaction Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Martine CHASE, Auteur ; Regina SCARAMELLA, Auteur ; Brandy HABERER, Auteur ; Reid CAPLAN, Auteur ; Melody CHIANG, Auteur ; Joseph STORCH, Auteur ; Val M. ERWIN, Auteur ; Laura Graham HOLMES, Auteur Article en page(s) : 202549 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Sexual assault  Counseling  College students  Violence Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Approximately 9.3 % of US autistic college students report experiencing unwanted sexual contact each year, and of these, 80 % report it interferes with their academic achievement. However, college-based sexual assault counselors and advocates often lack training and the expertise necessary to provide high-quality services to autistic students. This article describes a project that resulted in a free, online training resource for college sexual assault program counselors, advocates and other staff to expand their capacity to provide accessible support and counseling services to autistic college students who have experienced sexual assault. Method The training was designed in line with the Theory of Planned Behavior, using an intervention development framework (i.e., ADAPT-ITT), by experts in sexual assault, autism, and online training, and with input from six autistic individuals with relevant lived experience. We collected data from 27 beta-testers who provided written, qualitative feedback about the training. We used a content-based analysis approach. Results Participants felt that the training was helpful and provided an overview of basic information on autism in a clear, concise way. They appreciated that the training centered survivor voices, used a neurodivergent-embracing perspective, and included practical tips for practitioners. Participants also suggested changes, such as reducing the amount of text that users need to read to themselves, making the training more friendly for participants who use text-readers, and attending to particular autism-specific topics, like masking, more deeply. Conclusion Beta-testers were generally positive about this training, in part because it uses a neurodiversity-embracing and anti-ableist perspective. This is a free, online, self-paced training about autism, created with autistic individuals' input, and thus may be a good template for autism training of other professional groups. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202549 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=555 [article] An online training for college sexual assault counselors who serve autistic students: User feasibility and satisfaction [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Martine CHASE, Auteur ; Regina SCARAMELLA, Auteur ; Brandy HABERER, Auteur ; Reid CAPLAN, Auteur ; Melody CHIANG, Auteur ; Joseph STORCH, Auteur ; Val M. ERWIN, Auteur ; Laura Graham HOLMES, Auteur . - 202549. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism > 123 (May 2025) . - 202549 Mots-clés : Autism  Sexual assault  Counseling  College students  Violence Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Approximately 9.3 % of US autistic college students report experiencing unwanted sexual contact each year, and of these, 80 % report it interferes with their academic achievement. However, college-based sexual assault counselors and advocates often lack training and the expertise necessary to provide high-quality services to autistic students. This article describes a project that resulted in a free, online training resource for college sexual assault program counselors, advocates and other staff to expand their capacity to provide accessible support and counseling services to autistic college students who have experienced sexual assault. Method The training was designed in line with the Theory of Planned Behavior, using an intervention development framework (i.e., ADAPT-ITT), by experts in sexual assault, autism, and online training, and with input from six autistic individuals with relevant lived experience. We collected data from 27 beta-testers who provided written, qualitative feedback about the training. We used a content-based analysis approach. Results Participants felt that the training was helpful and provided an overview of basic information on autism in a clear, concise way. They appreciated that the training centered survivor voices, used a neurodivergent-embracing perspective, and included practical tips for practitioners. Participants also suggested changes, such as reducing the amount of text that users need to read to themselves, making the training more friendly for participants who use text-readers, and attending to particular autism-specific topics, like masking, more deeply. Conclusion Beta-testers were generally positive about this training, in part because it uses a neurodiversity-embracing and anti-ableist perspective. This is a free, online, self-paced training about autism, created with autistic individuals' input, and thus may be a good template for autism training of other professional groups. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202549 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=555

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