ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2020
Adaption and pilot implementation of an autism executive functioning intervention in children's mental health services: a mixed-methods study protocol.
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Adaptation and Implementation of an ASD Executive Functioning Intervention in Children's Mental Health Services
Training "Unstuck and On Target! Second Edition" Versus Training "ApisMela"
Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of an Executive Functioning Intervention for Children's Mental Health Services
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Mental Health Interventions for ASD: Characterizing Interventions, Intervention Adaptations, and Implementation Outcomes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Pooled it
- Randomized Feasibility Pilot of an Executive Functioning Intervention Adapted for Children's Mental Health Settings.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Trial
- Initial Analysis of the Effectiveness of Compass-Behavioral for Autistic Youth: A Community-Based Retrospective Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial of two interventions for autistic and non-autistic youth in children's mental health settings: one tailored for neurodivergence and one universal.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Adapting an early autism caregiver coaching intervention for telehealth delivery in low-resource settings: A South African study of the 'what' and the 'why'.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- Incorporating Community Perspectives to Inform the Scaling-Out of an Evidence-Based Executive Functioning Intervention from Schools to Community Mental Health Settings.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2024Article
- Emotion Regulation and Executive Function: Associations with Depression and Anxiety in Autism.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2023Article
- Mental Health Therapist Perspectives on the Role of Executive Functioning in Children's Mental Health Services.Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health · 2023Article
- Correction to: A Systematic Review of Mental Health Interventions for ASD: Characterizing Interventions, Intervention Adaptations, and Implementation Outcomes.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Article
- Ten recommendations for using implementation frameworks in research and practice.Implementation science communications · 2020Article
- A Longitudinal Mixed Method Approach for Assessing Implementation Context and Process Factors: Comparison of Three Sites from a Housing First Implementation Strategy Pilot.Implementation research and practiceArticle
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundYouth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represent a growing population with significant service needs. Prominent among these needs are high rates of co-occurring psychiatric conditions that contribute to increased functional impairments and often necessitate mental health services. Executive functioning deficits are associated with ASD as well as common co-occurring conditions (e.g., attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and an evidence-based intervention has been developed and tested to address executive functioning within the school context. There is an urgent need to implement indicated evidence-based interventions for youth with ASD receiving care in community mental health settings. Interventions that optimally "fit" the mental health services context as well as the complex and co-occurring mental health needs of these youth have the potential to improve key clinical outcomes for this high priority population.
methodsThis mixed-methods developmental study will apply the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment implementation framework and a community-academic partnership approach to systematically adapt and test an evidence-based executive functioning intervention for youth with ASD for delivery in community mental health settings. Specific aims are to (1) conduct a need and context assessment to inform the systematic adaptation an executive functioning evidence-based intervention; (2) systematically adapt the clinical intervention and develop a corresponding implementation plan, together entitled "Executive Functioning for Enhancing Community-based Treatment for ASD," (EFFECT for ASD DISCUSSION: Tailoring evidence-based interventions for delivery in community-based mental health services for youth with ASD has the potential to increase quality of care and improve child outcomes. Results from the current study will serve as the foundation for large-scale hybrid implementation and effectiveness trials and a generalizable approach for different service systems of care and clinical populations.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov, NCT04295512.
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