Table 1.

Integrated changes to the study design.

Community Advisory Board (CAB) requested modifications

1. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2.0 is time and resource-intensive for a study where an educational record of autism is available. The Social Responsiveness Scale (2nd Edition) was proposed and accepted as a replacement.

2. The MATRICS Cognitive Battery is time and resource-intensive and the CAB requested a shorter battery. The NIH Toolbox was proposed and accepted as a replacement.

3. Advised the study team to collaborate with school partners when devising the suicide risk safety protocol.

4. Autistic board members reviewed and revised study measures for appropriateness and language accessibility.

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) requested modifications

1. The addition of work readiness and work motivation measures.

2. The addition of implementer perceptions of the training provided as well as their perceptions of the effectiveness attributes of the trainers via the Measure of Effective Attributes of Trainers (MEAT) at post-training.

3. Assessing and ranking barriers prior to implementation and during active implementation, informed by the updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).

4. Assessment of implementer behavioral beliefs regarding implementing VIT-TAY, drawing from behavior change theories (Health Action Process Approach; Theory of Planned Behavior).