College to Career Transition Program

2020

An estimated 80 percent of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are unemployed. The UCLA College to Career Transition Program is an innovative offering for undergraduate and graduate students with ASD or suspected ASD who are interested in acquiring job-related, social, and practical skills for a successful transition from educational to employment settings. The program teaches students necessary skills for obtaining and maintaining a job and provides an internship experience to practice learned skills. The program creates a scalable solution to employment barriers faced by individuals with ASD and serves as a model of higher education training for colleges across the country. The College to Career Program is housed within the world-renowned Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS), which provides evidence-based social skills treatment to preschoolers, adolescents, and young adults with ASD, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, depression, and other socio-emotional problems.

College to Career, transition, research, ASD, employment

Training Trainees, Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Performing Research or Evaluation

Health-Related Activities, Employment-Related Activities

Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

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