Brief Report: Creation of a Transition Readiness Scale for Adolescents with ASD.

The transition to postsecondary education is characterized by many changes for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A data-based understanding of a student’s readiness for postsecondary education could help students, and their parents, better prepare for this life transition. The Transition Readiness Scale (TRS) was created to address this need. The TRS is a self/other-report questionnaire used to assess postsecondary readiness across behavioral, cognitive, and emotional domains among adolescents 15–18 years of age. The present study details measure development and provides preliminary psychometric properties in a sample of transition-aged youth with ASD. Results indicate strong internal consistency, adequate item-level analyses, and discriminant and concurrent validity. Future validation of the TRS in large-scale field testing is merited to inform clinical interpretation.

对于患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的青少年来说，向高等教育的过渡具有许多变化。基于数据了解学生对高等教育的准备情况，可以帮助学生及其家长更好地为这一人生转变做准备。过渡准备量表（TRS）就是为满足这一需求而创建的。TRS是一种自我/他人报告问卷，用于评估15 - 18岁青少年在行为、认知和情感领域的高等教育准备情况。本研究详细阐述了量表的编制过程，并在一个处于过渡年龄的自闭症青少年样本中提供了初步的心理测量特性。结果显示出很强的内部一致性、充分的项目水平分析以及区分效度和同时效度。TRS在大规模现场测试中的进一步验证对于指导临床解释是有价值的。